Thank you June for your reply. I look forward to see other people's experience and points of views, and find a way of inter-weaving our posts into a series of blog posts ?
As for your reply, I totally agree with you - it is not only about the technology, it is about how we use it :) And this opens up a lot of chapters. Actually, we absolutely need to think about this, understanding how to enable user experience, and interfacing - not ending up trapped in our devices, but using them to facilitate "Real Social". http://p2pfoundation.net/Real_Social Personally, technology enables me to find others with whom I can share , face to face - or to escape temporarily from relational dynamics and oppressive relational dynamics. I see as important participating in technological developments, as to avoid getting enclosed into it. I see artificial scarcity in our information architectures actually encouraging its population to become insensitive , competitive, psychopaths. I see this as an opportunity to re-open our capacity to code our realities, using the awareness you bring forward, in a more balanced "male/female" energy. Note : As for Autism, though not sure if it is this type you bring forward in your last message, I can relate to this article http://seventhvoice.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/new-study-finds-that-individuals-with-aspergers-syndrome-dont-lack-empathy-in-fact-if-anything-they-empathize-too-much/ also, I find of interest to use the hypothesis of perspective taking http://www.clintfuhs.com/files/pdf/Fuhs_Perspective-taking-Appendix.pdf another pdf I find interesting http://bit.ly/ent_pm from http://entpm.cc/ On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:08 PM, June Gorman <june_gor...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Dante - > > I'm going to answer this groupwide b/c this, and related technology > issues, touch on a very tricky area for me in true sustainability > education, working globally on these very ideas over the past several years. > > To put it simply, I have been hearing about the possibilities and > world-changing hopes for the web and internet and "connecting" across it > since being at Berkeley in the late 70's, with some of the first > computer-techies filled with sincere, truly revolutionary fervor. And in > so many ways, the information-connecting part of their vision, came true. > Globally. > > At the same time, I would and have argued often that it is not only this > very imbalanced focus on science and technology, but also the way it is > learned and taught and spread, that has help to lead us to the very > in-human, technologically advanced cliff of un-sustainability we are about > to go over. > > Even more concerning for me as a teacher, is seeing a developing form of > "metaphoric autism" in its strongest proponents and users, and now the > children. In my experience, this is very related to this technology in that > it not only seems to dramatically reduce the skill sets of harder, more > complex interpersonal communication needed across diversity, diverse > cultures and nations more than ever in true shared problem-solving, but > also dangerously effects these abilities for interpersonal communication > (emotional and social intelligences) in children to whom it is being > introduced to as the dominant education "model" over the older more human > teacher-paradigm. This is happening worldwide, pushed by a corporate and > even for-profit educational industry with very specific education agendas > that this technology, taught in these ways, support and on behalf of > "cutting educational costs". There are real and significant resulting > social costs, especially for communities and the concept of the "shared > Commons". My entire forthcoming book on education tries to explain this. > > At the same time, who can not see the possibilities in terms of learning > with the massive information-processing applications of these technologies? > But it is not actually the area that I see of growing wariness with their > increased use -- the concern and observation of actual destruction and loss > of more empathetic, emotional/social interpersonal skills and > community-communication dynamics (again, especially in children before the > age of 10/11 years) which is my far greater educational fear. So I am not > quite the cheerleader I might be if I hadn't seen this increasingly > destructive result on other kinds of learning more critical to me, than > just massive information processing. And I have found few who do see the > beauty, possibility and potential of these technologies that either fully > understand or address this other, more critical potentially damaging "human > relationship" learned result. > > As a teacher watching it happen with children over the last 30 - 35 years, > (plenty of data/research on this especially with young and adolescent boys > who spent the most time online/gaming ( > http://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge.html)), I have never seen this > adequately addressed? The "TEF" has tried to do so, directly in this > "Transformative Education" Principle: > > TEF Principle 11: Use of Technology for Greater Connection not Alienation > Transformative education should utilize technology in a manner that does > not impede but enhances the education of children and enables > Transformative Education, that cannot be delivered in any other manner. > > This is reiterated in the TEF Principles by the questions and concerns TEF > raises about the dominating "STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering and > Math) education focus so heavily promoted in the US over the last couple of > decades, and now being exported globally by the US corporate-education > sector, the World Bank and the Brookings Institute. > > Short answer then: I am interested about learning more about > "linked-date" myself, again can see its possibilities. But not overother far > more needed understanding or as a time/money/resource preference > of "connectivity, skilled communication and necessary linking" in human to > human relationships themselves. > > I have found these are the far more important issues to understand and > resolve, especially in education. As I have seen it's lack all over, as a > primary negative effect of not having these skill sets of "connectivity and > communication" understood and developed first. > > Hope that answers your question, even if somewhat ambiguously? :-) > Best, > June > > *June Gorman, Educator and Educational Theorist* > Co-founder*, **Transformative Education Forum > <http://209.172.54.115/> (website in transition) * > Education Advisor, *UN SafePlanet Campaign* <http://www.safepla.net/> > *Board Project Director for Outreach**, I**nternational Model United > Nations Association* <http://imuna.org/> > *Steering Committee**, (UNESCO/Global Compact) **K-12 Sector for > Sustainability Education *<http://www.uspartnership.org/main/view_archive/1> > Member, UN Education Caucus for Sustainable Development > Member, UN Commons Cluster > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.mon...@gmail.com> > *To:* p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 8, 2013 9:50 PM > *Subject:* [P2P-F] Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is > understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks ! > > What would be your answer ? ( reply on this list or in private to me ) > > *A ) Interested in ( getting to know more about ) its potentials* > *B ) Not interested* > > and > > *1 ) Never heard of Linked Data <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data>* > *2 ) Know about it* > *3 ) Actively researching Linked Data > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data> applications ( in support of p2p > 4 commons ? )* > > ( or whatever other replies you wish to give ) > > // > > Context of my question : > > Michel noted that in his view Linked Data has not been a topic with much > interest on the p2pf related forums. > > I wish to understand if this is simply because not many of us know about > Linked Data, and its potentials ? > > Or is it simply because it seemed too complex or technical to bring it up > on this specific list ? > > I know some of us are working on Linked Data applications, > including in support of Sharing Economy applications. > > I personally have been interested in some of its applications for a few > years, without being a programmer. I collaborated with a programmer over > the last years, to explore some of the approaches that can be taken to > create certain applications. > > /// > > The first aim I have with this email is to have some kind of quick , > hopefully sufficiently representative set of replies. It does not have to > be on the public list - you can also reply to me in private if you like. > > From there on, I wish to open up another thread to further explain what > Linked Data can be used for with those of us who may have explored the > topic and may see potential in supporting such research as to manifest them > into certain applications, in support of , for example, p2p commons > oriented political economies. > > Cordially, > Dante > > > > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > >
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