Wednesday, October 9, 2002
An Edublog Manifesto in the Making?
Our article examines how Weblogs offer a way to initially cloister, organize, assess and criticize, and then re-distribute knowledge and information for the purpose of convening a community that will then function to amass knowledge, each member sharing, collaborating, redistributing and redefining themselves in the act of knowledge production. Members of weblog communities enter into apprenticeships with one another that constantly enhance intelligence in knowledge spaces because the guiding principle is that we don-t know everything so we are looking to "the other" to complete us, and therefore complete the community. (Read the entire proposal here) By Barbara Ganley, Catharine Wright, Sarah Lohnes, & Hector Vila. [Center for Educational Technology] |
Bilingual Education on Ballot in Two States
A ballot measure in Brockton, Mass., could replace the bilingual education program in the public schools with one meant to teach children English in a matter of months instead of years. By Jennifer Medina. [New York Times: Education] |
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