On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Sherrie Loveman <sloveman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Geek Chic
>
> -Sherrie
> Sherrie Loveman
> sloveman@gmail.com
>
>
> > From: "Constantine, Norman" <nconstantine@wakefieldschool.org>
> > Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <
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> > Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:37:45 -0500
> > To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: A Better Name Than "Info Studies"
> >
> > Cyberstudies
> > Virtual Worlds
> > Cyberculture
> > Digital Communications
> >
> > A friend of mine offers a course called MADD (Mathematics of Digital
> Data)
> >
> > Massively Muti-Student Digital Learning
> >
> > Digital Worlds
> >
> > Norman Constantine
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Keith E Gatling <keith@gatling.us>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Here at MPH we're revamping the traditional Info Studies course I've
> taught
> >> for 18 years. This is the course that used to be required of everyone,
> and
> >> went through Word Processing, Spreadsheets, the Internet, and various
> other
> >> things as they fell in or out of favor.
> >>
> >> Over the years more and more students have been able to test out of the
> >> course, as a result, it became seen as the "loser course."
> >>
> >> The fact that so many people were able to test out made us decide to
> revamp
> >> the course to teach more of the new trendy stuff like blogging, video
> >> making, etc. Our goal is to make this into a class that people WANT to
> >> take.
> >>
> >> But at the moment the revamped course is still carrying the tainted name
> of
> >> Info Studies, and a number of us feel that for students to want to take
> >> this
> >> class, it has to have a totally different name. I mean, really, would
> >> anyone
> >> really buy a new car that was called the Edsel?
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas on what a good name for the new course would
> be?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
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> >
> > --
> > Norman Constantine
> > Director of Technology Integration
> > Wakefield School
> > The Plains, VA
> >
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