Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Webheads Teens in Action
This a blog to visit.Once, Jeff Lebow said, when she participated in baw06 graduation cermony,these will be webheads 2015!!This is the blog of my daughter,Haneen.Don't forget to explore her friend's blog.She started to teach them how to blog!!!Who knows!!But,I do love the idea, and maybe we could think seriously about this!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Blogcheese
Monday, September 25, 2006
Caught up in the panoptic gaze of the outside
I have always been wondering about “Why can’t I loop into the emerged circles of real+ virtual worlds in EFL teaching like other webheads.I know now I am “Caught up in panoptic gaze of two outside communities” .Explanation?
On a course I am taking with Vance about multiliteracies, I went through Warschaures’ Electronic Literacies”.On page38,he writes about Mary ,who worked with him in a project on new technologies in college language and writing classes.He writes:“Mary’ reactions can be explained in part by the metaphor of the panopticon (Foucault 1997.) Foucault selected Jermey Bentham’s circular prison, with the prisoners on the periphery under potentially constant but unverifiable gaze from the guards in a central observation tower, as a metaphor for how power is wielded and knowledge shaped in the real world. According to Foucault, the guards too are always subject to unverifiable gaze, not only from their supervisors but even from outside society, thus guaranteeing the control of the controllers.”
Warschaure continues: ”Mary found herself caught up in …two competing panopticons -that of her college and church, with its own set of values, and that of the outside university research community with a different set of values” .Only then I found the answer!(my two panoticons are the webheads themselves and my research community!)That feeling needs more than competency to vanish !
On a course I am taking with Vance about multiliteracies, I went through Warschaures’ Electronic Literacies”.On page38,he writes about Mary ,who worked with him in a project on new technologies in college language and writing classes.He writes:“Mary’ reactions can be explained in part by the metaphor of the panopticon (Foucault 1997.) Foucault selected Jermey Bentham’s circular prison, with the prisoners on the periphery under potentially constant but unverifiable gaze from the guards in a central observation tower, as a metaphor for how power is wielded and knowledge shaped in the real world. According to Foucault, the guards too are always subject to unverifiable gaze, not only from their supervisors but even from outside society, thus guaranteeing the control of the controllers.”
Warschaure continues: ”Mary found herself caught up in …two competing panopticons -that of her college and church, with its own set of values, and that of the outside university research community with a different set of values” .Only then I found the answer!(my two panoticons are the webheads themselves and my research community!)That feeling needs more than competency to vanish !
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Sudanese Marriage
One of the most unique folkloric rituals that take place in Central Sudanese wedding is the "The Bride Dance Day",or "Elsubhiya".Yesterday,while I was surfing goolge images for my PP105 final project at TESOL,I stumbled over this site and the beautiful photos of Dan and Julie!Choosing t ohave a Sudanese wedding only indicates that Sudan,with his people,culture and traditions meant a lot to this couple!I left a comment for them!
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Flashmeeting
Today,webheads have tried out Flashmeeting and it was perfect!Here are some screenshots and the link to the chat script .I am sure Daf and Tere are thinking about one lesson,one world project!
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Time for Educational Blog !
I will now start creating my educational blog to test with Learning with Computers group!They are the coming active group that will compete!!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
First webheads f2f meeting in Cairo
This is my f2f meeting with Randa Effat at Gezira Club in Cairo.Due to the excitment,as a first webheads meeting ever, guess what!We forgot to take enough picures!I was trying to create a photostory,but failed to, due to unknown" technical problems from my side and my PC side !
A scholarship I won
Last week,I received a private email from Nicky Hocky,Consultant-e ,telling me I was the winner for the online course at Consultant-E on "E-Moderation: A Training Course for Online Tutors". This was another turning point in my life! This was my first time ever to win a scholarship ,and ONLINE !Great way to start one's career in online learning.In an email to the list,I dedicated this scholarshp to the "webheads",the most developing CoP on the Web 2.0 .Way to go, me !
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