tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027649051535433788.post4710742607632225080..comments2023-10-23T12:59:43.454-04:00Comments on the land of lolo: no footballer left behindlolositahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12767757034930712336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027649051535433788.post-81669301953476167892007-07-08T22:01:00.000-04:002007-07-08T22:01:00.000-04:00Humor can still be hard hitting. This is a perfec...Humor can still be hard hitting. This is a perfect example.bob millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657932003374197837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027649051535433788.post-62871699712633265902007-07-01T12:22:00.000-04:002007-07-01T12:22:00.000-04:00I agree. Having a sense of community makes all th...I agree. Having a sense of community makes all the difference in a learning environment. Humans are social animals, and having a group to rely on is our default setting - without it, we go a bit crazy! So much of how humans live has drastically changed in the span of the last 200 years that we are all just now trying to figure out how to adapt to the world we've created. I think that many of the "innovations" in learning (and other fields) are really just new ways to make sure we get what we've always had BACK in our lives. Communication technology allows us to connect to a close-knit group; we used to live our entire LIVES in close-knit groups. I loved the football example too - very accurate. I think another issue is the fact that we don't teach how to survive in the bizarre environment we live in - we don't teach finance in schools, we don't teach enough about how to job search, how to use computers to simplify a very complex life, how to pay taxes - all things that have only become crucial and unavoidable elements of life during the last 50 years or so. Just think about the amount of bureaucratic hoops we're all having to attempt flying leaps through at the moment - there is NOTHING in our evolutionary history which could have prepared us for them!<BR/><BR/>Woof. Loads to think about.<BR/><BR/>I love that you use "methinks" too, Abby.<BR/><BR/>:DMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935042187399677449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027649051535433788.post-48231697762544980932007-06-30T22:20:00.000-04:002007-06-30T22:20:00.000-04:00I've been musing on our MAC community all day, La...I've been musing on our MAC community all day, Lauren. It's such a 180 from my experience as an undergrad here--in class, that is. I was lucky enough to form a really fabulous community outside of school, but the classes themselves that I was in did absolutely nothing to foster community. I wonder if it's the intensity of the program? And surely the way Pat et al. has been encouraging open communication & collaboration. It's really wonderful, methinks.ACHGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028941125901061239noreply@blogger.com