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[xmca] Re: technology for Classroom use



Hi,

I've recently heard about something called a "ning", which from what I
can gather seems to be a way to set up your own small scale networking
site (like a mini facebook) for your own circle of users. It seems to me
this might be an ideal way for classrooms (or groups of classrooms or
teachers) to explore this technology and be able to share their work
without worrying about what else they might come into contact with on
facebook, myspace or youtube etc.

I haven't investigated it fully yet, but am wondering if it might be the
sort of thing that will be useful for my research project on
professional learning. Perhaps someone else has some more infromation
about nings?

Helen Grimmett

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>   1. Re: teaching Vygotsky (Leif Strandberg)
>   2. Re: Technology for Classroom Use (Elinami Swai)
>   3. Re: Re: Technology for Classroom Use (Mike Cole)
>   4. RE: Re: Technology for Classroom Use (Peter Smagorinsky)
>   5. Re: Re: Technology for Classroom Use (Elinami Swai)
>   6. Re: Re: Technology for Classroom Use (Elinami Swai)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:01:28 +0200
> From: Leif Strandberg <leifstrandberg.ab@telia.com>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] teaching Vygotsky
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
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> Hi - Sweden's calling
> 
> 2006 I wrote "Vygotskij i praktiken" (Vygotsky in Practice) - a 
> text-  
> and field book - especially made for teachers, pre-school teachers  
> and rectors/principles (and also but in minor degree - trainee 
> teachers)I give lectures, seminars, workshops etcetera together 
> with teachers  
> at their workplaces (it means I travel a lot) - many teacher teams  
> also read my book in study circles
> Up til now I have met about 100.000 people in such arrangements all 
> 
> over Sweden (and Norway).
> 
> Leif Strandberg
> school psychologist
> Sweden
> 30 maj 2009 kl. 20.52 skrev Shirley Franklin:
> 
> > I think it would be great to include a copy of the syllabii.
> > I am finding this all so interesting, tho challenging to collate! 
> I  
> > love hearing about so many different courses run all ver the 
> world.  
> > Very heartening!
> > I wills send out my collation when its done.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Shirley
> > On 29 May 2009, at 17:43, moll@email.arizona.edu wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Shirley: I teach a course/seminar on Vygotsky and education 
> 
> >> every
> >> two years
> >> or so.  I started teaching it 20 years ago, when I first arrived 
> 
> >> at the
> >> University of Arizona.
> >>
> >> This fall I will add a section to the course in Spanish; the  
> >> students who want
> >> to participate will do additional readings in Spanish, for which 
> 
> >> there is an
> >> abundant literature, and our discussions of the readings will 
> also  
> >> be in
> >> Spanish, switching to English as needed.  Time permitting, I 
> will  
> >> combine the
> >> Spanish section with videoconferencing with some students in  
> >> Puerto Rico and
> >> Mexico.
> >>
> >> I have also had informal gatherings, or "tertulias" as we say in
> >> Spanish, about
> >> Vygotsky in Spanish, where students can read and discuss not 
> only  
> >> Spanish
> >> translations of Vygotsky and other colleagues' writings, but 
> articles>> by Latino
> >> and Spanish authors (e.g., Riviere, del Río & Alvarez, Baquero,  
> >> Arias,
> >> González
> >> Rey, Rodríguez, Corral, among others) whose work do not usually  
> >> appear in
> >> English.
> >>
> >> To those colleagues who have responded to your initial query:  
> >> would it be
> >> helpful to also include a copy of the syllabi used in our courses?
> >>
> >>
> >> Saludos, Luis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Luis C. Moll, Ph.D.
> >> Professor
> >> Department of Language, Reading & Culture
> >> College of Education
> >> University of Arizona
> >> Tucson, AZ  85721
> >> (520)621-1311
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting Shirley Franklin <s.franklin@dsl.pipex.com>:
> >>
> >>> We are doing some research into courses which teach about 
> Vygotsky.>>> Would really welcome feedback in terms of course name 
> and level, and
> >>> place.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks so much for your co-operation
> >>>
> >>> Shirley
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:20:55 -0400
> From: Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com>
> Subject: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Message-ID:
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> I will be training teachers to teach media literacy in their
> classrooms -- media texts and popular culture (how to assess, analyze,
> evaluate). I am also planning to teach them to use the technology for
> classroom use -- for children to share their artwork, photographs,
> stories, and journals. I was planning on using MySpace, Facebook or
> YouTube. I will appreciate any idea of better networking ICT.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Elinami
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:01:04 -0700
> From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Cc: Glynda Hull <glynda@berkeley.edu>
> Message-ID:
> 	<30364f990906021001g3f9962e7o847bdf6c91ce3cbe@mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> There are many in-school efforts of this kind Elinami. Are you 
> working from
> a university? Is this research? Are privacy issues important (they 
> sure are
> for us!).
> Glynda Hull at UC Berkeley has a powerful but small and sequestered 
> projectpilotiing such work internationally. I will cc her and she 
> will probably
> have good advice. I assume others on xmca will have experience as 
> well.mike
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I will be training teachers to teach media literacy in their
> > classrooms -- media texts and popular culture (how to assess, 
> analyze,> evaluate). I am also planning to teach them to use the 
> technology for
> > classroom use -- for children to share their artwork, photographs,
> > stories, and journals. I was planning on using MySpace, Facebook or
> > YouTube. I will appreciate any idea of better networking ICT.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Elinami
