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document.write( "            Cutting the Crap from Student iMovies: A Screencast Tutorial | Beyond School: " );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Clay Burell30 Dec 07 at):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Derrall, you pegged it exactly. Our reading and thinking is short-circuited by good old human laziness – even down to clicking a link so we can read and leave comments.And yes, you can see the entire blogpage within Bloglines Beta. And as you say, there is much to “learn” through the visuals and widgets we all add to our blogs.And yes, exporting an OPML file from Google Reader (or any other one), and importing it into Bloglines, is a 2-click action.Uh-oh – TWO CLICKS? FORGET IT. TOO MUCH WORK. Clay Burell" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Scott Schwister):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> This may be the bump needed for me to switch from GR. You and Derrall are on to something with that bit about RSS laziness. I think the laziness flows in the other direction, too. I\'m a prime example of the lousy/lazy blogger who barely gives the time of day to layout, visual presentation, and all that widgety jazz. For me, the text-centric display of the RSS reader has been a comforting crutch. When I was in the classroom, my bulletin boards were pathetic. But, hey, what belongs on display is students\' work, not mine, right? It\'s gradually dawning on little dull me, thanks to some good examples out there, that presentation IS important. So just as I\'m thinking about ringing in the new year by spiffing things up, and maybe even a complete template overhaul, there you go putting my beaming self up as an example. Too funny. <br><br>Your comments about beating RSS laziness ? Spot on, as usual." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Clay Burell30 Dec 07 at):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Know what else is funny, Scott? I originally wrote, “How can you go a week with Scott beaming at you?” etc. Should have been (now is) “without”.Tee hee.Clay Burell" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(A. Mercer):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> If literary background knowledge is partly or entirely replaced by just-in-time hypercontextual linking, is a new kind of literacy at work?Aren’t these two different ideas? To make a well placed hyperlink that provides allusion, you have to read the target page first, not google it later. This only works if you’re the reader. But then if you don’t know Sisyphus, you don’t know the allusion, and you can’t google it. Someone has to know the allusion to put it in and more importantly, to add the link. Hyperlinking the allusion makes it easier for the reader, because the context is given to them on a silver platter, but it’s just as hard for the writer, who has to know to put it there in the first place." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(sschwister):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> @A.Mercer: Your writer vs. reader distinction is useful. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree: SOMEONE has to know the allusion in the first place. In one sense, the writer takes on a quasi-teaching role by anticipating gaps in reader\' knowledge and planning ahead by leaving a hyperlinked breadcrumb trail of contextual clues. And there\'s no better way to really learn something than by teaching it. That\'s just a slice of what writers and writing are about, of course, and a writer may have a zillion other inscrutable reasons behind their compositional choices. To link, not to link, what to link? <br><br>My original question/point is actually about what we can breezily call the Silver Platter Problem. If context is provided for the reader via hyperlink, and said reader dutifully clicks through and reads/absorbs/learns/grasps the allusion\'s gist (none of which is a given), I still spot at least two pitfalls: <br><br>1) doing a quick Cliff Notes-y cram to bone up on Sisyphus is an awfully pale substitute for coming to the text with prior knowledge born of study and deeper reading, and <br>2) meanwhile, the reader has lost the flow of the original passage. <br><br>The notion I was trying out is not that links can be the functional equivalent of allusions, but more that there\'s a temptation to think they can be---and perhaps even compositional mission-creep heading in that direction. So I agree with you that they\'re two different things, with some interesting overlaps. Notice that I tossed out the provocation with one hand while personally disowning it with the other. <br><br>I do think this raises important questions for teaching. If links and allusions are misunderstood as being the same things, how do you tease out the functional and literary distinctions? And, even more compelling to my mind, if links are increasingly being pressed into service as Cliff-Note-allusions, how do we help readers manage it all?" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(A. Mercer):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Well, since my favorite way to deal with allusions in high school was to go to the Bible Concordance, I didn\'t need Google to reach for a shortcut. I wonder if we\'ll be able to read all the classics. There is so much knowledge out there, and so much that is being lost because of a loss of context. Think of the word schmuck, punk, and screwed which are now &quot;clean&quot; enough for general discussion, but were not very nice in their original context. I don\'t think you can &quot;know&quot; all the context, and all the classics, but really getting know know some of the classics, and delve into them is worthwhile not just because you learn about that particular piece, but you learn HOW to do that with other pieces of literature. I think the thinking is more important than the piece, BUT the piece itself is not inconsequential." );
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document.write( "            Moving Bud the Teacher: " );
document.write( "            <a href=\"http://budtheteacher.com/blog/2009/01/26/hyperlinks-might-not-be-adjectives-2/\" class=\"article\" title=\"External link to article\">Hyperlinks Might (Not) Be Adjectives (2)</a>" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Scott Schwister):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Someone, somewhere, somewhen, mentioned our old friend DOL. You could almost call this series, and the discussion it generates, Daily Oral Linking." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Scott Schwister):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Yes, in that the link modifies the noun. But not in the familiar sense, where the modifier\'s own meaning is apparent in the sentence\'s context. In these three sentences, the modifiers look exactly the same; it\'s not until the reader interacts with the text by clicking on or rolling over the link that the modification starts to show its shy/sneaky little face. The modification is buried down a level (or more), and its meaning remains dormant until or unless the reader catalyzes a reaction by acting on the hyperlink. Because the adjectival function is once-removed, there\'s no guarantee that the reader will click, or that the reading will go beyond the sentence\'s &quot;original&quot; or &quot;neutral&quot; unmodified meaning---whatever that means. In the absence of the clarity provided by the click (the big adjectival reveal!), the reader will plug in whatever connotation of &quot;parade&quot; comes naturally, I suppose. <br><br>Which raises what was probably your question in the first place: If a word is hyperlinked but no one clicks it, was its meaning really changed? <br><br>Sweet puzzle." );
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document.write( "            The Line: " );
document.write( "            <a href=\"http://theline.edublogs.org/2008/01/29/what-feeds-you/\" class=\"article\" title=\"External link to article\">What Feeds You?</a>" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(dstrasser):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> @Dave– guitar is great. I’ve been playing for awhile (there’s a post on it somewhere in here). @Joe: winter climbing = tempting, and something I can definitely envision for the future for myself, but scary. I’ve barely got it down for three-season. Where’s the trail to Mount Jo again?" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Scott Schwister):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> @Dina: You and Diane Cordell must be on the same wavelength. She, too, is writing about the seductions of ice. And ice cream. <br><br>http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/2008/02/barge-made-of-ice.html<br><br>Not really answering your question, but just a random thought about ice\'s seductions. Our Ethiopian friend Eleni is experiencing her first Minnesota winter. To her, ice and snow are one continuous, undifferentiated blanket. After wiping out on an icy patch, she asked us natives, &quot;Why didn\'t you TELL me there are different kinds of ice?&quot;" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(February 1st):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> I liked your story Scott- reminds me of the Inuit/snow story: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bios/askus3.htm" );
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