-Sherrie
Sherrie Loveman
sloveman@gmail.com
> From: "Constantine, Norman" <nconstantine@wakefieldschool.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:37:45 -0500
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> 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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