Multi-faceted Refractions

Thoughts and Reflections from Vinnie Vrotny

Multi-faceted Refractions

Entries from January 9th, 2007

The Power of the Words and Blogs

January 9th, 2007 · No Comments · kilimanjaro

Blogging is a very powerful tool. All of you who do it already know this. We have all heard of examples where this medium has made the world smaller, especially Will Richardson’s and his student’s experience with Sue Monk Kidd and Eric Langhorst’s experiences with Guerilla Season. 
I have my own experience to share. I am [...]

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Group Membership and Validation

January 7th, 2007 · 5 Comments · k12online06, teaching and learning

I have been reading the commentary from others about the ideas which have arisen from the conversation that Steve Hargadon’s conversation with Will Richardson about blogging. Of particular interest to me are the comments from an old friend, Andy Carvin on his learningnow.org about avoiding the usual pool of thoughts and Jeff Utecht’s posting which [...]

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Winter Break Reading

January 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

One of the joys of a break, especially Winter Break, is curling up with a good book or two or three. I got this love of reading over extended periods of time from my mother, whose first job when my sister and I went back to school full-time was as a part-time school [...]

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