Comments on: “The Idea of Ideas” TTIX 2009 Keynote Address

By: Chris Lott » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 Storytelling for Education (NMC 2009)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:09:37 +0000

[...] who elegantly fuses the best of the classical and enlightenment characteristics of humanitas (my TTIX Keynote was, in part, an attempt to be Gardner-esque) with contemporary technology. Like Bryan, Gardner [...]

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By: Chris L

Chris L — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:03:17 +0000

@dave I may not agree with all of it myself in a few days! That’s part of the healthy diversity that is so necessary, but so hard for me (at least) to engage with regularly… Thanks much for bringing it up on ETW.

@Gardner When I’d really given them some thought, Gee’s book was much more convincing. For me it’s less about agreeing or not, but about critically appraising and using them as a place to start our own investigations instead of *only* cherry picking parts we do (or only discarding the pieces we don’t) like. And quite honestly the dismissal of some important perspectives because of the distaste for the messenger is perhaps a bigger problem… for myself.

It means a lot to me that this made sense to you at all. You, and some things I’ve read/watched of yours, were on my mind when I was putting it together.

@scott @pumpkin thanks… it was a pretty different presentation for me… trying to model some of what I was talking about!

By: dave cormier

dave cormier — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:16:07 +0000

I insinuated on ETW tonight that it is highly recommended watching for anyone who claims to be interested in either education or ideas and essential for those interested in both.

not that i agree with all of it

By: Gardner

Gardner — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:15:55 +0000

I’ve only just read the essay–will look at the video asap–but this is major, major stuff, Chris. Wonderful. The Platonic ur-text here, for me anyway, is the Symposium, where Socrates finally does admit what he *does* know. And indeed, it is about love….

I am myself more persuaded by Gee’s book than you are here–but this raises a crucial question I’m thinking about right now and about which I will buttonhole you to hear your thoughts. Something about the experiential and the abstract in learning. More on that in Monterey if you’ve got time. Can’t wait to actually meet you after all these years!

It’s an honor to be in your cohort.

By: Chin Yeh

Chin Yeh — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:18:18 +0000

A truly informative talk, and delivered mostly efficiently when the content is extremely entertaining in the mean time. Thank you so much. The quotes you used are great.

By: Scott Leslie

Scott Leslie — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:28:56 +0000

You’re not wrong, there was a hiccup or two at the start, but when you got rolling after a few minutes…whoa! By the end, my friend, I almost had tears in my eyes; you know why (and I mean apart from the DFW quote.) We’ve talked around a lot of this stuff for a few years, but then you, as usual, get up there and tie it together so beautifully, and with humour and compassion too. It was an honour to be there. By the end you did have my UNDIVIDED attention.

By: pumpkin

pumpkin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:27:31 +0000

amazing, amazing. I was completely transfixed and mesmerized. Much to ponder, read again, read anew and reflect upon…