Re – AloudHistorically, we have valued creative writing or art classes because they help to identify and train future writers and artists, but also because the creative process is valuable on its own; every child deserves the chance to express him- or herself through words, sounds, and images, even if most will never write, perform, or draw [...]
Notes on Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture This is at least the third time I have read this. Participatory Culture For the moment, let’s define participatory culture as one: 1. With relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement 2. With strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others 3. With [...]
bwBookchapter_semistructured_interview.pdf – Highlight Loc. 6-8 | an interview is a particular type of purposeful conversation (Skopec, 1986). Unlike casual conversations, interviews are more organized and well-planned. Both parties are aware of the purpose of the interview and attempt to accomplish the goal through oral communication consisting of questions and answers. ========== bwBookchapter_semistructured_interview.pdf – Highlight Loc. [...]
After spending several hours procratinating by working on the layout of my other blog I am trying to refocus a bit on my methodology. It has become quite muddy since I submitted a brief research proposal. I am planning on relying on grounded theory, using interviews and participant observation to gather the data from which [...]
Article: 2009; 29; 3 Bulletin of Science Technology Society Stuart E. Dreyfus A Modern Perspective on Creative Cognition Notes from Kindle I haven’t added much perspective – need to contemplate. But I like the theory – its laid out well. mod perspect creative cognition.pdf – Highlight Loc. 15- perspective refers to the salience of various [...]
Article: Creative cognition as a window on creativity; Thomas B. Ward. www.elsevier.com/locate/ymeth Methods 42 (2007) 28–37 Notes: Kindle ========== creative cog window .pdf – Highlight Loc. 5-6 The creative cognition approach views creativity as the generation of novel and appropriate products through the application of basic cognitive processes to existing knowledge structures. This is a [...]
I downloaded the conference proceedings of EPIC 2007 (being heard) – these are my notes on some of the papers. They are off my Kindle – regular font are the highlights, italics my notes/thoughts. Location identified but it is a collection of sources. conference participatory culture.pdf – Highlight Loc. 123-24 | Linda Stone, a former [...]
I have a Kindle now. One thing it allows me to do is highlight digital text and turn it into a text file. WooHoo for the note taking. The Highlight Loc. is so I can find the context on the kindle doc. – Highlight Loc. 33-34 | The majority of youth use new media to [...]
I was going to update my Facebook status to Mary Ann is lost in the wilderness of context and cognition but that is slightly too pretentious for the role of my Facebook. However it sums up the past several days. I have this feeling I need to sit down and write a lit review of [...]
This is a very preliminary response, so there will be a lack of nuance and very basic connections. Article: Researching Cognition and Technology: how we learn across the lifespan – Stephen Petrina, Franc Feng, Juyun Kim I am doing background research in cognitive ethnography which is what led me here – keyword: “distributed cognition” Notes: [...]