> > _______________________________________________
> > xmca mailing list
> > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:10:54 -0400
> From: "Peter Smagorinsky" <smago@uga.edu>
> Subject: RE: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> To: "'eXtended Mind, Culture,	Activity'" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Message-ID: <00e501c9e3a5$16725370$4356fa50$@edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Glynda Hull has relocated to NYU. See
> http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Glynda_Hull
> 
> Peter Smagorinsky
> Professor of English Education and Program Coordinator
> The University of Georgia
> 125 Aderhold Hall
> Athens, GA 30602
> smago@uga.edu
> http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/faculty/smagorinsky/index.html
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of Mike Cole
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:01 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Cc: Glynda Hull
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> 
> There are many in-school efforts of this kind Elinami. Are you 
> working from
> a university? Is this research? Are privacy issues important (they 
> sure are
> for us!).
> Glynda Hull at UC Berkeley has a powerful but small and sequestered 
> projectpilotiing such work internationally. I will cc her and she 
> will probably
> have good advice. I assume others on xmca will have experience as 
> well.mike
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I will be training teachers to teach media literacy in their
> > classrooms -- media texts and popular culture (how to assess, 
> analyze,> evaluate). I am also planning to teach them to use the 
> technology for
> > classroom use -- for children to share their artwork, photographs,
> > stories, and journals. I was planning on using MySpace, Facebook or
> > YouTube. I will appreciate any idea of better networking ICT.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Elinami
> > _______________________________________________
> > xmca mailing list
> > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >
> _______________________________________________
> xmca mailing list
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> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:13:14 -0400
> From: Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu, 	"eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
> 	<xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Cc: Glynda Hull <glynda@berkeley.edu>
> Message-ID:
> 	<e60370ee0906021013o468f9dc2iedbfc76a4855a006@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Thank you so kindly Mike.
> I am working from a University. I am definitely sure I will benefit
> from Glynda's project. Thanks for this pointer and link Mike, as
> always,
> 
> Elinami.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are many in-school efforts of this kind Elinami. Are you 
> working from
> > a university? Is this research? Are privacy issues important 
> (they sure are
> > for us!).
> > Glynda Hull at UC Berkeley has a powerful but small and 
> sequestered project
> > pilotiing such work internationally. I will cc her and she will 
> probably> have good advice. I assume others on xmca will have 
> experience as well.
> > mike
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com> 
> wrote:>
> >> I will be training teachers to teach media literacy in their
> >> classrooms -- media texts and popular culture (how to assess, 
> analyze,>> evaluate). I am also planning to teach them to use the 
> technology for
> >> classroom use -- for children to share their artwork, photographs,
> >> stories, and journals. I was planning on using MySpace, Facebook or
> >> YouTube. I will appreciate any idea of better networking ICT.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Elinami
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> xmca mailing list
> >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > xmca mailing list
> > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Elinami Swai
> Womens' and Gender Studies
> University Hall 4220-A
> The University of Toledo
> Toledo, OH, 43606
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:52:21 -0400
> From: Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Message-ID:
> 	<e60370ee0906021052q3c88e56dnb83be810e5849982@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Thanks Peter.
> Let me trace her,
> 
> Elinmi
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> 
> wrote:> Glynda Hull has relocated to NYU. See
> > http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Glynda_Hull
> >
> > Peter Smagorinsky
> > Professor of English Education and Program Coordinator
> > The University of Georgia
> > 125 Aderhold Hall
> > Athens, GA 30602
> > smago@uga.edu
> > http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/faculty/smagorinsky/index.html
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Cole
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:01 PM
> > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> > Cc: Glynda Hull
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Technology for Classroom Use
> >
> > There are many in-school efforts of this kind Elinami. Are you 
> working from
> > a university? Is this research? Are privacy issues important 
> (they sure are
> > for us!).
> > Glynda Hull at UC Berkeley has a powerful but small and 
> sequestered project
> > pilotiing such work internationally. I will cc her and she will 
> probably> have good advice. I assume others on xmca will have 
> experience as well.
> > mike
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Elinami Swai <swaiev@gmail.com> 
> wrote:>
> >> I will be training teachers to teach media literacy in their
> >> classrooms -- media texts and popular culture (how to assess, 
> analyze,>> evaluate). I am also planning to teach them to use the 
> technology for
> >> classroom use -- for children to share their artwork, photographs,
> >> stories, and journals. I was planning on using MySpace, Facebook or
> >> YouTube. I will appreciate any idea of better networking ICT.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Elinami
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> xmca mailing list
> >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Elinami Swai
> Womens' and Gender Studies
> University Hall 4220-A
> The University of Toledo
> Toledo, OH, 43606
> 
> 
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