[Xmca-l] Re: How much fun are we having . . .

[Anthony Barra]

Thank you, Helena. That's a very interesting observation.

I wish you - and everyone - a great day, myself included 😎

Anthony

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 1:42 PM Helena Worthen <helenaworthen@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Brilliant, Anthony!  I clicked on it to see what it looked like and found
> that  you’ve lined my bit up with a bunch of others speaking to the
> question of “concept.”
>
> What is interesting to me is how consistent, across all these clips, is
> the explanation of “concept.”  Surely that’s a first for this list — one
> voice after another, different accents, different angles, but definitely
> all talking about the same thing, elaborating on it in agreement with each
> other.
>
> It does not look as if each clip was made after the speaker had listened
> to the others. That’s really good. That means that we are spared the “Yes,
> but….not exactly…” sort of thing that characterizes an asynchronous dialog
> like the XMCA and tends to lead off into the weeds.
>
> The unanticipated benefit of an alternate medium!
>
> Thanks — Helena
>
>
> Helena Worthen
> helenaworthen@gmail.com
> helenaworthen.wordpress.com
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://helenaworthen.wordpress.com__;!!Mih3wA!RxP-7GEVwvcsniPJ6Lqjd00pTU7vVHE3GoVT-b663zit3E8f7JGZmYxdCVAb5KqTCrMcrQ$>
>
> check your registration at vote.gov
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://vote.gov__;!!Mih3wA!RxP-7GEVwvcsniPJ6Lqjd00pTU7vVHE3GoVT-b663zit3E8f7JGZmYxdCVAb5Krc2IrQEw$>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2020, at 7:27 AM, Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you to Helena.  Very interesting.
>
> "Vygotsky - through a Labor Education lens" --
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/iYndG7cKlj0__;!!Mih3wA!SjaX-RPr9bngPe1RYmhbGlwVNC2Wi_kXV2IzwCzulyRWECkfnCkl5oTcHBhGo8EUePNNAw$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/iYndG7cKlj0__;!!Mih3wA!TEUjOSfiWRp0TM4f0of9IHUPilVY3cdyCB7aTG5A6Jd4TSu70iaaju2lZ974R-I7RgvKPw$>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 6:05 PM Helena Worthen <helenaworthen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Anthony, I am going to try taking you up on your challenge.
>>
>> *How would YOU explain Vygotsky's theory for a general audience -- e.g.,
>>> parents, teachers, coaches, relatives -- without sacrificing too much
>>> accuracy?*
>>
>>
>> I did this, of course, in my book, *What Did You Learn at Work Today?
>> The Forbidden Lessons of Labor Education,* published by Hardball Press
>> in 2014.  Note the prestigious academic press  — and it only costs $15!!!!
>> But I will boil it down to the 5-minute schpiel that I would give in my
>> classes to union members whose second question, after “How did you learn to
>> do labor education?” would be, “How can I get your job?”
>>
>>
>> Helena Worthen
>> helenaworthen@gmail.com
>> helenaworthen.wordpress.com
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://helenaworthen.wordpress.com__;!!Mih3wA!TAFFMpAC8Z-sarCBZ1096ZKAubJYY6x-H0Ry8_xyxTpxycaDyL87wBMJVZbUD25IOaUS6g$>
>>
>> check your registration at vote.gov
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://vote.gov__;!!Mih3wA!TAFFMpAC8Z-sarCBZ1096ZKAubJYY6x-H0Ry8_xyxTpxycaDyL87wBMJVZbUD26CQqKEAg$>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 28, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Recently, a small spat has spun into an interesting larger discussion,
>> and mostly productive at that.
>>
>> The whole spat, however, began with a misunderstanding.  When sharing the
>> "Why generations?" video, Andy was alluding, lightly and positively, to a
>> previous video where he himself was "put on the spot" (ironically enough in
>> a post titled "Let's have some fun!
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net/wordpress1/2020/11/09/an-audience-participation-question-lets-have-some-fun/__;!!Mih3wA!T43ZvPV-bP_hJ_7jwudj1LjgsrqO8umkMgxxV9l0-NRN9Ldn3GSgisSsJJXWQaTroRXAcg$>").
>> In my family, from childhood onward, 'on the spot' always had a positive,
>> even playful connotation. (Maybe it's an italian-american thing?)
>>
>> Sadly, the initial offer of fun, three weeks ago, was hardly taken up,
>> save for a brief, interesting response from Huw Lloyd.  But the party
>> shouldn't end, and the open-ended question remains:
>>
>>> *How would YOU explain Vygotsky's theory for a general audience -- e.g.,
>>> parents, teachers, coaches, relatives -- without sacrificing too much
>>> accuracy?*
>>
>>
>> Andy gave it a nice go, without advanced warning (i.e., 'on the spot').
>> I think it's a pretty hard question, and maybe a poorly asked one -- but
>> what if many of us weighed in and gave it a shot?  It'd probably be less
>> hard then, and certainly interesting (and likely beneficial to anyone
>> looking to share Vygotsky's work in various settings beyond academe) --->
>> "the pool of collective knowledge is big," perhaps even *oceanic*.
>>
>> No one wants my advice, but this would be it: assume you have something
>> worth saying and also that it might not come out as well as you'd like AND
>> that people will want to hear it anyway, and even more importantly, that
>> the momentum of having many voices contribute will be worth as much
>> (probably more) than any individual contribution (i.e., literally no
>> pressure).
>>
>> Give it a shot here, maybe even in video-form if you'd like: "An
>> Audience Participation Question . . . Let's Have Some Fun!"
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net/wordpress1/2020/11/09/an-audience-participation-question-lets-have-some-fun/__;!!Mih3wA!T43ZvPV-bP_hJ_7jwudj1LjgsrqO8umkMgxxV9l0-NRN9Ldn3GSgisSsJJXWQaTroRXAcg$>
>> <<But please avert your eyes at the 1:47-1:48 mark>> (I kid, I kid!)
>>
>> There are other good videos over at CulturalPraxis -- and hopefully, the
>> uptick in xmca engagement will spill over to there as well (the more the
>> merrier).
>>
>> As Natalia Gajdamaschko has suggested, "development comes out of
>> resolving some sort of contradiction..some type of crisis -- a good crisis
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net/wordpress1/2020/10/05/video-series-join-the-discussion-dr-natalia-gajdamaschko-crisis-in-the-classroom/__;!!Mih3wA!T43ZvPV-bP_hJ_7jwudj1LjgsrqO8umkMgxxV9l0-NRN9Ldn3GSgisSsJJXWQaQl-3J_Og$>
>> ."
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.ucsd.edu/pipermail/xmca-l/attachments/20201201/c51b52c5/attachment.html