The Digital Divide

Worse than it's ever been?

What do you think? Is this a true impediment to learning? To life in general? Who do we leave behind?

A Little Inspiration

Here's a video done by a former student for the imovie project. Just something fun I thought you all as current students could relate to. Enjoy the holiday and please let me know if you have any questions.

Do you know what ctrl-f does?

How technologically literate are our students?

Are we teaching them skills they can actually use when they enter the real-world?

Online or The Real World?

Interesting piece over in New City by Michael Workman.

What do you think? Has technology created such discrete limitations on our social interactions that we're reduced to being interested only in what facebook tells us to be interested in?

Travelling Stories

Do you have a travelling story about Chicago?
Has any of your family travelled to Chicago from somewhere, or vice versa?

Please share!

Do you know this?

Based on the work we're doing in some classes, regarding images (this being the final weeks of looking at their power) - do you know this image and the power it relates? Without looking it up online, would you care to guess or tell us what you think it is?

Ice Cream Revolution

As a quick note with the growing interest in the "Occupy Wall Street" Campaign, an unexpected sponsor has offered their moral support to the project.

MORAL SUPPORT

Tremendous stuff.

Khan Academy

Khan Academy Website

Maybe you've already heard of Khan Academy, but if you haven't, check it out. A completely democratic approach to education? Possible through technology. Free. Available to anyone with an internet connection. This is the kind of rethinking of the educational paradigm that can start to spur progress.

what do you think of khan? Can it work?

Choices for the 8minute project.

Marwen
www.marwen.org

Block Museum
www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu

Smart Museum
www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

Gallery 400
www.uic.edu/aa/college/gallery400/

Museum of Contemporary Art
www.mcachicago.org

Field Museum
www.fieldmuseum.org

Museum of Science and Industry
www.msichicago.org

Spertus Museum
www.spertus.edu/museum/

Museum of Contemporary Photography
www.mocp.org

Renaissance Society
www.renaissancesociety.org

Three Walls
www.three-walls.org/

Hyde Park Art Center
www.hydeparkart.org

Chicago Art Department
www.chicagoartdepartment.org/

National Museum of Mexican Art
www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/

Chicago Children’s Museum
www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org

Dusable Museum
www.dusablemuseum.org

Hull House Museum
www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/

LUMA
www.luc.edu/luma

We look forward to seeing them,
CP.

TA Tumblr

The TA has a blog too!

Though, to avoid confusion of the gmail accounts etc on blogger, I've decided to use tumblr.

Blog hard, blog often.

Site Investigations for this coming Wednesday

The following people are presenting their site investigations next week;

Heather & Nick www.chicagoartdepartment.org
Heather & Dawi www.mocp.org
Josh & Meredith www.hydeparkart.org

Does anyone have any thoughts on the websites as they stand at the minute? Helpful insights, tips and tricks are always helpful to the investigators, and might be reciprocated with similar feedback, or maybe even cake.

Just saying, cake is a winner.*

The best post on this blog wins a prize next week...*mario invincibility star*

TEDxYORK

ALEXANDER KELLY

This is a TED talk from one of my old lecturer's and good friend's Alex, about what inspires him.

Enjoy,
Paul

Changing how we think, or thinking how to change?

I hope everyone has in some way been made aware of, and felt some effects of the implications of this:

LIFE CHANGING!

Think on it.

Making heroes, building communities.

Hello,

This is an online recorded interview of a live interview taking place over skype.

Dr. Esther MacCallum-Stewart interviews two men from "the yogscast", and online community of gamers. They discuss the birth and generation of their community (by accident), and also give a brief tour of MINECRAFT - an interesting game.

LINK HERE

The President loves Arts Education!

Ok. Maybe that's a slight overstatement (though he is a big supporter of the arts in education), at least in relation to what I'm sharing here. The White House did release a report earlier this year though that advocates for the arts in classrooms and discusses strategies and benefits of an art education curriculum. Check out the report here. It's done through the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities and could be a good source for thesis research! (hint. hint.)

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

An absolutely amazing talk given by Sir Ken Robinson. Maybe you've come across it. Maybe not. Whatever the case, it's this kind of thinking which will move the conversation around education forward. Plus, I love the way this is presented.

Tabs

What Tabs do you keep open on your internet browser on a daily basis? (Link us to the rarities.)

Wii: Good for more than Gaming

A little something to get you all in the right mindset. Most technology out there can be adapted for many uses, and this is one fantastic case in point. With a bi of creative hacking a Wii remote can help create a classroom smartboard.

On another note, if you haven't checked out TED talks, please do. There is some absolutely amazing stuff on there. Totally worth watching.



More info here

Don't forget;

Hello Children,


Don't go forgetting that you've got a PREZI to do on Wednesday.


Have fun,
Paul

Cyberped Laboratory assignment;

Site Investigation Choices

1                      Carlos & Marie Clare          www.marwen.org

2                      Ed & Katie          www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/

3                      Heather & Nick          www.chicagoartdepartment.org

4                      Heather & Sarah          www.mocp.org

5                      Josh & Meredith          www.hydeparkart.org

6                      Julie & Mary          www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org

7                      Paola & Sophia          www.mcachicago.org

8                      Ricki & Sarah          www.msichicago.org

Cyberped Laboratory assignment;

Reading Facilitators

Week 2 – September 7^th, 2011

The Art Institute of Chicago – Unassigned

Week 4 – September 21^st, 2011

Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet – Meredith Martin

Week 5 – September 28^th, 2011

Museum 2.0 Blog – Mary Warbelow

Week 7 – October 12^th, 2011

Getty Museum – Paola Deguzma

MAC – Marie-Clare

Week 8 – October 19^th, 2011

Chicago Public Art Group – Sarah Hornung

US Dept of Education – Carlos Ruiz

Week 9 – October 26^th, 2011

MoMA Education – Julie Christo

Tate Modern – D’Andrea

Week 10 – November 2^nd, 2011

Educational Video Centre – Ed Pino

Week 11 – November 9^th, 2011

Brooklyn Museum – Sophia Cho

Week 12 – November 16^th, 2011

Chicago Art Magazine – Ricki Proper

Bad at Sports – Josh

Week 14 – December 7^th, 2011

New Museum – Heather Whelan

Edutopia – Sarah Simmons

Week 15 – December 14^th, 2011

Chicago Artists Resource – Katie Roth

MCA – Nick Franco

Things to do;

Hey everyone,

Here's a list of a few things you may want to do when you have time;

1) Do some admin on your blog - make sure we can see your name and all the important information. Just make sure someone would want to read it.

2) Make sure you have a NING account, and when you do look for the following; (http://saicarted.ning.com/group/cyberpedagogy-fall-2011?xg_source=activity)

3) Get yourself a facebook account, and add this guy; (http://www.facebook.com/paul.araujo.sloan)

If you need anything else, then please let me know.

Best regards,
Paul

P.S. I will try to check and return emails to you as soon as possible, so don't hesitate to send something there.

Welcome to Cyberpegagogy for Fall 2011

Our course description states: 

Cyberpedagogy introduces students to the philosophical, pedagogical, and practical aspects of using digital technology in cultural production and art education. While facilitating student experience with particular software and hardware, the course also promotes a critical discussion of the social impact, aesthetic ramifications, and pedagogical strategies of these technologies.

In your own words, what does cycberpedagogy mean to you? Introduce yourself and comment below, please also include links to your blogs (if you have them).