http://www.adambohannon.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/ http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:54:23 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=414 Came across this nice podcast questioning our priorities in education here in the US.  Mark Slouka, an English professor at the University of Chicago, talks about why he thinks our education has been “dehumanized” and why this is potentially destructive.  Right now, in a recession, everyone understands that in order to survive universities must allocate [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/feed/ 3 http://www.adambohannon.org/no-the-internet-does-not-make-up-dumber/ http://www.adambohannon.org/no-the-internet-does-not-make-up-dumber/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:09:48 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=391 In my relatively short time in the consulting world, I’ve unfortunately already encountered the stalwart of entrenched, outmoded school policy that effectively undermines attempts by teachers, however well-intentioned, to pursue a pedagogy centered on increasing media literacy.  Far from being a tech evangelist, I do think thoughtful uses of technology (esp. in the classroom) can [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/no-the-internet-does-not-make-up-dumber/feed/ 2 http://www.adambohannon.org/school-reform-students-artists/ http://www.adambohannon.org/school-reform-students-artists/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:04:49 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=324 Henry Jenkins of MIT’s Comparative Media Lab discusses how many of our students today are being de-skilled as they enter schools where the digital tools they are using outside of the school environment are invalidated.  Not only are many critical online resources blocked by crude filters but  “[teachers] tell kids again and again that what [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/school-reform-students-artists/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/ http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:05:26 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=274 From Beyond Culture Citing Washburn (1973) on the importance of play in learning “Through play (emotional, repetitious, from within) children prepare for the adult life of their culture.  Separation of education from life…is new in the history of primates.  In the American school there is no view of adult life…In schools discipline is substituted for [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/2010-job-posting-professional-reader/ http://www.adambohannon.org/2010-job-posting-professional-reader/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:34 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=179 @JordanRaynor posted this on his blog and it reminded me of a conversation I had with some colleagues a while back when Bob Stein came and spoke at my university.  Bob was talking about the future of the book and naturally the conversation led to discussing how people would/should deal with being overloaded with information [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/2010-job-posting-professional-reader/feed/ 2 http://www.adambohannon.org/virtual-communities-of-practice-and-reconceptualizing-the-salon/ http://www.adambohannon.org/virtual-communities-of-practice-and-reconceptualizing-the-salon/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:35:11 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=65 Communities of Practice and virtual learning communities: benefits, barriers and success factors by Pat Gannon-Leary, Northumbria University, UK & Elsa Fontainha, ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. This article discusses the factors important to the development and maintenance of virtual communities of practice, or  “network[s] of individuals who share a domain of interest about [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/virtual-communities-of-practice-and-reconceptualizing-the-salon/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ http://www.adambohannon.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:55:48 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=59 Greg Brown pointed me to this article, a poignant critique of the shortcomings of higher education (with a focus on the elite).  Probably one of the best I’ve ever read.  Below are a few passages, but mostly I’ll let the article speak for itself.  Hopefully these will whet your appetite. “…the way students are treated [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/prepping-for-the-gre-sigh/ http://www.adambohannon.org/prepping-for-the-gre-sigh/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:42:15 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=58 So, yesterday I bought a GRE prep book.  Started studying this morning.  Reading through the beginning I laughed out loud when I came across this paragraph: “[while taking the GRE] You will see a fourth, unidentified, experiment section on your GRE.  This section will either be Math or Verbal and will look exactly like the [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/prepping-for-the-gre-sigh/feed/ 5 http://www.adambohannon.org/is-the-internet-making-me-and-my-friends-the-dumbest-generation/ http://www.adambohannon.org/is-the-internet-making-me-and-my-friends-the-dumbest-generation/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:36:13 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=53 According to Mark Bauerlein, yes.  This morning an article from the LA Times was brought to my attention that briefly summarizes Bauerlein’s thoughts regarding the effects of the changing media environment on young folks, thoughts which he published in his book with the catchy, market-ready title The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/is-the-internet-making-me-and-my-friends-the-dumbest-generation/feed/ 4 http://www.adambohannon.org/my-lady-friend-is-headed-to-hawaii/ http://www.adambohannon.org/my-lady-friend-is-headed-to-hawaii/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 03:38:30 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=48 She was accepted to Teach For America after an arduous interviewing process and today she accepted her position in a rural area outside of Honolulu.  She will be gone for two years teaching special ed.  Congrats to her!  She’s very excited and I’m confident she will do an amazing job.  It will be sad to [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/my-lady-friend-is-headed-to-hawaii/feed/ 0