Comments for scmorgan http://www.scmorgan.net teacher, learner Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Because by Rhondda http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Rhondda Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:22:42 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-401 Congratulations. You have been a wonderful advocate for using technologies to give your students better learning experiences. I look forward to hearing about your new adventures in the Web world. I know you will continue to inspire me (and others). Congratulations. You have been a wonderful advocate for using technologies to give your students better learning experiences. I look forward to hearing about your new adventures in the Web world. I know you will continue to inspire me (and others).

]]> Comment on Because by Debbie http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Debbie Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:07:40 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-400 Good luck with your next step, Susan. I'm a student teacher in Scotland and have followed your Web 2.0 explorations with great interest. Good for you for going with it; you're a great advocate for teachers who thrive on learning. Best, Debbie Good luck with your next step, Susan. I’m a student teacher in Scotland and have followed your Web 2.0 explorations with great interest. Good for you for going with it; you’re a great advocate for teachers who thrive on learning. Best, Debbie

]]> Comment on Because by matt montagne http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-399 matt montagne Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:02:02 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-399 Congrats, Susan! wishing you all the best in your new venture and so looking forward to hearing of your progress!! Way to go!!! Congrats, Susan! wishing you all the best in your new venture and so looking forward to hearing of your progress!! Way to go!!!

]]> Comment on Because by Melissa Scott http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Melissa Scott Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-398 Congratulations and bet of luck! You are in great hands with Sheryl and Will! Love your final quote...currently looking for something that will challenge me in my career. Hopefully I will find it this year, if not next. Congratulations and bet of luck! You are in great hands with Sheryl and Will!

Love your final quote…currently looking for something that will challenge me in my career. Hopefully I will find it this year, if not next.

]]> Comment on Because by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:23:58 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-397 We are thrilled and feel deeply fortunate to have Susan join PLP. We know the value she will add will make what we do collectively with so many from around the world- even better. We are thrilled and feel deeply fortunate to have Susan join PLP. We know the value she will add will make what we do collectively with so many from around the world- even better.

]]> Comment on Because by Diane Cordell http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/03/13/because/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Diane Cordell Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:30:13 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=457#comment-396 Congratulations and good luck! I look forward to following your career. Congratulations and good luck! I look forward to following your career.

]]> Comment on How did I learn yesterday? by My learning and teaching today « Rhondda’s Reflections – wandering around the Web http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/01/29/how-did-i-learn-yesterday/comment-page-1/#comment-394 My learning and teaching today « Rhondda’s Reflections – wandering around the Web Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:04:11 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=411#comment-394 [...] How did I learn when I was at school? I read a post a few weeks ago by Susan Carter Morgan “How did I learn yesterday?” It made me reflect about how I learnt but then I got caught up in the start of the year [...] [...] How did I learn when I was at school? I read a post a few weeks ago by Susan Carter Morgan “How did I learn yesterday?” It made me reflect about how I learnt but then I got caught up in the start of the year [...]

]]> Comment on From the Pew Report…. by Susan Carter Morgan http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/02/20/from-the-pew-report/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Susan Carter Morgan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:47:14 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=448#comment-392 Ah, David. Hmmmm, indeed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on personal/academic writing, too. So well said. Ah, David. Hmmmm, indeed.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on personal/academic writing, too. So well said.

]]> Comment on Mountains to climb by David L http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/02/18/mountains-to-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-391 David L Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:20:57 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=446#comment-391 Writing's called personal when we seek words adequate to our experience -- a hard enough task. It becomes academic when we push to the even harder problem of deciding what in our words can possibly be true, when we become determined that the words we find for our experience must not deceive, not even ourselves. Especially not ourselves. Writing’s called personal when we seek words adequate to our experience — a hard enough task. It becomes academic when we push to the even harder problem of deciding what in our words can possibly be true, when we become determined that the words we find for our experience must not deceive, not even ourselves. Especially not ourselves.

]]> Comment on From the Pew Report…. by David L http://www.scmorgan.net/2010/02/20/from-the-pew-report/comment-page-1/#comment-390 David L Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:45:27 +0000 http://www.scmorgan.net/?p=448#comment-390 I believe it is in the Phaedrus where Plato tells the story of Socrates telling the story of of how, Theuth, master of the arts and the inventor of writing came to Thamus, ruler of Egypt, to show off this amazing new technology, "a recipe for both memory and wisdom." Skeptical Thamus observes that "this invention will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it. They will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written, calling things to mind no longer from within themselves by their own unaided powers, but under the stimulus of external marks that are alien to themselves. So it's not a recipe for memory, but for reminding, that you have discovered. And as for wisdom, you're equipping your pupils with only a semblance of it, not with truth. Thanks to you and your invention, your pupils will be widely read without benefit of a teacher's instruction; in consequence, they'll entertain the delusion that they have wide knowledge, while they are, in fact, for the most part incapable of real judgment. They will also be difficult to get on with since they will have become wise merely in their own conceit, not genuinely so." Where the philosopher Plato stands is more than a little hard to pin down -- he's using the very technology the story seems to call in question, after all. Socrates does say, "Writing, you know, Phaedrus, has this strange quality about it, which makes it really like painting: the painter's products stand before us quite as though they were alive; but if you question them, they maintain a solemn silence. So, too, with written words: you might think they spoke as though they made sense, but if you ask them anything about what they are saying, if you wish an explanation, they go on telling you the same thing, over and over forever. Once a thing is put in writing, it rolls about all over the place, falling into the hands of those who have no concern with it just as easily as under the notice of those who comprehend; it has no notion of whom to address or whom to avoid. And when it is ill-treated or abused as illegitimate, it always needs its father to help it, being quite unable to protect or help itself." Hmmmmm. I believe it is in the Phaedrus where Plato tells the story of Socrates telling the story of of how, Theuth, master of the arts and the inventor of writing came to Thamus, ruler of Egypt, to show off this amazing new technology, “a recipe for both memory and wisdom.” Skeptical Thamus observes that “this invention will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it. They will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written, calling things to mind no longer from within themselves by their own unaided powers, but under the stimulus of external marks that are alien to themselves. So it’s not a recipe for memory, but for reminding, that you have discovered. And as for wisdom, you’re equipping your pupils with only a semblance of it, not with truth. Thanks to you and your invention, your pupils will be widely read without benefit of a teacher’s instruction; in consequence, they’ll entertain the delusion that they have wide knowledge, while they are, in fact, for the most part incapable of real judgment. They will also be difficult to get on with since they will have become wise merely in their own conceit, not genuinely so.” Where the philosopher Plato stands is more than a little hard to pin down — he’s using the very technology the story seems to call in question, after all. Socrates does say, “Writing, you know, Phaedrus, has this strange quality about it, which makes it really like painting: the painter’s products stand before us quite as though they were alive; but if you question them, they maintain a solemn silence. So, too, with written words: you might think they spoke as though they made sense, but if you ask them anything about what they are saying, if you wish an explanation, they go on telling you the same thing, over and over forever. Once a thing is put in writing, it rolls about all over the place, falling into the hands of those who have no concern with it just as easily as under the notice of those who comprehend; it has no notion of whom to address or whom to avoid. And when it is ill-treated or abused as illegitimate, it always needs its father to help it, being quite unable to protect or help itself.” Hmmmmm.

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