Comments on: United http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1380 Mark Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:38:08 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1380 Well, I tried! Vero! Yesterday I was in Nairobi and I had a spare minute or two while waiting to meet a friend. I went to kenya cinemas and went to the 4th floor, where Mr K told me you were working. Sadly it seems you have already moved to another place and I don't know where that one is. Since I wont be back in Nairobi until friday, and Im leaving on saturday, we'll have to stay in touch this way. Hope all's well! Well, I tried! Vero!

Yesterday I was in Nairobi and I had a spare minute or two while waiting to meet a friend. I went to kenya cinemas and went to the 4th floor, where Mr K told me you were working. Sadly it seems you have already moved to another place and I don’t know where that one is. Since I wont be back in Nairobi until friday, and Im leaving on saturday, we’ll have to stay in touch this way.

Hope all’s well!

]]> By: veronica http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1373 veronica Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:49:49 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1373 infact i will be very happy to see you.You are very much welcome anytime.. infact i will be very happy to see you.You are very much welcome anytime..

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1372 Mark Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:26:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1372 Veronica, You can't make that conclusion! Maybe the techniques we have tried don't have a lasting effect. From our small experiment it would be foolish and unfair to draw a conclusion that anyone is ignorant other than ourselves. All we can say is that we have tried. By the way, Mr Kioko has explained how come you have enough 'free' Internet time to sit and read my blog every day! Maybe I'll pass by that Cybercafe before I leave Kenya, so watch out! Veronica,
You can’t make that conclusion! Maybe the techniques we have tried don’t have a lasting effect. From our small experiment it would be foolish and unfair to draw a conclusion that anyone is ignorant other than ourselves. All we can say is that we have tried.

By the way, Mr Kioko has explained how come you have enough ‘free’ Internet time to sit and read my blog every day! Maybe I’ll pass by that Cybercafe before I leave Kenya, so watch out!

]]> By: veronica http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1368 veronica Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:22:58 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1368 If you have tried to impliment all that and yet they are not showing up any change then i think they are not serious with what they are doing over there.i think they are ignorant,that is the term. If you have tried to impliment all that and yet they are not showing up any change then i think they are not serious with what they are doing over there.i think they are ignorant,that is the term.

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1364 Mark Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:10:27 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1364 We only did it once. There were several other nice games: We all (including Mrs Pauline and I) built towers out of Daily Nation newspapers, We played 'call my bluff' (has another name in Kenya as its used on a national radio show but I Cant remember what it is) We constructed rubber-band powered vehicles out of discarded waste At the end we played a game I found on the internet which is designed to make everyone shout and scream as much as possible, it had the desired effect. But talking to Mrs Pauline yesterday I heard her say that the class with whom we tried those exercises is still as shy and quiet as any of them. :( We only did it once. There were several other nice games:
We all (including Mrs Pauline and I) built towers out of Daily Nation newspapers,
We played ‘call my bluff’ (has another name in Kenya as its used on a national radio show but I Cant remember what it is)
We constructed rubber-band powered vehicles out of discarded waste
At the end we played a game I found on the internet which is designed to make everyone shout and scream as much as possible, it had the desired effect.

But talking to Mrs Pauline yesterday I heard her say that the class with whom we tried those exercises is still as shy and quiet as any of them. :(

]]> By: veronica http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1362 veronica Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:10:08 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1362 i think that was a very good adea,students are able to express themselves.they are in a position of gaining some confidence therefore making it easy to participate in class.Remember most students never participate in class because of the fear they have towards others,they think that if they talk they will be laughed at,simply because they are not sure whether there english is corect or not,by story telling i think most students are going to learn from there colegues.Well done Mr. Mark.I wish this idea was there before it could have helped many. i think that was a very good adea,students are able to express themselves.they are in a position of gaining some confidence therefore making it easy to participate in class.Remember most students never participate in class because of the fear they have towards others,they think that if they talk they will be laughed at,simply because they are not sure whether there english is corect or not,by story telling i think most students are going to learn from there colegues.Well done Mr. Mark.I wish this idea was there before it could have helped many.

]]> By: Lydia http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-998 Lydia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-998 You are utterly fab - putting emotional literacy on the syllabus! :D You are utterly fab - putting emotional literacy on the syllabus! :D

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-999 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-999 Is that what it's called, emotional litteracy?<br /> Whatever, I think that in the African continent where, we are told, stories are very important and there is a strong oral tradition, something has gone awry with the education system where verbatim recitation and dictation seem to have taken the life out of storytelling. <br /> <br /> I thikn teaching should be a kind of story telling. Any comments? Is that what it’s called, emotional litteracy?
Whatever, I think that in the African continent where, we are told, stories are very important and there is a strong oral tradition, something has gone awry with the education system where verbatim recitation and dictation seem to have taken the life out of storytelling.

I thikn teaching should be a kind of story telling. Any comments?

]]> By: Chris http://bitterjug.com/blog/united/#comment-1000 Chris Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=226#comment-1000 Story-telling used to be a strong oral tradition *EVERYWHERE*!<br /> <br /> Since recorded media came along its definitely a dying art (orally), although of course now we can use the recorded media for our storytelling as well. <br /> <br /> Interestingly though, "narrative" is quite a buzz-concept in design circles, e.g. using storyboarding, scenario-based design, even use-cases... it's all story-telling really.<br /> <br /> And what about the rise of blogging - doesn't that say something about people's urges to tell their own stories?<br /> <br /> OK, have to go to bed - almost gone blind from marking and looking at a spreadheet all day... :hehe: Story-telling used to be a strong oral tradition *EVERYWHERE*!

Since recorded media came along its definitely a dying art (orally), although of course now we can use the recorded media for our storytelling as well.

Interestingly though, "narrative" is quite a buzz-concept in design circles, e.g. using storyboarding, scenario-based design, even use-cases… it’s all story-telling really.

And what about the rise of blogging - doesn’t that say something about people’s urges to tell their own stories?

OK, have to go to bed - almost gone blind from marking and looking at a spreadheet all day… :hehe:

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