D'Arcy Norman dot net » classroom http://www.darcynorman.net apparently much happier in person Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 courses are fraudulent technologies http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/08/courses-are-fraudulent-technologies/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/08/courses-are-fraudulent-technologies/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:07:38 +0000 dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2359

…a course is a fraudulent technology. It is put forward as a desirable structure for learning when in fact it is only a structure for allocating space, for convenient record-keeping, and for control of faculty time.

Neil Postman, Technopoly, 1993. pg 138

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/08/courses-are-fraudulent-technologies/feed/ 0 Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, etc… for classrooms http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/04/26/blogs-wikis-podcasts-etc-for-classrooms/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/04/26/blogs-wikis-podcasts-etc-for-classrooms/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 dnorman 188873820 Will's book "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms" just came in. Looks like it's going to be a pretty good read, providing the perspective of an in-the-trenches teacher, rather than just the geek echochamber I usually expose myself to... Will Richardson: Blogs, Wikis, Podasts, and other web tools for classrooms The book is definitely on top of my nonfiction reading list (my fiction reading, on the bus ride commute, is currently another Gregory Benford book I'm deliberately reading out of sequence...)]]> My copy of Will’s book “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” just came in. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty good read, providing the perspective of an in-the-trenches teacher, rather than just the geek echochamber I usually expose myself to…

Will Richardson: Blogs, Wikis, Podasts, and other web tools for classrooms

The book is definitely on top of my nonfiction reading list (my fiction reading, on the bus ride commute, is currently another Gregory Benford book I’m deliberately reading out of sequence…)

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