The context comes across clearly to me: a television series supported by massive advertising budget and the content of the show appears from the article to have little relevance; it is an object of study – its relevance is key perhaps only to those who wish to involve themselves in its study because it is [...]
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As a practicing teacher at secondary, tertiary and adult education levels and as a student on a post-grad course (it would be my third post grad degree in different disciplines) assessment is a key factor for me. Assessment procedures are different in each case and vary widely. The most widespread discussion I have so far [...] This has been a busy and productive week for me. I have learned how to use Photo Story 3 and after watching Sian’s presentation, prezi, which is certainly a step forward from slideshare / sliderocket / powerpoint. Strange that I, living in a visual world, should know so little about visual analysis. Therefore I devoured this lesson with relish. Especially since Stuart Hall was one of the three most interesting speakers I heard during my student days. Let’s see what I have taken from these pages so far, on the first reading: Representations [...] This week I’ve re-read the texts which in the end meant most to me and I’ve been busy creating a visual response using Photo Story 3 for Windows. Actually it’s finished but I have a problem with sound. I think it’s my computer software so today I’ll re-record elsewhere. The winds of change are blowing through the groves of academe and the Scorpions mirror change of another kind: I was born into a world which was book-centred, text-centred and reactive-centred. My job was to assimilate, understand and answer – preferably correctly. Originality was dangerous because it tended to overstep conventions which we could agree to call boundaries. These boundaries were basically static or at best ponderous like a pachyderm in changing. The end [...] To bring the discussion right down to earth. Teachers at school level nowadays are quite used to discussions about: “What do you mean ‘CU next t at 4‘ isn’t a proper sentence.” “All my friends understand it!“. Another common boundary negotiation in my EFL lessons is “Can we mind map it or make key points [...] Bell, D (2001) Storying cyberspace 1: material and symbolic stories, chapter 2 of An introduction to cybercultures Hand, Martin: ‘Hardware to everywhere: Narratives of promise and threat‘ I think that the overriding issues are inherent in the questions: To what extent is the cyberworld our master or servant? He makes us aware of where the power lies, namely [...] |
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