Posts from — March 2005

American Scientist Online – Harry Collins :
This is easy—it is a little book, written in 1958 by the Wittgenstein-inspired philosopher Peter Winch, called The Idea of a Social Science. It’s short, and the words are easy, but the ideas are so difficult when first encountered that, when I first read it in 1967, it took me months to understand. Nowadays its main point—the identity of thinking and doing—seems entirely clear, and most years I will spend a few weeks trying to induct students into this way of understanding the world.

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interesting…. i’m rereading winch’s edited collection of wittgenstein on culture and values before bed… it really is thought provoking.

McCord Museum of Canadian History – Mind Your Manners!:

a great little game for those into victorian manners…. i of course gat a perfect score.

! Kendall Tarrant – Interviews from Hell !:

Civiblog: A free internet blogging service for global civil society:
The Citizen Lab (www.citizenlab.org), an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, with the support of Internet services company Tucows, is offering free web blogs to all those working in global civil society with their Civiblog service. The project aims to showcase all communiqué in the sector and to support community in global civil society online.
http://www.civiblog.org/

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interesting.. and worthwhile.

Google Fight : Make this fight with googleFight love VS fear:

machiavellli was right.

The Phantom Prof: Random blurts:
Things students have said in my office during one-on-one conferences:

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this is somewhat tragic….

NANACA†CRASH!! – Unofficial mirror site:

hahaha, minutes of fun….

1709.52m

Teacher freaks out about National Anthem, with Video:
Schools Superintendent Thomas L. Seidenberger issued a statement that “not all details cited on the Internet regarding this incident are factual.” The statement did not elaborate.

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the video stands alone…. this warrants dismissal for misunderstanding the history of the united states and the right of dissent that that history carries.

Calvin and Hobbes:
calvin and hobbes

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SchoolNet Toolkit:
Laid out in four substantive guidebooks, this kit is targeted especially towards policy- and decision-makers, school managers, practitioners, teachers and principals. Guidebook One provides a general overview and discusses how ICTs have been understood to improve the value and quality of education. Guidebook Two looks at planning a schoolnet programme, in terms of infrastructure, professional development, online content, curriculum integration etc, as well as ways in which to integrate change management, the sustainability of schoolnet activities and how can we better institutionalise programmes. Guidebook Three is more hands-on and practical. It is targeted towards the people actually running the projects – looking at the educational and social value of online communities, technological components, the different ways in which technologies can be adapted and so on. Guidebook Four is a practitioners’ guide, setting out the typical processes which they may follow.
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/resources/JFIT/schoolnet/toolkit/wholedoc.pdf

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