http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92 Adventures in learning, libraries, and literacies Mon, 11 May 2009 19:17:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Talking about homecoming for his house. T-shirts as sign of passion, embodied history. Hunter S. Johnson Sports Death (like "carpe diem" w/skull (Thompson T-shirt that's famous). Remixed it to celebrate Henry's last year-14 years. Sign can be scary w/o knowledge but if you engage with them about it you can find ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/05/02/jenkins-closing/ Michele Honeyford from UIndiana working w/Becky Rupert from Aurora Alerntative HS and Rafi from Global Kds working w/ guy form SOmerville Why Wikipedia: embodies participatory culture (all must believe htey are Rheingold: "Wikis allow for collaboartive comms that can share knowledge nad ideas w" low tech. barrier Contested in classroom spaces so brings ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/05/02/wikipedia-in-the-classroom/ Worked w/Dianne ? to integrate Zooey's Room (http://www.zoeysroom.com/) into classroom (particularly Fail & Fail Often module from Learning Library) at Esperanza Academy-all girls middle school in Lawrence MA. Zooey's Room is STEM & media class in school ZR is online comm and offline after school program; girls learned better in group ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/05/02/zooeys-room-integrating-learning-library/ Overview: Assessment & testing as participation (treat as discourses) Multiple levels of assessment & feedback (align through immediate, close & proximal activity) Standards & skills as formalisms (must enlist b4  enlisting appropriately or correctly) Close-level reflection guidelines Rationale: Participatory assessment Teaching to the test is as useful as the tests are meaningful (NCLB showed external tests ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/05/02/21st-c-assessment/ First session (hashtag #nml09) Participatory culture Low barriers for engagement Strong support for sharing creations w/others Members believe contributions matter (Classroom 2.0) Care about others' opinions of self and work Project NML Learning Library (launch today) TSG Reading (strategy guides) TSG Mapping (strategy guides) Project Good Play Share and engage with above (prof dev, case studies, and working w/amterials above) NML Judgment Negotiation (entering ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/05/02/project-nml-opening/ I'm trying to live blog Connect@NMC: Michael Wesch and Digital Ethnography. I'm coming in late but ETA: here's the discussion template (http://ksudigg.wetpaint.com/page/NMC+Discussion). He's talking about the exploration phase of the course and the infrastructure on NetVibes (http://www.netvibes.com/wesch#Digital_Ethnography) using Diigo, ZohoCreator and other tools. They did initial exploration on topic (anonymity), ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/04/23/live-blog-of-connectnmc-michael-wesch-and-digital-ethnography/ Amazon Rank amazon rank Function: verb Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked 1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies). 2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense. Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/04/12/amazon-rank-amazon-fail/ Multimedia Use in Academy panel with Jeff Ubois from intelligent TV, Dru Zuretti from CCC, Gary Handman from UC-Berkeley media center and Judith Thomas from UVA media center (missed this last presenter because I had an appointment) Context: changing landscape (13 hrs of video uploaded to YouTube daily?). They did Intelligent ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/03/22/new-challenges-multimedia-use-and-the-academy/ I spent a lot of Thursday and Friday catching up with folks and work so the first real session I attended was the tail end of Reeling in the Faculty: Baiting the Information Literacy Hook on Friday. Here are my live notes from the end of the panel and the ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/03/22/acrl-roundup-reeling-in-the-faculty-baiting-the-information-literacy-hook/ Came late (but better than not at all). Ira Glass DJing, audio storytelling Came in at part of him playing things about race and Obama election. Guy talking about friend who was racist Iraq War vet who joined Muslim student association to deal with war feelings. First greeted as liberators then oppressors/evil. ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/ca92/2009/03/15/ira-glass-acrl-2009-closing-keynote/