Spam is definitely a problem, one for which there are multiple potential solutions. <br><br>Yet another subject ripe for edification, no?<br><br>(I'm certainly not dismissing the significance or value of bonfires, manhole covers, or other forms of physicality, I just don't happen to live in a big city currently)<br>
<br>-Jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:17 PM, { brad brace } <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bbrace@eskimo.com">bbrace@eskimo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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it all gets institutionally-perverted/hacked... there were<br>
independent early online classrooms<br>
(<a href="http://bbrace.net/education.html" target="_blank">http://bbrace.net/education.html</a>) -- see _Athena<br>
University_ links at bottom (I had an open online studio<br>
where students could drop-by): it's now been hacked by some<br>
Istanbul spam-site ;)<br>
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from the NY 80's, I remember street bonfires in AlphaVille<br>
and missing ('recycled') manholecovers<br>
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Jason Wehmhoener wrote:<br>
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> Does the classroom need to be physical? So much is possible with<br>
> free/open-source software these days...<br>
><br>
> -Jason<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Bruce Tovsky <<a href="mailto:bruce@skeletonhome.com">bruce@skeletonhome.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > interesting thought, and somewhat parallels an idea i've been having<br>
> > lately regarding teaching and the current paradigm of teaching<br>
> > multimedia at the college level. the more i speak with friends and<br>
> > associates who teach the more i feel drawn to setting up something<br>
> > similar to this "microclassroom" idea, though more spun off of a<br>
> > mentor/apprenticeship model that a teaching model. more about<br>
> > inspiration and problem solving than an environment of data input and<br>
> > analysis.<br>
> > b<br>
> ><br>
> > On Feb 6, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > >>> WOW, imagine that! Having microsound clusters in towns across the<br>
> > >>> US, each with small production studios!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > ah micro-soviets! warms my heart to think of it! :)<br>
> > > but also an interesting idea -- we should explore this some on the<br>
> > > list<br>
> > > anyone have any ideas w/r/t what John is describing?<br>
> > > I'll write more about it later when I've had some time to think<br>
> > > about it<br>
> > > :)<br>
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