Comments on: Cassandra and Curriculum as Usual: "A Crude Awakening" http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/ More education. Less schooliness. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Clay Burell Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:47:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-386 Thanks for the news, Diane. It's nice to hear, although I'm not sure of the value or accuracy of such a list. I'd like to see a list of promising new edublogs, rather than established ones. New blood means new conversations and new ideas. I'm sure Scott's intentions are good, though. Thanks for the news, Diane. It’s nice to hear, although I’m not sure of the value or accuracy of such a list. I’d like to see a list of promising new edublogs, rather than established ones. New blood means new conversations and new ideas. I’m sure Scott’s intentions are good, though.

]]> By: diane http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-385 diane Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:37:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-385 Speaking of links...Scott McLeod lists tops education blogs today on dangerously irrelevant<br/>http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/top-edublogs---.html<br/>After playing with the data, I located your blog at #165 VERY respectable, when you consider the thousands of educational bloggers who didn't even make the list! Speaking of links…Scott McLeod lists tops education blogs today on dangerously irrelevant
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/top-edublogs—.html
After playing with the data, I located your blog at #165 VERY respectable, when you consider the thousands of educational bloggers who didn’t even make the list!

]]> By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Clay Burell Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:50:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-384 Thanks for the link, Diane! Thanks for the link, Diane!

]]> By: diane http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-383 diane Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:52:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-383 Clay,<br/><br/>This is kind of (very) off-topic, but I had to make sure that you saw this blog<br/>http://altsearchengines.com/2007/07/30/vertical-search-engines-quotation-search/<br/><br/>Never made it to the bottom of your page before - very cool stuff in the sidebar!<br/><br/>diane Clay,

This is kind of (very) off-topic, but I had to make sure that you saw this blog
http://altsearchengines.com/2007/07/30/vertical-search-engines-quotation-search/

Never made it to the bottom of your page before - very cool stuff in the sidebar!

diane

]]> By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Clay Burell Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:52:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-382 Diane, When you write, "The key for many of them might be to explore global topics in a more manageable local context, asking not "how can I solve this planetary environmental crisis ?" but rather "how can I conserve energy in my car, home, school?"," that's my point exactly. To explore how we can become a local part of the solution, not the problem. And how we're part of the globe, not just the local.<br/><br/>That's why that "Carbon Neutral Pledge" for K-12 schools, to follow the universities that committed recently, seems a good local - and consequential - place to start. <br/><br/>Like you say: at school, at home, in the community. Diane, When you write, “The key for many of them might be to explore global topics in a more manageable local context, asking not “how can I solve this planetary environmental crisis ?” but rather “how can I conserve energy in my car, home, school?”,” that’s my point exactly. To explore how we can become a local part of the solution, not the problem. And how we’re part of the globe, not just the local.

That’s why that “Carbon Neutral Pledge” for K-12 schools, to follow the universities that committed recently, seems a good local - and consequential - place to start.

Like you say: at school, at home, in the community.

]]> By: diane http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/30/cassandra-and-curriculum-as-usual-a-crude-awakening/comment-page-1/#comment-381 diane Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=310#comment-381 Clay,<br/><br/>I'll be interested to see my students' reactions to this video and to the question of global warming in general.<br/><br/>You've said in previous posts that young adults need to be involved in "real world project-based learning". The key for many of them might be to explore global topics in a more manageable local context, asking not "how can I solve this planetary environmental crisis ?" but rather "how can I conserve energy in my car, home, school?".<br/><br/>We receive a constant stream of information from media and the worldwide web, much of it troubling or downright scary. Perhaps we can show our students how to begin mending our world one small piece at a time. Clay,

I’ll be interested to see my students’ reactions to this video and to the question of global warming in general.

You’ve said in previous posts that young adults need to be involved in “real world project-based learning”. The key for many of them might be to explore global topics in a more manageable local context, asking not “how can I solve this planetary environmental crisis ?” but rather “how can I conserve energy in my car, home, school?”.

We receive a constant stream of information from media and the worldwide web, much of it troubling or downright scary. Perhaps we can show our students how to begin mending our world one small piece at a time.

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