Re: [xmca] distance learning

[Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>]

Leif,
The cultural-historical influence from Scandinavia is exactly what I was
hoping to portray.
Thanks for the endorsement from the SOURCE.

Here is every instance of the word "Yeah" in the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I

RL




On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:22 AM, Leif Strandberg <
leifstrandberg.ab@telia.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> Apropos Fargo:
> I have a copy... everyone must see... and LISTEN to the wonderful
> Scandinavian-English dialects...
>
> Leif
> Sweden
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Lake" <
> boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>
> To: <lchcmike@gmail.com>; "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <
> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [xmca] distance learning
>
>
>  Hi Everyone!
>> If any of you teach undergrads, this might be useful.
>> I had my first classes of the new semester yesterday .
>> The topic was on  regional dialects of English  as a way
>> to introduce Multicultural Education and my students.
>> What struck me was, they were so young that they
>> had never heard of the movie "Fargo".
>>
>> Here is a profile of the mindset of the class of 2015.
>>
>>
>> http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/**2015/<http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/>
>>
>>
>> Robert Lake
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Nothing like chatting with the neighbors to keep up one's spirits on a
>>> cloudy day,
>>> Denise! Aren't we a distance learning group?? Darn near 24/7.
>>> :-)
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Newnham Denise <dsnewnham@bluewin.ch
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>> > HI all xmca's
>>> >
>>> > I am doing my PhD with Bath and live in Switzerland that means that I
>>> spend
>>> > many hours alone in front of books and texts attempting to understand
>>> what
>>> > is going on. It is extremely lonely at times and although the >
>>> collective
>>> > learning can be understood to come through the words of the authors >
>>> there
>>> > are no minds to bounce off. I would really like to thank all xmca's for
>>> > their interesting and mind opening debates. Sometimes when I am stuck
>>> > suddenly someone writes on just that problem area. These debates are >
>>> what
>>> > makes me keep going and where I feel that I belong to a collective >
>>> mind.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I actually recommend to distance learning institutions to do something
>>> > similar even if it is only internal,  it is really psychologically
>>> > (cognitive etc) a great help and comfort.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thank you all
>>> >
>>> > Denise
>>> >
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*Robert Lake  Ed.D.
*Assistant Professor
Social Foundations of Education
Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8144
Phone: (912) 478-5125
Fax: (912) 478-5382
Statesboro, GA  30460

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