[Xmca-l] Re: Teachers and Facebook

[Barowy, William]

Yeah -- two orientations occupying the same space -- I've taught an applied research course (empirical lead up to a thesis in a now defunct program) and students who are practicing teachers usually have studied their own setting in some way, all too often with conflict between arising between teaching and research. Here it might be two orientations occupying the same person-space.

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From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 10:36 PM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Teachers and Facebook

Nice to see your voice, Bill.

This seems like a perfect project for a Communication scholar who thought CHAT was a useful analytic tool. In after-school institutions that are supposed to be helpful to kids' development there is a constant pressure to "make sure that nothing bad (e.g., unlawful, immoral...) happens." Our activities are organized to maximize the possibility of "good things"
happening. When the two orientations occupy the same space, things certainly get interesting.
mike


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Barowy, William <barowy@lesley.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> There was a local incident in my area earlier this month that I've 
> briefly described in the following blog entry.  I don't have time 
> myself to do it, but it occurred to me that this could be an excellent 
> controversial situation for an activity theoretical analysis, perhaps for a grad student.
>
>
> http://www.lesley.edu/blog/technology-in-classroom/2014/04/should-teac
> hers-be-allowed-to-friend-their-students-on-facebook/
>
> ---
> William Barowy, Ph. D.
> Associate Professor,
> Lesley University
> 29 Everett Street,
> Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
> Desktop: http://bill.barowy.net/
> Mobile: http://bill.barowy.net/m/
>
> "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn 
> how to do it."
> --Pablo Picasso
>
>
>