Comments for Morgan's Log http://mcmorgan.org/blog why *everyone* should have a sabbatical Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on traveling without a laptop by Sharon http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543&cpage=1#comment-3923 Sharon Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:45:22 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543#comment-3923 I am disappointed that you won't be teaching a class this fall...:( But you deserve some time off to explore! Have fun! I am disappointed that you won’t be teaching a class this fall…:( But you deserve some time off to explore! Have fun!

]]> Comment on things we would never put on the university home page by Anne http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1573&cpage=1#comment-3914 Anne Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:05:15 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1573#comment-3914 So very true. And in an almost-related fashion; I remember the adventure that was me trying to find your office address to send a Christmas card. *thumbs up* PS: I'll get back to your email in a minute. Or two. Don't think I'm being rude! So very true. And in an almost-related fashion; I remember the adventure that was me trying to find your office address to send a Christmas card. *thumbs up*

PS: I’ll get back to your email in a minute. Or two. Don’t think I’m being rude!

]]> Comment on traveling without a laptop by morgan http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543&cpage=1#comment-3873 morgan Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:05:08 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543#comment-3873 Good idea! Leave the laptop at home and just visit the Apple store if it doesn't work out. Yeah. Exchange rate - not a problem. VAT - not a problem. Driving on the left from Cumbria to London: priceless. Good idea! Leave the laptop at home and just visit the Apple store if it doesn’t work out. Yeah. Exchange rate – not a problem. VAT – not a problem. Driving on the left from Cumbria to London: priceless.

]]> Comment on traveling without a laptop by Stacey Lillich http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543&cpage=1#comment-3871 Stacey Lillich Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:40:29 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1543#comment-3871 I'm excited to see what you ultimately decide. You could always go the less is more and if it's awful purchase a basic laptop to get you through, right? Then I could buy it from you when you return! I’m excited to see what you ultimately decide. You could always go the less is more and if it’s awful purchase a basic laptop to get you through, right? Then I could buy it from you when you return!

]]> Comment on free texts in Philadelphia – but pay for the beer, ok? by Matt Barton http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1480&cpage=1#comment-3812 Matt Barton Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:44:06 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1480#comment-3812 It was great seeing you at WPA! I hope we can connect again soon. It was great seeing you at WPA! I hope we can connect again soon.

]]> Comment on re-branding with humpty dumpty by Is Critical Thinking a Meme to Counter Memes? #CritLit2010 | Ruth Howard http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1449&cpage=1#comment-3606 Is Critical Thinking a Meme to Counter Memes? #CritLit2010 | Ruth Howard Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:12:59 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1449#comment-3606 [...] this particular post I am in part inspired by fellow course participant Michael Morgan’s playful etymology and of course Stephen Downes. I had fun with this [...] [...] this particular post I am in part inspired by fellow course participant Michael Morgan’s playful etymology and of course Stephen Downes. I had fun with this [...]

]]> Comment on #critlit2010: trees and linkers by alQpr » Blog Archive » Categories, Links, and Tags http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1428&cpage=1#comment-3500 alQpr » Blog Archive » Categories, Links, and Tags Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:44:40 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1428#comment-3500 [...] Heli Nurmi and MCMorgan have commented on the CritLit2010 week 3 reading from Clay Shirky Shirky: Ontology is Overrated [...] [...] Heli Nurmi and MCMorgan have commented on the CritLit2010 week 3 reading from Clay Shirky Shirky: Ontology is Overrated [...]

]]> Comment on #critlit2010: trees and linkers by CritLit2010 Syntax week is going | Heli on Connectivism http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1428&cpage=1#comment-3482 CritLit2010 Syntax week is going | Heli on Connectivism Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:59:56 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1428#comment-3482 [...] the article about ontology being overrated and found another linguistic expert in our course, M C Morgan’s blog deals with that article, I love those pictures from hierarchies to tags. The article about [...] [...] the article about ontology being overrated and found another linguistic expert in our course, M C Morgan’s blog deals with that article, I love those pictures from hierarchies to tags. The article about [...]

]]> Comment on #critlit2010 and a reseeing of critical literacy by Sui Fai John Mak http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1412&cpage=1#comment-3469 Sui Fai John Mak Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:50:39 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1412#comment-3469 Dear Morgan, I am interested in your discussion of PLE and some of the possible resistance too. It's both exciting and challenging when shifting from "how to read and write in the classroom" to "writing on blogs, wikis etc." both from an educator and learners's perspectives. "Critical agency and writing are self-conscious positions of questioning the status quo and imagining alternative arrangements for self and society (Brookfield, 1987)." Would such change (using PLE) liberate our way of teaching and learning? It depends... Thanks for the stimulating post and question. John Dear Morgan,
I am interested in your discussion of PLE and some of the possible resistance too. It’s both exciting and challenging when shifting from “how to read and write in the classroom” to “writing on blogs, wikis etc.” both from an educator and learners’s perspectives. “Critical agency and writing are self-conscious positions of questioning the status quo and imagining alternative arrangements for self and society (Brookfield, 1987).” Would such change (using PLE) liberate our way of teaching and learning? It depends…
Thanks for the stimulating post and question.
John

]]> Comment on #critlit2010 and a reseeing of critical literacy by morgan http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1412&cpage=1#comment-3467 morgan Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:39:54 +0000 http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=1412#comment-3467 Maria - Thanks for the feedback. Embedding education - in my case, education in writing and rhetoric - into the students' physical and virtual space is precisely what I'm interested in. I've been teaching in classrooms for 25 years. But I've been teaching academic literacy - how to read and write the classroom - and so the context has been appropriate to the practice. But it's no longer very empowering to students to know just how to handle academic writing in academic situations, and, frankly, it's boring for me, too. So, a change. Thanks for the lead to <a href="http://suifaijohnmak.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/critlit2010-some-thoughts-and-reflections-on-conversation-and-cop/" rel="nofollow">Mak's thinking</a>, too. We'll talk more, perhaps? michael Maria –
Thanks for the feedback. Embedding education – in my case, education in writing and rhetoric – into the students’ physical and virtual space is precisely what I’m interested in. I’ve been teaching in classrooms for 25 years. But I’ve been teaching academic literacy – how to read and write the classroom – and so the context has been appropriate to the practice. But it’s no longer very empowering to students to know just how to handle academic writing in academic situations, and, frankly, it’s boring for me, too. So, a change. Thanks for the lead to Mak’s thinking, too.

We’ll talk more, perhaps?
michael

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