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Now that I can add categories to my blog and categorize the entries, I’ve been thinking about what categories I should add. When I began blogging, I added a category called “Blogs” to talk about weblogs. What else to add? My research leanings would urge me to choose categories that would help me improve my…

Happy Hallowe’en Originally uploaded by nfujita. Lately, I’ve been reviewing literature on reflection. Since many authors acknowledge Dewey (1910/1997) as the key originator in the 20th century of the concept of reflection, I picked up a copy of How We Think. Like his other texts, this one is full of wonderful quotes. Dewey defines reflective…

Wendy kindly solved the problems I was having with my blog template, and showed me how to add a blogroll. Now, I can login from the blog (link wasn’t there before) add/edit categories without getting an error message share some blogs I started aggregating in Bloglines in March 2005 Thanks Wendy! I can now start…

Wendy’s blog entry about the theory-practice gulf struck me on a couple of levels. First, I recall discussing in a research group meeting about three years ago, where I was reviewing a paper for an international conference–a paper on the technology infrastructure for streaming powerpoint. At that time, I was critical of the transmission model…

Wendy sent me the link to this irresistible site that lets you construct your very own South Park character: http://www.vexatori.de/zib/spstudio.html Pretty neat! You can even select blood-shot graduate student eyes, should you choose to do so… I’m finally working on the draft of the paper on learning journals with Clare and Bruce that I started…

Earlier, I blogged about a conversation Amy and I had in response to Ben Levin’s keynote at the IKIT Summer Institute 2005. In talking about knowledge building as an educational reform, Levin suggested that new graduates from preservice programs are not likely to change the educational system significantly (i.e. scale up knowledge building). This made…

Canoe Originally uploaded by nfujita. Upon return from my vacation in Vancouver, I was thrust into the frenzy of taking a course (THE500H) and team teaching a course (CTL7011H). So, it was nice to go off on a canoe camping trip in Algonquin for a few days last week. I’m online most of the time,…

Howe Sound Originally uploaded by nfujita. I should be blogging about my research, but this is hard to do on holidays in Vancouver, visiting friends in town, on the Sunshine Coast, and on Vancouver Island. We’ve swam at Kits Pool, sailed a Hobie at Jericho Sailing Centre , visited many of our friends who’ve moved…

I have been having a lot of fun playing with Squeak. The drag and drop scripting makes it a lot more accessible for those who can’t program, like me. It is easy to use, and I think students would enjoy learning math using something like this. It sure beats the traditional chalk and talk approach,…