Re: [xmca] FW: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: african fractals

[Nancy Mack <nancy.mack@wright.edu>]

Peter,
Thanks so much for the link to the video about architecture, math, computers, Africa, and patterns.

 -  <!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-parent:""; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} -->   This fits with my whole theory that brain compatible learning is about having students discover patterns in grammar, literature, and learning strategies.


I try to bring all this together in my Teaching Grammar with Poetry books from Scholastic--not really a publisher know to print heavy duty theory.  However in the last chapter I try to pull in the theories that lead to my approach from sources like Cambourne and Vygotsky.


I am the proverbial lurker on this listserv, and I do enjoy many of the papers and posts.

  
Nancy Mack

English Department
Wright State University

http://www.wright.edu/~nancy.mack





----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:45 am
Subject: [xmca] FW: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: african fractals
To: "'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity'" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>

> I thought this forward might be of interest to some:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kenneth 
> harrow
> >my  wife put me on to this extraordinary youtube clip by 
> ron eglash 
> >in which he demonstrates how fractals are manifest in 
> multitudinous 
> >ways in african culture. i think many will find this fascinating
> 
> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals.html
> 
> ken
> 
> 
> Kenneth W. Harrow
> Professor of English
> Michigan State University
> harrow@msu.edu
> 517 353-7243
> fax 353 3755 
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