I struggled trying to blog yesterday after reading the excerpt from “Deschooling Society” by Illich.  It was one of those moments where there are so many things that you want to say, that you actually say nothing.  I often felt the same in class today – we were all riled up and sometimes it was […]

(Sorry LDRS 1016ers, this post may not be your cup of tea…) Viola and McCloud should be/must be cronies.  It is interesting to see how they use different media as “ins” into the same essential idea of multiple ways through the same material.  For McCloud, we studied the circular comic and wondered at the different […]

In vtclis12 class on Thursday we had our second discussion of McCloud’s comments.  I think we could all agree that it was a day of subtle tricks that unlocked powerful concepts for us all.  It started with Julie’s reading of the comic from right to left (GASP!) and followed with Adam’s link between the comic […]

McClouds comics were rather interesting – I particularly liked his notions that comics could present time elapsing in a single frame and also how past, present, and future can all be displayed simultaneously.  It reminds me of some of McLuhan and his “with instant speed the causes of things began to emerge with awareness again, […]

One of the tools that teachers and students alike either seem to love or hate are ePortfolios.  Like most tools, I think they can be used to great benefit in teaching and learning but they also have a number of ways they can be completely ineffective.  I was writing a short narrative the other day […]