So I am currently unable to find my book, though doubtless it will reappear conveniently sometime tomorrow. Consequently, for the moment, I am unable to read Papert’s essay. I have, however, done some research, so hopefully I won’t embarrass myself in class tomorrow. From what I understand, Papert, aside from creating a brilliant programming language, [...]
Category Archives: Technology
The Irony of the Block
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
So today, I am having massive writer’s block. I can’t think of a single thing to write about that I could stretch beyond two sentences. I thought about writing about McLuhan and the idea of the medium as the message, but, to be frank, I can’t think of what to say. McLuhan already said everything, [...]
Polio, White Men, and Web2.0
Monday, February 23, 2009
So today, in the hopes of securing three free passes for my Theater Props class, I went to see the play Iphigenia 2.0, written by Charles Wee. The play is a fusion of the ancient Euripides play Iphigenia, and a modern reworking that puts the play in a suspension of time between the Trojan War [...]
Big Ideas
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Per instructions from the great Dr. C himself, I am blogging today about my project idea(s). The concept is a comment driven “book quote” dictionary, edited by users. My hope is to create a type of wiki where users can either insert or search for a word or phrase in a book, and then be [...]
Ted Talks…about Blocks
Monday, February 16, 2009
So last time I wrote about the need for open-ended education, without a pre-designed pathway. And today, while randomly searching TedTalks, I came across a video for a new type of computer called Siftables (watch the talk here). These small blocks are interactive mini-computers that can link to each other and can be controlled through everyday [...]
The Ham-Butt Problem, aka Thank Goodness They Didn’t Shoot All the Horses
Monday, February 9, 2009
I realize this title doesn’t make sense, but unlike me, you have not recently watched a TED talk by Erin McKean (you can correct that problem here). Because I like dictionaries, however, I did watch it. And it was cool. Very cool. She suggests the idea that dictionaries are limited by paper and manpower. In [...]
Next Time, I’ll Just Tivo the Class
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
While I would like to say that the teleconference method drastically changed the style of the class last Tuesday, I found that this was not actually the case. One would expect that a lack of actual face-to-face interaction would limit both the understanding and communication between teacher and students, however, the beauty of the teleconference [...]
