Monthly Archives: June 2010

#CritLit2010 reflections – Signals of Collective Intelligence fifth week

Posted on 29 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Connectivism, ¿the next social revolution? Howard Rheingold in his book “Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution” explains that  there are some signs of collective intelligence in the use of technology. He considers that there might be a power on the … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – fifth week

Posted on 29 June, 2010 by maferarenas

CONTEXT “We live in a complex and fast time in a hundred new and different in the beginning of a time you will see the biggest changes in the history of mankind”. This is the way Manuel Castells interprets the … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – fourth week

Posted on 22 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Network design Complexity: syntax & semantic web. Syntax in linguistics (Wikipedia),“is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.  (…) The term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – third week

Posted on 17 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Pragmatics Managing connectivity on #CritLit2010 When connecting on CritLit2010 course I have to manage information in order to “be connected”, follow and participate on conversations. On this experience I am thankful to Steve Mackenzie who made me suggestions about his … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – third week

Posted on 15 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Pragmatics The theme in this week is Pragmatics. I  would like to connect the concept of Pragmatics, that it is a subfield of linguistics, to explore the ways in which context contributes to meaning “Digital Literacy“, as part of a … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 | Critical thinking: some of the principles

Posted on 11 June, 2010 by maferarenas

I found some interesting ideas from a video “Critical Thinking” that I connect with Critical Literacies. Critical thinking skills are about: analyzing conceptualizing defining examining listening inferring questioning reasoning synthesizing All the competences above contribute to evaluate information and to … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – second week

Posted on 10 June, 2010 by maferarenas

(1) Change…(part 2) There are times when we identify a need for a new different idea, new plans or a situation of change. This requires  accept that we need to move from the comfort place and accepted ideas to another … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – second week

Posted on 10 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Change… With regards to this week ´s subject “Patterns of change” , change is part of our life. There is not permanence with change. The only thing that is constant with “change ” is that it is inevitably. Big changes, … Continue reading →

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#CritLit2010 reflections – first week

Posted on 7 June, 2010 by maferarenas

Some lessons for good thinking When I was a student at an Economics Course at the University, we had to solve an excercise that consisted on analyse an article from a financial newspaper, apply some macroeconomic concepts and answer some … Continue reading →

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