[Xmca-l] Re: Messages on XMCA

[Greg Thompson]

Luisa,
Could you say more about the "but it's hard" part of your comment?
Wondering what kinds of challenges you are up against in developing a
5D/clase magica-like program in the north of Portugal.
-greg
p.s. apologies for my lack of diacritics!


On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Luisa Aires <laires11@gmail.com> wrote:

> “Mediation through artifacts” opened me the way to interpret adult learning
> and mediated action with television, almost twenty years ago. Right now I
> am trying to analyze learning with digital media - locally situated
> literacies within local cultures. I am trying to "push" a program like
> Cole’s Fifth Dimension, Vasquez’s “La clase mágica”, in rural territories
> in the north of Portugal, but it’s hard ;-)
> Best,
>
> Luísa Aires, Ph.D.
> Department of Education and Distance Learning
> Universidade Aberta (Portugal)
>
> On 5 October 2013 18:35, Elizabeth Hadley Nickrenz <nickrenz@uchicago.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > Right now I am busiest with the start of my Introduction to Human
> > Development course, looking back on rough spots from last year and trying
> > to figure out how to fine-tune and improve them. Which reminds me, I had
> a
> > question I wanted to ask you all. Does anyone have any examples of
> > "mediation through artifacts" and/or  "practical activity" that they have
> > found particularly helpful in illustrating these concepts for
> > undergraduates?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Elizabeth Fein, Ph.D.
> > Department of Comparative Human Development
> > University of Chicago
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu [xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu]
> > on behalf of mike cole [lchcmike@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 4:01 PM
> > To: xmca-l@ucsd.edu; eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity
> > Cc: Bruce Jones
> > Subject: [Xmca-l]  Messages on XMCA
> >
> > Bruce is asking about absence of email on xmca. I have sent a couple of
> > message, but of course do not
> > see them except later on the accumulated list.
> >
> > What's new? There sure are a lot of you out there. Hit  reply and say
> > something about what you
> > are working on or wondering about.
> >
> > For example, I have been fussing over vocabulary confusions in a course
> > that I visit in Colorado taught by
> > Kris G.  Learning, development, practice, zoped, social situation of
> > development, context...... how are they related in Vygotky's theor??
> Simple
> > questions like that.
> >
> > And you??
> > mike
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>



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