Noema and Noesis
It is interesting to read about noema and noesis (Dourish p. 105). I was struck by the fact that we have to recognize something and we have to also distinguish between seeing it, or remembering it or imagining it. It…
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More Need for Higher-Order Thinking
I am teaching a class on using technology to enhance learning and we have been having a discussion about the importance of teaching higher order thinking skills. When I read Rovy’s post: Internet, Information Flow, and Implications for Education it occurred ot me that the importance of higher-order thinking skills has grown because of the changes brought on by emerging technologies such as the internet. We have talked in class about teaching these skills with technology versus teaching these skills without technology, but I just realized that part of the reason that the skills are so essential today is because of technology.
Interesting Discussion
Here is an interesting discussion at Situativity regarding the uses of blogs. One of the problems that I find as far as reaching the critical mass is that people blogging in education do not seem to be a typical sample…
Social Computing Patterns
Part of the fun of the Social Computing class is that we can look at ourselves and evaluate the social computing of our class. One way we have done that is to interview other members of the class regarding the…
Ubiquitous Computing
I have been thinking about ubiquitous computing since our discussion in class and I think I have the best current example of ubiquitous computing – Shadow netWorkspace. Not that Shadow is alone in that distinction, but it is one we…
Context
I thought it was very interesting to read about the Chicago School in the context of movements within the fields of anthropology and sociology. After reading about the Chigaco School in Where the Action Is (Dourish 2001 p.62) all my…
RSS Tools
I talked about how RSS would be the best way to keep up with class blogs. In case anyone is interested in using RSS, I have found a page that lists some good RSS readers for any platform – RSS…
Class Blogs
I have decided to add links to the blogs of my classmates so that it is easy to browse between our blogs. It occurred to me that the best way to make use of the blogs is if people in…
Sociologists in Design
In an effort to have a week-long conversation – rather than a 36 hour conversation each week – I am going to put some less considered thoughts out here for everyone to consider. As I was reading chapter 3 of…
Online Learning Tool
One of the downsides to the popularity of online degree programs has finally been addressed. Wired News reports that the Department of Education has released a searchable online database listing every accredited postsecondary educational institution and what accreditation they have. I have looked at the site and it is pretty slick. now all we have to do is get people – prospective students and employers – to use the database so that the fraudulent degrees are detected or avoided.