Epistemography of an Urban and Regional Planning Practicum: Appropriation in the Face of Resistance
Bagley, E. (2010). Epistemography of an Urban and Regional Planning Practicum: Appropriation in the Face of Resistance. (WCER Working Paper 2010-8). Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/publications/workingPapers/Working_Paper_No_2010_08.php
Subject: Fwd: Re: FW: CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPY
Or,
When social networking tools aren’t enough
Readers of this blog already know that we think that simply being a “digital native” is not enough.
It is certainly true that children today are more comfortable with technology than many adults–and certainly than most adults today were when we were kids ourselves.
But it doesn’t follow that therefore adults have nothing to teach kids, to offer kids, or to do to influence how kids use digital media.
I offer as an example an email my young nephew recently sent me, with the subject line:
Fwd: Re: FW: CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPY
Two great tastes that taste great together
I don’t usually blog about very techie research stuff, but this little tool has basically transformed my life as a scientist. (For those if you interested in downloading it, you want the RAndFriends package, which is free.)
In a nutshell, this package of Excel utilities makes it possible to run code from the statistical package R from within Excel. (Excel is, of course, not free.)
Those of you who are wondering what a “statistical package” is can spare yourself the rest of this post, of course.
