Comments on: Narrowcasting http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/02/narrowcasting.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: susan funk http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/02/narrowcasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-15007 susan funk Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/02/narrowcasting.html#comment-15007 Wow Scott, this is the conversation I hoped to have. It's the "thinking that took me in a different direction" which makes the conversation rich. I, too, am a public school advocate. We are fortunate in Saskatchewan to have fairly strong public schools with reasonable tax support. Most students still attend public schools. The Utah voucher system sounds scary. We're starting to see specialization of the public schools into 'academies' of one sort or another. I'm not sure if this is a positive move or a negative one. I will hope for the former. My feeling is that if the public school can be adaptable we can draw the public to us and establish those communal ties. Thanks for extending the conversation. Wow Scott, this is the conversation I hoped to have. It’s the “thinking that took me in a different direction” which makes the conversation rich. I, too, am a public school advocate. We are fortunate in Saskatchewan to have fairly strong public schools with reasonable tax support. Most students still attend public schools. The Utah voucher system sounds scary. We’re starting to see specialization of the public schools into ‘academies’ of one sort or another. I’m not sure if this is a positive move or a negative one. I will hope for the former. My feeling is that if the public school can be adaptable we can draw the public to us and establish those communal ties.

Thanks for extending the conversation.

]]> By: Sean Martinson http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/02/narrowcasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-15008 Sean Martinson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/02/narrowcasting.html#comment-15008 Thank you as always Scott for using your site as a place to further discussion. I wanted to reinforce a comment you made in which I hadn't thought of: "we rarely have to come in contact with any persons or ideas we wish to avoid." I find this to be true in my own life as I bypass traditional media sources as well as traditional delivery methods. Would I not explicitly choose to interact with a diverse group of people in my daily workings I would truly miss the "common bonds that tie us together as a society, as a local community, as national citizens". Thank you again, Sincerely, Sean Martinson Thank you as always Scott for using your site as a place to further discussion. I wanted to reinforce a comment you made in which I hadn’t thought of: “we rarely have to come in contact with any persons or ideas we wish to avoid.” I find this to be true in my own life as I bypass traditional media sources as well as traditional delivery methods. Would I not explicitly choose to interact with a diverse group of people in my daily workings I would truly miss the “common bonds that tie us together as a society, as a local community, as national citizens”.

Thank you again,

Sincerely,
Sean Martinson

]]> By: D Harter http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/02/narrowcasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-15009 D Harter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/02/narrowcasting.html#comment-15009 Is this not the principle, as well, of The Long Tail? We are all becoming such niche shoppers not only in the retail market, but also in the media market. It started with specialized channels on Cable (from ESPN to the Game Show channel) and now has migrated to how we get our news and whose editorials we read. But this is hardly new. The political parties in the US continue to polarize to the point where families with differing views cannot bring up politics at the dinner table. School...real school, not second life ones...is one of the few places where we all still interact. I am lucky to be at an international school, where ethnic and national diversity is really high (not so much on the socio-economic status). I worry that it has been a long time since I've seen diversity and opposing viewpoints be truly celebrated and embraced. Are our "conversations" online too like-minded? This site has helped in pointing out other views and keeping a real conversation going - where not everyone agrees. So that's my long-winded way of saying "ditto" - thanks too. Is this not the principle, as well, of The Long Tail? We are all becoming such niche shoppers not only in the retail market, but also in the media market. It started with specialized channels on Cable (from ESPN to the Game Show channel) and now has migrated to how we get our news and whose editorials we read. But this is hardly new. The political parties in the US continue to polarize to the point where families with differing views cannot bring up politics at the dinner table.

School…real school, not second life ones…is one of the few places where we all still interact. I am lucky to be at an international school, where ethnic and national diversity is really high (not so much on the socio-economic status).

I worry that it has been a long time since I’ve seen diversity and opposing viewpoints be truly celebrated and embraced. Are our “conversations” online too like-minded? This site has helped in pointing out other views and keeping a real conversation going – where not everyone agrees.

So that’s my long-winded way of saying “ditto” – thanks too.

]]> By: Teachers' Lounge http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/02/narrowcasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-15010 Teachers' Lounge Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/02/narrowcasting.html#comment-15010 <strong>streaming consciousness</strong> Tiny red ants (Oh, Ant of Destiny!) are crawling, no swarming over my two habanero plants and there on the ground are five still-born not-yet-orange pods and not one to waste valuable foodstuffs I grab a large pot and dump streaming consciousness

Tiny red ants (Oh, Ant of Destiny!) are crawling, no swarming over my two habanero plants and there on the ground are five still-born not-yet-orange pods and not one to waste valuable foodstuffs I grab a large pot and dump

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