http://flaneuse.org/2006/09/21/my-inquiry-projects/ wanderings virtual and real Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://flaneuse.org/2006/09/21/my-inquiry-projects/#comment-162 Dr. Dana Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:49:59 +0000 http://flaneuse.org/?p=95#comment-162 Thanks for helping me to think it through. I think I'm going to do something around this for NCTEAR -- so your thoughts are super helpful. There's a sense of this as a sort of liminal space in some ways -- academic and non, personal and public that I want to explore further. Thanks for helping me to think it through. I think I’m going to do something around this for NCTEAR — so your thoughts are super helpful. There’s a sense of this as a sort of liminal space in some ways — academic and non, personal and public that I want to explore further.

]]> http://flaneuse.org/2006/09/21/my-inquiry-projects/#comment-160 Gloria Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:03:17 +0000 http://flaneuse.org/?p=95#comment-160 Great point about the difference between Blackboard discussion area and blogging. I'm having my preservice teachers use Blackboard and thus far I'm not all that happy with it. They're being good sports and trying to 'give the teacher what she wants' but they're not really *discussing*. And I think you're right, it's the ownership thing. Blackboard is institutional space and it is controlled by me. Blogging can be transgressive and borderline. If we really want our students to think and challenge texts and institutions, then we can't hem them in with institutional space. Yet...we need to learn to operate within those institutional spaces so that we aren't excluded. 'tis a conundrum and I thank you for raising it. Great point about the difference between Blackboard discussion area and blogging. I’m having my preservice teachers use Blackboard and thus far I’m not all that happy with it. They’re being good sports and trying to ‘give the teacher what she wants’ but they’re not really *discussing*. And I think you’re right, it’s the ownership thing. Blackboard is institutional space and it is controlled by me. Blogging can be transgressive and borderline. If we really want our students to think and challenge texts and institutions, then we can’t hem them in with institutional space. Yet…we need to learn to operate within those institutional spaces so that we aren’t excluded. ’tis a conundrum and I thank you for raising it.

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