Gramsci, Foucault and Liberation Technology

shaping and activating the global learning space with social networking

Ira David Socol College of Education Michigan State UniversityPhD Candidate

• Teacher Isolation• Within tightly controlled local and

national systems• Opportunities to see new practices

modeled are rare• Opportunities to hear new theories

are rare• Much Professional Development is

viewed as having little value

Open University 2005:DEEP Impact:

An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication

Technologies for Teacher Education in the Global SouthLeach, J., Ahmed, A., Makalima, S., and Power, T.

SMS Messaging for teacherprofessional development:-lowered isolation-improved self-assessed practice-improved teacher retention -provided increased global contact for students

Foucault: power “only exists in action” (1996).

Twitter and teacher blogging seems to create a “transaction

space” for the action which otherwise may not exist.

Creating a space in which teachers can use their own

power, without the transaction space limitations of their culture

and/or nation.

Twitter and teacher blogs as a way of creating new Gramscian power routes which limit societal

hegemonies

Global Teacher Communicationopen

Aussie educators in my twitter network, can you chime in

please? @--- @--- and who else?

With words of caution from @--- - European Commission considers #web #accessibility legislation: http://ow.ly/wfOd

Just Posted: "Teaching, Testing and Counseling"

http://j.mp/xu1DU Sigh.

I feel sad after parents ask me how to make things all better.

They're trying so hard and I wish I had all the answers.

Here is my parent permission letter so far. Can't bring myself

to ask permission yet. Any suggestions? Thanks!

http://ow.ly/wgvl

What would happen if you took a fish into space, would it float out

of the water? Please help us with the answer because we

don't know! (JG)

Why Social Media Curriculum is Critical in Schools

http://bit.ly/ctiTPW <<great points & outstanding read!

A Rubric For Applied #Math Curriculum - http://is.gd/9uY8S

Using YouTube for Open House - http://is.gd/9uVcM People can get familiar w/ your school, seated at home!

Question: Any other gay educators out there?

to what degree does nsw need associative advocasy accross

sectors vs focus on skill/resources.

[1] Light bulb! What if I gave an assignment in class and each student was the expert on one

problem and they couldn't ask me for help. They HAD

[2] to ask the student in charge of that problem. I know this is a very common teaching strategy but I

normally hate it and this way excites me.

Students in tears over HSC 'nightmare' http://bit.ly/4tRIXt

[Gotta love standardised testing

Admin said couldnt show b/c Lou was smoking a cigarette.I

worked at alternative school for Pete's sake!Kids had weed!

Idiots!

special needs eighth graders all very far behind-no progress last

two years- any ideas?

Students' blogs are filling the RSS feed with great #novelstudy

posts: http://bit.ly/bPWVwB (book list: http://bit.ly/bXbD7j)

#talonsenglish

Can I write "Dear parent, your son has greatly improved on

things not considered important by the school report system"?

Can anyone skype class to class? American math to

Johannesburg?

Looking forward to seeing how my gr 7/8 students handle their

first full "plan your own day".They've had blocks of this

& now they're ready.

Hmmm, thinking Skype portable will help me get students access

to Skype where they are not allowed to install it http://bit.ly/4r3hX9

Need IWB resources en Francais – world history

especially

Reading: "Move to drop honors courses at Boston Latin worries some" http://j.mp/coDjbV The word "learning" never used in

the article. Sigh.

“Add-on” Value to Firefox – Webinar http://bit.ly/ciTq40

#elearning

rt @irish---------- Inclusion is needed in classrooms http://short.ie/oat6b3

Can you explain TTS to me? Where can I get it?

Arguments for unblocking SM? meeting with head tomorrow

dm me your email and I’ll send you that lesson plan

@--- pointed one of my students your way the other day. He's

looking for ipod touch implemention/apps.

Contributing to the MindMeister map on strengths and

weaknesses of various mind mapping applications-

http://j.mp/KHAyI

Looking for South American classrooms to link up with – age

12-13 or so

#APBio the ratio of a tri-hybrid cross? Phenotype?

27:9:9:9:3:3:3:1 Is that what you needed?

None of our computers have Firefox. Can we get it in

South Africa?

Want my FE students to vote for student council the way they do

in Ireland. Ireland school for swap?

he doesn’t recognize letters at all. 16 and very smart, but…

ideas?

socolira@msu.edu

@irasocol

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