"We Make the Road by Walking":A Panel Discussion About Using the Web for Educational Purposes
Anne Dalke (Bryn Mawr College), |
We take our title from a line by the Spanish poet Antonio Machado: "Se hace caminio al andar," or "You can make the way as you go."
It is the name of a 1991 book of Conversations on Education and Social Change, a dialogue between Myles Horton and Paulo Freire. (Horton founded the Highlander Folk School, a small, independent residential education center situated outside the formal schooling system. Freire was the great Brazilian educator who worked on literary programs within university and state-sponsored programs.)
Freire: "The question for me is how is it possible for us, in the process of making the road,
to be clear and to clarify our own making of the road."
In the words and images of Harold Hoffman,
Even if you are in the right lane, you'll get run over if you just stand there.
I chose the road less traveled -- now I'm really lost.
The shortest driving distance between two points is always under construction.
For your driving pleasure: reflections from a couple of interestingly different roads being built as we speak:
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Steve on "Building Together/Engaging Dangerous Discussions: Encourage Heat and Light Without Flames"
Paul on "Intellectual Exchange as a Medium for Community Building On the Web and Beyond"
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