Stephen Downes continues the Learning Is Vulnerability discussion by agreeing with much I’ve written, stopping just short of the “eating is vulnerability” comparison I chose to include. Draper writes, “Learning is no more vulnerability than eating might be.” Quite so. But every time we eat, we are vulnerable. Not ‘vulnerable’ in the sense-of-community kumbaya sense. …
Month: January 2014
The (Im)Perfect Human Side of Blogging
I love this post by Dean Shareski, but not for the reasons you might think. What begins as a somewhat rushed (?) rant about the digital divide becomes clarified in the comments, and eventually solidifies into a strong argument against our common language habits associated “the achievement gap.” I love that the post is imperfect, …
When Learning Isn’t Vulnerability
I’ve sat on this post for several days now, because I empathize with the sense of fear that George Siemens described two weeks ago: When I first started blogging, I had a sense of fear with every post (“did that sound stupid?”), loss of sleep soul-searching when a critical comment was posted, and envy when peers posted …
Introducing the NEW Drape’s Takes
Yep, I did it. I packed up my things and decided to move – from Blogger to WordPress – and I have to admit, I really like the new view. I’ve used WordPress before; back when I was setting up department websites at Brighton High School in 2005. Those were pre-iPhone days. Let’s just say WordPress …