Thinking and Researching
Monday, June 20, 2011
Michael Wesch & Sherry Turkle
Just been sent a link to Michael Wesch's latest: Remix of Visions of Students Today which reminded me I'd seen him last year at STLHE at Ryerson (his plenary starts about 13 mnutes in). The latest vision just seems to be saying that we don't seem to have moved on from the student centred vs teacher centred, co construction of knowledge vs information transmission for all the technology thrown at us and all its capabilities. He’s great at throwing down the gauntlet and really makes you think about how we engage our students.
I'm also enjoying Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together" polemic at the moment as she points out the peculiarity of our technology enabled existence which seems to ensure that technology enhanced communication is far more important to us than face-to-face: check out the etiquette of the mobile phone - ever been stopped mid-track by someone preferring to answer its siren call than talk to you -, what about the bullying email - immediate response expected!? You can hear an inetrview with her on Radio 3 and read an article at the Guardian. ¶ 11:06 am 0 Comments
I'm also enjoying Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together" polemic at the moment as she points out the peculiarity of our technology enabled existence which seems to ensure that technology enhanced communication is far more important to us than face-to-face: check out the etiquette of the mobile phone - ever been stopped mid-track by someone preferring to answer its siren call than talk to you -, what about the bullying email - immediate response expected!? You can hear an inetrview with her on Radio 3 and read an article at the Guardian. ¶ 11:06 am 0 Comments
