Comments on: Mark Pesce on “Hyperpolitics (American Style)” http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/mark-pesce-on-hyperpolitics-american-style/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vocescuola - Hyperpolitics http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/mark-pesce-on-hyperpolitics-american-style/comment-page-1/#comment-57209 Vocescuola - Hyperpolitics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:04:48 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2885#comment-57209 [...] [fonte: weblogg-ed] [...] [...] [fonte: weblogg-ed] [...]

]]> By: D.C. Hess http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/mark-pesce-on-hyperpolitics-american-style/comment-page-1/#comment-56858 D.C. Hess Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:36:27 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2885#comment-56858 Certainly a worthy use of 25 minutes. I wish his slides has been working a little better. It was a bit of a distraction. This made me question to what extent will this hyperempowerment translate into the classroom? When students have access to more information through the human network than conceivably contained within a curriculum framework or standards (let alone a textbook) to what extent is subject oriented teaching becoming irrelevant. Will subject teachers become obsolete? Will teachers transform from masters of content into masters of content accessibility? I see myself shifting in that direction more and more. I am not the greatest historian, but I know some history and like it enough to help others access it. I believe the cliche is still relevant: Are you a sage on the stage or guide on the side? Certainly a worthy use of 25 minutes. I wish his slides has been working a little better. It was a bit of a distraction. This made me question to what extent will this hyperempowerment translate into the classroom? When students have access to more information through the human network than conceivably contained within a curriculum framework or standards (let alone a textbook) to what extent is subject oriented teaching becoming irrelevant. Will subject teachers become obsolete? Will teachers transform from masters of content into masters of content accessibility?

I see myself shifting in that direction more and more. I am not the greatest historian, but I know some history and like it enough to help others access it. I believe the cliche is still relevant: Are you a sage on the stage or guide on the side?

]]> By: Alan Kwan http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/mark-pesce-on-hyperpolitics-american-style/comment-page-1/#comment-56837 Alan Kwan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:17:12 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2885#comment-56837 This is like watching someone who doesn't drive driving a 10 ton truck with very loose power steering. After 20 minutes of over-steering, you finally realize what he really wanted to say. But the fact of the matter remain that when we are in a cave, no matter how loud the echo is or how many echoes we got, we are still in a cave. 3.5 million of us being connected is still irrelevant because we are in caves. We have in place a perpetually self-supporting system that ignores what happens in caves. All we ended up doing is conveniently providing a place for the candidates to focus their campaigning. After the election, the caves revert back to irrelevancy, not unlike campaign headquarters. This is like watching someone who doesn’t drive driving a 10 ton truck with very loose power steering. After 20 minutes of over-steering, you finally realize what he really wanted to say.

But the fact of the matter remain that when we are in a cave, no matter how loud the echo is or how many echoes we got, we are still in a cave. 3.5 million of us being connected is still irrelevant because we are in caves. We have in place a perpetually self-supporting system that ignores what happens in caves. All we ended up doing is conveniently providing a place for the candidates to focus their campaigning. After the election, the caves revert back to irrelevancy, not unlike campaign headquarters.

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