Found Ideas, II March 27, 2007
Posted by roberta in : Found Ideas , add a commentFrom Remote Access, on retaining specialized knowledge:
…Second is building upon the resources that others have created. For example, we keep our history wiki from year to year. Students can use it as their textbook; but in many ways it is better as it is focused on our exact curricula. It has been built by their peers, and is a combination of both online and offline resources. It is text, pictures, videos, and offline references. It is a living document that brings back the voices of students from past years into the classroom. Some of these pages have been edited dozens of times and current students see the contributions of past students. They see the accumulation of knowledge over time.
From Doc Searls Weblog, on authoring and informing…
Informing is not the same as delivering information. Inform is derived from the verb to form. When you inform me, you form me. You enlarge that which makes me most human: what I know. I am, to some degree, authored by you. What we call “authority” is the right we give others to author us, to enlarge us.
And finally, tongue firmly in cheek, tips on dealing with childhood imagination from the Onion:
Although no cure has yet been developed for childhood imagination, preventative measures can deter children from potentially hazardous bouts of make-believe.”Many of the suggestions are really quite simple, like breaking down cardboard boxes or sewing cushions to couches so they cannot be converted into forts or playhouses,” McMillan said. “Blank pieces of paper, which can inspire non-reality-based drawings, should be discarded unless they are used in one of our recommended diagonal folding and unfolding activities. And all loose sticks left lying in the yard should be carefully labeled ‘Not a Sword.’”
Child-Safety Experts Call For Restrictions On Childhood Imagination
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