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Obama, Radiohead and My Classroom

Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 7:29 AM by jtspencer
A few months ago, I logged onto the Obama website for the first time. I expected to see the standard stream of videos, professional pictures and links asking me to give. Although the site had aspects of each, I found it to be welcoming, intuitive and Read More...
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Welcome to the Wiki World

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 10:04 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
Changes in education often occur when there is a convergence of new technology and a shift in the social context. Thus, the Enlightenment ideology coincided with the rise of the nation-state and the Guttenberg Press. The current system of education coincided Read More...
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the wisdom of crowds

Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:38 AM by jtspencer
When I was first beginning as a teacher, the lady said, "Check out Fred Jones. He's really good. So is Lee Canter for another side of discipline. But personally, I'm all over Harry Wong." I was the only one in the room who laughed. Could an educational Read More...
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first ever video blog post

Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 8:10 AM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
The following is a video blog post I created. I did this for a few reasons. First, we have to do it for our class. Also, I realized awhile ago that this is such a multimedia culture that this is the language people speak. Like my friend Dustin pointed Read More...
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thoughts on problem-based learning

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 10:27 PM by jtspencer
For the last two weeks, students in my class have explored multiple facets of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. They have analyzed sources for bias, posed intelligent questions, created metaphors for the conflict and developed solutions. I admit that Read More...
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I ride past a sign

Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 11:08 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
While on my bike, I ride past a tagged-up sign. In the foreground is the latest freshest graffiti, supplanting the corporate letters advertising for an incumbent politician. (I can't think of the last time we had an election) It seems a poignant message Read More...
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too many voices

Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:30 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
I'm listening to Sufjan Stevens, partially because I enjoy the song "Transfiguration" but mostly because I can't take anything too manufactured right now. Sometimes I think I've got the soul of an anarchist and I just want freedom. The district and the Read More...
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