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Digital Pioneers?
I am re-reading parts of Derrick de Kerckove’s “The Skin of Culture” and find that a lot of what he says about our new electronic realities applies to blogging and the environments that it can produce. The following are some excerpts that I am currently thinking about: As Canadian composer Murray Shafer has suggested, with [...]
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22. May 2005
There is an interesting article in this weekend’s edition of The Globe and Mail (subscription required). It focuses on the relationship between literacy and access to computers. What really caught my attention is the fact that while functional literacy rates have not improved, we are becoming increasingly competent and proficient in using highly complex technology. [...]
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Asides 
Karyn Romeis responded to my South African reflection by linking to her own African tale. Her words struck a chord because I returned from Africa (South Africa and Kenya) only a few weeks ago, and my experiences there profoundly changed me as a teacher and a human being. Her entry took me back to many schools and classrooms that I visited in Kenya as part of the Teachers Without Borders-Canada project.
Here’s a link to Karyn’s entry and to a version I annotated using Diigo.
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1. August 2005
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