The following is a video created in 2007 in a KSU anthropology class. Watch it and then add to the conversation about it.
What resonated with you?
What fears do you have about your educational future?
What hopes do you have?
How have things changed since this video was made?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday, January 31: Alphabet Soup
Ah, the last day of a long month. We made it. In class we said goodbye to January with a lesson on the sound of poetry.
We talked about how the sound of the word "stone" was actually more round and more smooth than the sound of the word "rock" even though the meanings are virtually interchangeable.
We then looked at the alphabet and divided it into the following categories:
I. Vowels
A E I O U (Y)
II. Consonants (all of those other letters)
Consonants are made up of two main categories
A. Mutes (letters you can't really say without a vowel added)
They create an abrupt end and can sound powerful or harsh
B P K C G T Q D
B. Semivowels (F H J L M N R S V W X Y Z)
Semivowels are themselves divided into two groups:
1. Liquids (as they make smooth flowing sound)
L M N R (with M and N being more "nasal" sounding)
2. Aspirates (as they make airy, breathy sounds)
V W Y Z (and I think H should be added as well)
We talked about how the sound of the word "stone" was actually more round and more smooth than the sound of the word "rock" even though the meanings are virtually interchangeable.
We then looked at the alphabet and divided it into the following categories:
I. Vowels
A E I O U (Y)
II. Consonants (all of those other letters)
Consonants are made up of two main categories
A. Mutes (letters you can't really say without a vowel added)
They create an abrupt end and can sound powerful or harsh
B P K C G T Q D
B. Semivowels (F H J L M N R S V W X Y Z)
Semivowels are themselves divided into two groups:
1. Liquids (as they make smooth flowing sound)
L M N R (with M and N being more "nasal" sounding)
2. Aspirates (as they make airy, breathy sounds)
V W Y Z (and I think H should be added as well)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Top Three Wiki Links
Post your group's top three links in this form and be ready to discuss why you liked them.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
By George, I Think They've Got IT!
It's Christmas break here in ATL - a glorious and much needed time to rest, relax, and recharge. I have successfully finished grades and I even took a full day off of the computer to do the whole holiday hoopla thing with the family. Now, in the blissfully quiet mornings when my coffee and I can be together in peace, I am able to do a little dreaming and planning for next semester.
I am on the prowl for other schools out there doing what I'm wanting to do - or what I think I want to do. There are several resources hailing the philosophy of 21st Century Literacy (a new term I ran across yesterday for what it is this class is trying to be) but I am struggling to find examples of what that actually looks like. Until now. I saw this video from Coral Reef High School and I can't stop smiling. Finally, a point of view from the students themselves as to what the possibilities are for a new kind of learning:
Check it out.
I am on the prowl for other schools out there doing what I'm wanting to do - or what I think I want to do. There are several resources hailing the philosophy of 21st Century Literacy (a new term I ran across yesterday for what it is this class is trying to be) but I am struggling to find examples of what that actually looks like. Until now. I saw this video from Coral Reef High School and I can't stop smiling. Finally, a point of view from the students themselves as to what the possibilities are for a new kind of learning:
Check it out.
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