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Michael, I smiled when I read *I'm trying to stop using Google as a verb*. Seems that THIS transformation, as the development of a new *meaning*, is an example of learning as shared understandings. larry On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Glassman, Michael <glassman.13@osu.edu>wrote: > Interesting but so incredibly individualized. Willingham seems to leave > out the most obvious and I would say most common way we learn to get a cup > of coffee. We ask somebody, "Hey, where can I get a cup of coffee?" And > usually the person, even a stranger will stop to tell you and probably give > you directions. If they see you later they might ask you how you liked > your cup of coffee. Today, we actually type "Where can I get a good cup of > coffee near.... in Paris" into your browser (I am trying to stop using > Google as a verb). Possibilities pop up with a review. You choose one, > you go to the coffee shop, you drink the coffee and are perhaps so > impressed or unimpressed you write a review. Or perhaps you use the > Netflix model, you go on a site called NetCoffee and type in Paris and > NetCoffee comes back with some suggestions based on the opinions of people > who like the same type of coffee you like (hey if anybody does that I get a > piece of the action!!). But I almost always like the movies Netflix > recommends based on my history and how other people with similar histories > like it - and I trust is more than my brother. We have to expand our > horizons I think about how people learn and what learning means. > > Michael > ________________________________________ > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] on behalf > of Martin Kramer [mkramer65@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:09 AM > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: Re: [xmca] > whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ > > Thanks for pointing us there, giving a demonstration of what's covered > there! > Martin > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > > Am 18.06.2013 um 12:04 schrieb Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>: > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ > > > > The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive > psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a > cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca