Re: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/

[Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com>]

Michael,
I smiled when I read *I'm trying to stop using Google as a verb*.

Seems that THIS transformation, as the development of a new *meaning*, is
an example of learning as shared understandings.
larry


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Glassman, Michael <glassman.13@osu.edu>wrote:

> Interesting but so incredibly individualized.  Willingham seems to leave
> out the most obvious and I would say most common way we learn to get a cup
> of coffee.  We ask somebody, "Hey, where can I get a cup of coffee?"  And
> usually the person, even a stranger will stop to tell you and probably give
> you directions.  If they see you later they might ask you how you liked
> your cup of coffee.  Today, we actually type "Where can I get a good cup of
> coffee near.... in Paris" into your browser (I am trying to stop using
> Google as a verb).  Possibilities pop up with a review.  You choose one,
> you go to the coffee shop, you drink the coffee and are perhaps so
> impressed or unimpressed you write a review.  Or perhaps you use the
> Netflix model,  you go on a site called NetCoffee and type in Paris and
> NetCoffee comes back with some suggestions based on the opinions of people
> who like the same type of coffee you like (hey if anybody does that I get a
> piece of the action!!).  But I almost always like the movies Netflix
> recommends based on my history and how other people with similar histories
> like it - and I trust is more than my brother.  We have to expand our
> horizons I think about how people learn and what learning means.
>
> Michael
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> whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
>
> Thanks for pointing us there, giving a demonstration of what's covered
> there!
> Martin
>
> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
>
> Am 18.06.2013 um 12:04 schrieb Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>:
>
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
> >
> > The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive
> psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a
> cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p
> >
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