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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 25, 2008

  You only get to Negro nationalism after you pass intelligence and universal knowledge. That is what we have lost touch with. That is the Marcus Garvey that we have ... almost erased...

The 'secret Garveyism': By THEA RUTHERFORD, Guardian National Correspondent - Nassau, Bahamas: UCLA professor and prominent Caribbean scholar, Robert Hill, introduced an audience on Thursday to a Marcus Garvey that perhaps many of us have never known. For decades after his death in...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  May 15, 2008

  How the Humanities could contribute to Carbon reduction

All of the disciplines need to be engaged in raising our awareness of our contribution to carbon emissions.  Each has a responsibility and vehicle for raising our awareness.  I have to be radical and say each has the responsibility to. Urgently.  Refocus your curriculum to make it relevant to...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008

  Changing a paradigm

How do you change a paradigm? When our entire economy and population is based on fossil fuels, considering a move to a renewable life style and energy sources are daunting. The alternatives are out there, and evolving every moment.  But none of these are presenting themselves in a timely fashion...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2007

  Media Ecology Musings

The media is the message. How very apt for Second Life. I’m just begining to graple with these things and feeling like I’ve been asleep at the wheel. Since i’m new to blogging, the blogosphere is overwhelming. I’m one of those people for whom 1 + 1 = one. So muddling...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Oct 11, 2007

  Architectonic

I’m begining to understand the activities of engaging in the virtual creation of being as creating an architectonic. I’m specifically using this to describe the elements of my web 2.0 activity as revealing a design ecology where by the aggregating elements hold together in a...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2007

  Heros, Role Models and the Sage on the Stage

Imagine being able to bring your childhood or teenage heros into the classroom. Now if that classroom was a unique learning community, where, when the time was up things just began to get interesting– I’ve been fortunate enough to teach in an environment, a college performing arts...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2007

  Education in the New Environmental Economy

This is the title of the conference i attended hosted by the VEC, or Vermont Environmental Consortium. The list of presenters was very impressive, with the keynote presentation by Dr. Grant Trump setting the bar very high. As president and CEO of Eco-Canada he put the eco-nomy in the...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Jan 25, 2008

  A New Year: Musings on Media

The act of blogging is so vastly different from the personal Journal I have kept. Being read, accessible, revealed was not part of that writing experience.  I never expected to be published.  And so for generations only a few writers emerged into the public landscape by luck, persistence,...... [view]

Posted By:  Ecosage
Posted On:  Feb 7, 2008

  Design, Build, Operate (Experience), Innovate

This is a ‘Blended Learning’ strategy appropriate for many skill levels and ages. In a collaborative atmosphere this strategy can lead to emergence.  I’ll try and just quickly outline this to get it out there.  This is also a completely immersive kind of model that allows you...... [view]

Posted By:  satisshroff
Posted On:  Feb 15, 2008

  Pedagogic Poems

Deleting Lives in the Cyberworld (Satis Shroff) The young man and his double-clicks In a cyberworld Of bits and bytes, Full of elves, tough turtles, dementors, Warriors and evil beings, Who destroy hamlets, towns, Civilisations, At the command of a few clicks. An unreal world...... [view]

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