http://lisab.uniblogs.org Another excellent Uniblogs.org blog Fri, 09 May 2008 16:11:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Ethnography of MySpace       MySpace began in 2003 as a home to twenty-somethings who were into indie music in Los Angeles, California (Boyd, 2006).  It grew as a response to the limitations of Friendster. The ability to personalize pages drew users to the site. MySpace today has more page views than any ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/05/09/the-ethnography-of-myspace/ I have spent a lot of time exploring my sns's. I am still debating whether to compare two or simply concentrate on one. It takes a lot of time just to see what is available on the site.  I have talked to a few people.  I am going to begin research this week and finish ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/05/04/sns/ Arrogance of the Techies "These absurd predictions create inflated expectations and ultimately, the loss of credibility." The loss of credibility is huge when it comes to anything.  I know that sometimes, with professional development, this is happening with teachers.  Trying everything coming down the pike has led some to have the ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/05/04/high-tech-heretic-the-computer-contrarian/ I have completed my video.  It is not very good, but it is my first try.  I have learned more just trying to get it posted, then the actual doing.  Please be kind.  I wanted to put music to it, but it was more than I could manage right now.  ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/05/04/im-a-21st-century-learner-video/ Multimedia Comics multimedia writers needn't be experts so much as filters whose task is to absorb and compress great gobs of information into small, easily digestible on-screen chunks. Brevity and blandness. These are the elements of the next literary style. This statement really hit home with me.  I believe this book ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/05/04/high-tech-heretic-finishing-section-1/ "For the dirty little secret of educational technology is that computers waste teachers' time, both in and out of the classroom." Wow!  What a statement.  This jumped out at me as I was reading.  I am wondering what analysis has been done to back this statement up.  I know there are ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/27/high-tech-heretic-the-hidden-price-of-computers/ I have been thinking about what I have learned, and what I will learn as I write about the social network sites.  I have gained a lot of knowledge in utilizing certain websites.  I still feel very inept at the sns's but I have gotten a lot further than I ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/27/class-is-winding-down/ "Our educational revolutionaries pay lip service to the need to read, but wish to channel students into a substitute for reading." This statement made a lightbulb go off in my head.  NCLB is focused on reading and math, but instead of funding this properly, we have two computer labs and multiple computers ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/27/high-tech-heretic-loony-for-laptops/ I have allowed my 6th grade niece to show me some things on myspace.  I finally got a different background.  I have not started blogging, but I am planning on it.  This is a busy time of year.  I have also posted a few times on Twitter.  I am like ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/27/myspace-twitter/ Learning takes work. Discipline.  This statement from the chapter is so true.  This is what I see a lot of students failing to realize.  If it is too hard or if it is not spoon fed to them, they are not willing to put in the work required.  I think ... http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/20/high-tech-heretic-makes-learning-fun/