Author: <span>Ben Wilkoff</span>

Paper is outdated.

Paper is: •   Static. •   Linear. •   Finite. •   Singular. Digital Writing is: •    Dynamic. •    Multi-dimensional. •    Infinite. •    Pluralistic. With these things in mind, all writing should be: •    Infinitely editable •    Inherently clickable •    Continually discussed •    Focused on revisions and the history of revisions. Dave Cormier …

02.26.07

Cores 1-4: Revisit Personal Curriculum. Core 1: Write-On: Do words influence our concept of Utopia or does our concept of Utopia influence our words? Utopian Poetry Analysis. Core 2: Reflect-On: How difficult was it to incorporate other people’s ideas in your own frame? Elite 8 Tournament and Ultimate winner. What …

02.22.07

Core 1: Go over Vocab homework. Play Vocab basketball. Find words to substitute for the five words you crossed off. Wordie Double-Tonged Dictionary Pseudodictionary Reverse Dictionary Core 2: Discuss-on: What can 10 words do that 10,000 cannot? What is framing a debate? What would have been the great debate about …

02.21.07

Core 1: Close to 50 people have downloaded your two conversations on Perfect Learning Environments and the Internet as Utopia, and about 100 more have listened to them online. Not many students have the kind of audience that you do. Discuss-On: How would recording each class for a worldwide audience …

02.20.07

Cores 1-4: Read the Google Video Challenge See the new type of Nomination on del.icio.us Get comments from Mr. Wilkoff on del.icio.us Trade Comments Write your Weekly Authentic for Sem2_Week7 and submit to del.icio.us.

The Internet as Utopia

This was a discussion I had with my 8th graders about how the Internet could be used as a vehicle for creating a utopia in their everyday lives. I was truly surprised and intrigued by some of their responses. Many of the students believe that the internet is a “0.” …

02.15.07

Cores 1-4: Revisit Personal Curriculum. Write out on a half sheet of paper: What you have done for your Personal Curriculum Project. What you still need to do in order to present. Core 1: Take the Internet as Utopia poll as a class. Discuss the four chapters of Utopian Art. …

02.14.07

Core 1: Discuss-On: What is a society judged upon? Continue to work on the Utopian Art projects. Core 2: Write-On: How can a movement be influenced by mood or tone? Read Excerpts from Life in the Iron Mills. Describe how these Excerpts represent industrialism. Core 3: Continue to become an …