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 | What |
 | ISAW |
| Internet Studies |
| deals with standard topics to varying degrees of depth, such as |
| network protocols |
| security/privacy |
| web accessibility/usability |
| web design and information architecture |
| CMSs |
| deals with non-standard, live topics to varying degrees of depth, such as |
| web writing |
| current awareness issues |
| And (Advanced) Webportfolio |
 | Embraces the current Scottish Qualifications Authority's top of the tree Internet Qualification: The Internet National Unit Specification D01 N12 |
| Goes beyond SQA's current provisions (dated December 1998) |
| by pulling together and integrating interdisciplinary skills |
| by dealing with the present state of affairs |
| by scouting and utilising affordable state-of-the-art Internet technologies and publication mechanisms |
| in order to provide our pupils with an edge in interview situations with prospective employers and/or universities or colleges |
| by enabling our pupils to create their own individual web portfolio, allowing them to speak for themselves |
| consists of |
| Assignments |
| mandatory course work |
| optional topics up for grabs |
| Projects |
| personally chosen topics, reflecting an individual's spectrum of interests, skills, explorations, experiences and unique paths of learning |
| is published and reviewed |
| on the community server and/or as a static website |
| creates |
| a dynamic, interactive webportfolio on the net |
| the option of a snapshot take-away, static webportfolio on CD |
| a contribution to the community of knowledge |
| is a live project, being cultivated at St. Maurice's High School, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| How |
| endeavours |
| to support organic, creative and holistic learning & teaching |
| by utilising, weeding, embedding and cultivating "digital seeds" |
| in order to grow live understanding and knowledge |
| by encouraging the complex interplay of |
| the "What" (subject matter) |
| the "How" (ways of doing) |
| in, through and by virtue of the "Who" (unique individual) |
| by means of affordable, current Internet tools which enhance and sustain humane education |
| The Three R's |
| Radio Instant Outliner |
| provides a logical writing tool |
| requires hierarchical structuring |
| facilitates dynamic restructuring of ideas |
| Radio Userland |
| provides an affordable CMS |
| allows under the hood explorations to drill deep |
| Radio Community Server |
| provides a medium for publication and exchange |
| postings |
| string up the pearls into an individual necklace, facilitated by the weblog structure |
| hone the skill of writing, and thus articulate thinking |
| invite peer review, via its comments and rankings |
| Apache |
| host for intranet test-bed websites |
| Why |
| Many a Mainstream Educational Habitat |
| appears |
| to be turning itself retrogressively into a mechanistic, reductionist and dehumanising technostructure |
| to homogenise heterogeneity, i. e. seems to favour an industrialised educational monoculture of the least common denominator |
| to be susceptible to infection by PCs (Political Correctnesses) |
| Microhabitats |
| may |
| somehow, somewhere, for some time |
| sustain ecological niches for diversity of life and creativity, necessary for viable evolving ecosystems |
| Inspirational Wells |
| Among Others |
| Esoterics |
| J.W. Goethe |
| Rudolf Steiner |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti |
| David Bohm |
| Georg Kuehlewind |
| Harald Wohlrapp |
| John Alexandra |
| Steve Talbott |
| Techies |
| xml.apache |
| Mark Pilgram |
| Marc Barrot |
| for making opml to html rendering a doddle |
| and for his patience and preparedness to help with technical inquiries |
| the RadioUserland Community |
| Last, but not the Least |
| my pupils |
| past, present, and maybe in the future |
| James McCready |
| The Others |
| the treasured authors in my library |
| the imponderabilities |
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