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- I'm currently our info systems manager, teacher of sundry computing subjects, various religion subjects, and I'm keen to see some learning tools which require student engagement and reflection - in particular with our Senior College Units on ethics and ethical controversies and science and the religion. (Formal) Strings to my bow are physics, mathematics, philosophy, education, theology and computer science.
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Learning through humour
Lots of material can be helped into the brain through humour, rhyme and music. I've just put up a few videos from Monty Python and Tom Lehrer. I've also linked to Flanders and Swann's "First and Second Law". Imagine - a song about the laws of thermodynamics! Tom Lehrer also has put the periodic table to music, and there is a splendid (copyrighted) flash animation of it here. And even Lehrer's "I'm spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica" is… Continue
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I thought you might be interested in a topic of ethics that has always concerned me: "Humility and the Ethical Treatment of Your Fellow Travelers in this Life".
My parents were inspired by Lloyd C. Douglas, an American Congregationalist pastor who wrote "The Robe", "The Big Fisherman", "Magnificent Obsession" and other similar stories. His work affected their ideas and the way they raised us, and I was always impressed with his most important work (to me), "White Banners".
Recently, I discovered a similar philosopher/ethicist in Robert Fuller. He recently spent quite a period of time in Australia and the neighboring countries, so I thought you might have met him.
You had mentioned in an earlier spot that ethics and philosophy are important areas of engagement for you and your students, and I thought you might be interested in the work of Robert Fuller. Wikipedia has an entry on him, and I clipped a bit of it here: "Fuller has defined rankism as: 'abusive, discriminatory, or exploitative behavior towards people who have less power because of their lower rank in a particular hierarchy' "
He lectures and writes on this topic, the abuse of what he calls rankism. There is a group who supports his work by providing an online presence, so I went to their website: http://www.breakingranks.net. A really nice website.
Last time I went to Barnes and Noble I found his first book on this subject concerning ethical behavior in modern times: "Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank"
So, I want to share with people who have also indicated an interest in developing and maintaining positive ethics among teachers, students and their community.
You mentioned wanting to "see" some pictures of growth and success -- do you mean in the area of visionary web policy?
If so, that is the problem, there just aren't a lot of solid models out there. I have uncovered a few interesting resources in the last few days -- I'll post some links at my blog for you to take a look.
In the interim, Will Richardson conducted a chat yesterday at the National School Board Association web site, and I asked him specifically about sharing model policies. You can read what he says in the transcript posted at the NSBA web site. His response suggests to me that what you are doing with your own faculty on Ning is the best approach (rather than drafting layer upon layer of policy).
Hello from South West Victoria, Australia. I look forward to sharing and learning with you about the world of Web 2.0 and the great things we can do with our students and teachers.
our cluster wiki is below if you wish to find out more about what I do
http://moynewiki.wetpaint.com/
Talk soon..........
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