Posted in 2928, 2927, 2926, 2929, 2930, 2932, 2931, 2925, 2924, real, authentic, the, and, 2923, 2922, General on Jan 9th, 2008 Comments Off
I’m no professional philosopher, still less a mathematician, but I understand just enough of Alex Ryan’s paper to see a little ways into the depth of this definition:
“Emergence is the process whereby the assembly, breakdown or restructuring of a system results in one or more novel emergent properties.”
Assembly, breakdown, restructuring: it seems to me that […]
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Posted in networked, range, computing a, bubble, forgetful, priorities, options, basic, outlined, institutions, implications, dizzying, sleepy, analogy, the, and, real, school, Questions, sustaining, allegory, extended, bullet, points, creating, General on Dec 20th, 2007 Comments Off
Brian Lamb’s latest post over at Abject Learning is clear-eyed, thoughtful, and more than a little poignant. Extraordinary, really.
All I can say to the first two bullet points is “right on.”
I’m going to be mulling over that third bullet point for a long time. It’s early here and I can’t vouch for the coherence of […]
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Posted in apt, title, reason, suppose, derailed, shucks, an, story but, waited, the, post, real, weeks, posting, busy, rest, General on Nov 30th, 2007 Comments Off
It was an honor and a thrill, frankly, to be interviewed by Jon Udell for his “Interviews with Innovators” series over at IT Conversations. It’s taken me two weeks to blog about it because I couldn’t figure out quite what to say. Somehow “Look, Ma!” didn’t seem right, though it’s pretty much the way I […]
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Posted in relationships, occur, involve, human, authentic, true, professionalism, profound, extraordinary, risk, real, school, requires, openness, diligence, ganley, barbara, encounter today, collegiality, require, forget, obligations, FA07, calling, educational, rightly, precious, clarifies, alternative, safety, terms, sake, community on May 16th, 2007 Comments Off
Martha’s reflections on risk, inspired by what she rightly terms Barbara Ganley’s “call to arms,” make me think hard about our vocation.
It seems to me, tonight, after a fine first day of Faculty Academy, that risk is at the heart of authentic teaching and learning. Both roles are exceptionally vulnerable, and must be so, if […]
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