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Map-tacular!

<#mt:EntryAuthorDisplayName$> By Lana Swartz on September 16, 2008 2:20 PM

Last week, Henry, Erin, Kelly, Deb (who is back as a staff researcher), and I had our very first meeting to talk about our new Teachers' Strategy Guide project, which will be all about mapping...

A map of the internet circa 2003 showing the connections between different internet routers, from the Opte Project.

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Randall Munroe's 2007 map of the internet, from xkcd.

Because the meeting was so interesting and I'm so excited about this project, I thought I'd blog about it. You know how much we NMLers like to keep everyone updated on our projects at every phase. Sometimes watching things unfold is the coolest part!
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On the Participatory Model of Reading

<#mt:EntryAuthorDisplayName$> By Jenna McWilliams on June 26, 2008 10:48 AM

Today, my friends, I want to discuss the possibility of using Drawball as an analogy for the participatory model of reading. drawball.jpg

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Reading in a Participatory Culture: Teachers' Strategy Guide Update

<#mt:EntryAuthorDisplayName$> By Jenna McWilliams on April 17, 2008 11:30 AM

Take a look at this quote from Colin Martindale, in an article called "Biological Bases of Creativity":

"It would seem that creative productions always consist of novel combinations of pre-existing mental elements.... To create, then, involves the realization of an analogy between previously unassociated mental elements."

I love this quote because it emphasizes the role of appropriation in the creative process. It's something we're thinking about a lot as we develop our first teachers' strategy guide, called "Reading in a Participatory Culture."

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