I’m reading Myles Horton’s autobiography The Long Haul and this quote on page 130 really popped: I have a holistic view of the educative process. The universe is one: nature and mind and spirit and the heavens and time and the future all are part of the big ball of life. Instead of thinking that you… Continue reading Myles Horton on Education
In the late 1990’s my dad was given 6 months to live. He ultimately lived 6 more years. In our frequent trips up there early in that period, I came to know someone different than the father I held on a very high pedestal. Granted, some of it was an outcome of pain, drugs, and… Continue reading Owning the Truth
Literacy is a set of competencies and knowledge within a certain domain. Digital literacy, then, is literacy within the realm of digital information and communication technologies. Summarizing a variety of definitions regarding digital literacy and related computational thinking, the set of competencies include: Technical skills – the ability to appropriately select and effectively use a range of technologies;… Continue reading A Growing Understanding of Digital Literacy
Co-instructors: Martin Wolske and Kirstin Phelps Weekly Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 6-8:30pm, June 14-July 7 Simultaneous Meeting Location: LIS242 and Online Community informatics studio projects have regularly focused on design of programs and space in response to needs and opportunities brought to the class by community partners. For summer, 2016, we’ll zoom out a bit… Continue reading Community Informatics Studio, Summer 2016
Would Hitler’s Germany have been any more acceptable had they not had expansionist ambitions? Certainly not! Would it have been any more tolerated by the other nations of the world? Probably so. As Trump unmasks the fear and willingness to react violently and with hate, as we live into a representation of 1930’s Germany, albeit… Continue reading Trump and the Need for Just Peace
