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Header image: KF in Dall-E Today, the subjective approach to value has spread widely. Market value is taken to represent intrinsic value, and if a good or activity is not in the market, it is not valued. We’re approaching the extremes of commodification as commerce expands deep into the personal and civic realms 2. From Credit […]
[F]orgetting is memory’s foe. Memory is sacred and forgetting is something to overcome. Memory is revered and forgetting is disparaged Eichhorn, K. (2019). The end of forgetting: Growing up with social media. (forgiv/getness) I have been doing a lot of reading around the right to be forgotten. It keeps coming back to me, the more […]
Two fascinating paragraphs from the ruling of Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36, 2002 [concerning] the attempt of a kindergarten teacher to use picture books depicting families with same-sex parents. The books were part of a list compiled by the provincial association of gay and lesbian educators concerning resources to promote tolerance and counter […]
Header image: KF personal photo February 9, 2021The Teaching Council (Ireland) released their Guidance for Registered Teachers about the use of Social Media and Electronic Communication This is directly related to the Social Media Policy in K-12 in British Columbia project that I started with the UBC Centre for the Study of Teacher Education last December. […]
Header image: KF in Dall-E I regularly think about this short story by Andy Rooney that poses the question: why do people do the right thing when nobody is looking? I used it a lot in China to spur discussion in one of my classes but I regularly return to it, usually after a trip to […]
Header image: KF in Dall-E Details Digital redlining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_redlining Gartner hype cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle Competitive compatibility / Adversarial Interoperability Click on the image below for Lincoln Shorts Episode 1: Cory Doctorow, Competitive Compatibility and Interoperators Defense [10 mins]
Header image: KF in Dall-E Notes on Arao, B., & Clemens, K. (2013). From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces: a new way to frame dialogue around diversity and social justice. In Landreman, L. (Ed.), The Art of Effective Facilitation: Reflections from Social Justice Educators (pp. 135-150). Stylus Publishing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6af3b236099ba883a28b1e/t/5dcc5b2ae2b90a3c5af08fc5/1573673770842/From+Safe+Spaces+to+Brave+Spaces_2013.pdf My short take: Brave space is potentially […]
Header image: KF in Dall-E Notes from Dawson, P. (2021). Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429324178 Chapter 7: Surveillance and the weaponisation of academic integrity There’s the rub: See Proctorio/Canvas Q&A – TechDay 2020 (Oct 23 2020, California State University, Fullerton) Q: Does Proctorio have robust studies showing that it significantly curbs cheating? A: […]
Header image: KF in Dall-E (2019) Moving Images of Eternity Preface Intro Education is itself the purpose of our existence. George Grant Intro p9: Modern science and thought—or modern truth-seeking—has shown us that life is without purpose. 120 George Grant “The thing is to understand myself: the thing is to find a truth which is true […]
Header image: One of 12 signs from the Native Hosts collection by Edgar Heap of Birds – Photo: Michael R. BarrickPage name, from: Musqueam 101 https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-story/educational-resources/musqueam-101/See also: Lynda Gray’s First Nations 101 This page is where I keep some of my notes on the learning I am doing around where I am, here in Vancouver, […]
Header image: KF in Dalle-E I regularly return to an idea I had during one of my courses in 2018. We were looking at a book called Spirals of Inquiry as part of a teacher inquiry study. I piped up and said I didn’t like the title and then I had to explain what I meant. […]