Re: [xmca] http://vimeo.com/groups/39473/videos

[Jenna McWilliams <jennamcjenna@gmail.com>]

And here's what I just wrote in an email to Andy:


In thinking about our recent conversation with Mike, I kept returning  
to a few really huge moments in the discussion where he said something  
I felt was extremely, extremely important. To me, those are the  
moments worth pushing out to the general public (i.e., the several  
dozen people in the world who care about mediation and CHAT). To me,  
those are the moments worth discussing.

For example: Mike said that what Vygotsky _actually_ said was not that  
?learning precedes development? but that ?learning can be organized in  
such a way that learning can precede development.? For those of us who  
have only brushed the surface of Soviet psychology, this is a big  
revelation and one worth discussing. What I enjoy about XMCA is being  
able to watch people debate these sorts of issues--if every xmca email  
was a long piece of writing that didn't engage in conversation with  
anyone else, I'd be just as well off if I just sat by myself somewhere  
and read all of the xmca members' books and articles. But it's the  
_conversation_ that clarifies and crystallizes things, the  
_conversation_ that pushes theory forward.

And video can't do exactly what xmca can do, but it can group together  
footage of people engaging with a central idea, right? Wouldn't that  
be neat?





I really like the idea of organizing a semi-weekly or perhaps monthly  
video topic--for example, perizhivanie or LSV's use of metaphor--and  
collecting short video clips in which xmca folks weigh in with their  
thoughts. This could be a way to capture and share the ideas discussed  
in this listserv--to make them available to a broader public (as in,  
for example, newer academics for whom xmca feels too dense and too  
daunting). Of course, this may be too narrow of a focus for this  
group; I don't know.







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Jenna McWilliams
Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University
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jennamcjenna@gmail.com




On Oct 10, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Andy Blunden wrote:

> Thanks for the promo, Peter, but I need to make a small correction:  
> The video of Gita is provided by Natalia Gajdamschko, and Natalia is  
> working on more videos of Gita as well. Gita is responsible for the  
> whole process, not me.
>
> Another issue. Jenna McWilliams has suggested that *very* short  
> videos on specific problems or ideas or issues, I mean 1 to 5  
> minutes, make very useful objects for class or group discussion, and  
> perhaps we ought to concentrate more energies on collecting material  
> like this.
>
> So! Anyone who would like to record a short interview or talk, upper  
> limit 5 minutes, is welcome to contact me via Skype, with their  
> webcam at the ready, and we can get busy. Not just me, others can do  
> it too. Jenna? Almost every post on xmca offers an opportunity for  
> such items. The big advantage of the 2 minute video over the 200  
> word essay is that a video can be shared in a real and immediate  
> way, in a way that written text cannot. That's over and above all  
> the secondary channels of communication that video talks offer.
>
> Any takers?
> Andy
>
> Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
> > http://vimeo.com/groups/39473/videos/14850621
> >
> >
> > Hi, Andy Blunden has made available a video of a talk given by Gita  
> > Vygotsky
> > (LSV's daughter) at UGA about a decade ago; the video came from a  
> > VHS tape
> > provided by Marty Carr and JoBeth Allen, was converted to digital  
> > form by
> > OIT, transferred via ftp through a website, and converted to a  
> > viewable
> > format by Andy. This is part of a growing collection of interviews,  
> > etc.
> > about Vygotskian research that Andy and others are making available  
> > on the
> > web, including both archival material such as this talk and newly  
> > conducted
> > interviews with current researchers from diverse continents. Andy  
> > can do the
> > interviews from Australia via skype and record and edit them for  
> > public
> > viewing. What a world!  Enjoy, p
> >
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