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CIES 2010 in Chicago presentation on Social Networking and Educational Liberation
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Gramsci, Foucault and Liberation Technology
shaping and activating the global learning space with social networking
Ira David Socol College of Education Michigan State UniversityPhD Candidate
• Teacher Isolation• Within tightly controlled local and
national systems• Opportunities to see new practices
modeled are rare• Opportunities to hear new theories
are rare• Much Professional Development is
viewed as having little value
Open University 2005:DEEP Impact:
An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication
Technologies for Teacher Education in the Global SouthLeach, J., Ahmed, A., Makalima, S., and Power, T.
SMS Messaging for teacherprofessional development:-lowered isolation-improved self-assessed practice-improved teacher retention -provided increased global contact for students
Foucault: power “only exists in action” (1996).
Twitter and teacher blogging seems to create a “transaction
space” for the action which otherwise may not exist.
Creating a space in which teachers can use their own
power, without the transaction space limitations of their culture
and/or nation.
Twitter and teacher blogs as a way of creating new Gramscian power routes which limit societal
hegemonies
Global Teacher Communicationopen
Aussie educators in my twitter network, can you chime in
please? @--- @--- and who else?
With words of caution from @--- - European Commission considers #web #accessibility legislation: http://ow.ly/wfOd
Just Posted: "Teaching, Testing and Counseling"
http://j.mp/xu1DU Sigh.
I feel sad after parents ask me how to make things all better.
They're trying so hard and I wish I had all the answers.
Here is my parent permission letter so far. Can't bring myself
to ask permission yet. Any suggestions? Thanks!
http://ow.ly/wgvl
What would happen if you took a fish into space, would it float out
of the water? Please help us with the answer because we
don't know! (JG)
Why Social Media Curriculum is Critical in Schools
http://bit.ly/ctiTPW <<great points & outstanding read!
A Rubric For Applied #Math Curriculum - http://is.gd/9uY8S
Using YouTube for Open House - http://is.gd/9uVcM People can get familiar w/ your school, seated at home!
Question: Any other gay educators out there?
to what degree does nsw need associative advocasy accross
sectors vs focus on skill/resources.
[1] Light bulb! What if I gave an assignment in class and each student was the expert on one
problem and they couldn't ask me for help. They HAD
[2] to ask the student in charge of that problem. I know this is a very common teaching strategy but I
normally hate it and this way excites me.
Students in tears over HSC 'nightmare' http://bit.ly/4tRIXt
[Gotta love standardised testing
Admin said couldnt show b/c Lou was smoking a cigarette.I
worked at alternative school for Pete's sake!Kids had weed!
Idiots!
special needs eighth graders all very far behind-no progress last
two years- any ideas?
Students' blogs are filling the RSS feed with great #novelstudy
posts: http://bit.ly/bPWVwB (book list: http://bit.ly/bXbD7j)
#talonsenglish
Can I write "Dear parent, your son has greatly improved on
things not considered important by the school report system"?
Can anyone skype class to class? American math to
Johannesburg?
Looking forward to seeing how my gr 7/8 students handle their
first full "plan your own day".They've had blocks of this
& now they're ready.
Hmmm, thinking Skype portable will help me get students access
to Skype where they are not allowed to install it http://bit.ly/4r3hX9
Need IWB resources en Francais – world history
especially
Reading: "Move to drop honors courses at Boston Latin worries some" http://j.mp/coDjbV The word "learning" never used in
the article. Sigh.
“Add-on” Value to Firefox – Webinar http://bit.ly/ciTq40
#elearning
Can you explain TTS to me? Where can I get it?
Arguments for unblocking SM? meeting with head tomorrow
dm me your email and I’ll send you that lesson plan
@--- pointed one of my students your way the other day. He's
looking for ipod touch implemention/apps.
Contributing to the MindMeister map on strengths and
weaknesses of various mind mapping applications-
http://j.mp/KHAyI
Looking for South American classrooms to link up with – age
12-13 or so
#APBio the ratio of a tri-hybrid cross? Phenotype?
27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1 Is that what you needed?
None of our computers have Firefox. Can we get it in
South Africa?
Want my FE students to vote for student council the way they do
in Ireland. Ireland school for swap?
he doesn’t recognize letters at all. 16 and very smart, but…
ideas?
socolira@msu.edu
@irasocol
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/
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