Comments for Etale - Life in the Digital World http://etale.org/main interdisciplinary musings on life in the digital world Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on The iPad and Apple’s Motives in Education? by Jeremy http://etale.org/main/2010/01/28/the-ipad-and-evidence-of-apples-true-motives-in-education/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Jeremy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:09:42 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=453#comment-687 The iPad will support Flash whenever the iPhone supports it, which is likely to be never. Flash support would allow developers to bypass Apple's App Store in bringing new content to the devices. The iPad will support Flash whenever the iPhone supports it, which is likely to be never. Flash support would allow developers to bypass Apple’s App Store in bringing new content to the devices.

]]> Comment on Five Types of Educational Technology Experts – An Autobiography by etale http://etale.org/main/2009/06/23/five-types-of-educational-technology-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-670 etale Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:53:18 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=411#comment-670 Thanks for adding to the list. That is a great addition. Thanks for adding to the list. That is a great addition.

]]> Comment on Five Types of Educational Technology Experts – An Autobiography by Tim Schumacher http://etale.org/main/2009/06/23/five-types-of-educational-technology-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Tim Schumacher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:17:02 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=411#comment-668 Dare I suggest an addition to your already excellent list? Stymied Technologist – This technologist is keen to introduce new technologies and wise to methods of effective integration. Motivated to keep up to speed on the latest innovations, she invests her own spare dollars to attend educational training workshops and to purchase the latest hardware and software for her home computer. However, she works in a frugal environment that can never seem to afford the so-called luxury items. She dreams of funding new technology with grants like the big schools do, but, juggling many hats in a school short on staff, she rarely finds the time to complete the grant applications before their deadlines. In the end, her peers unfairly see her as all talk and no action. Dare I suggest an addition to your already excellent list?

Stymied Technologist – This technologist is keen to introduce new technologies and wise to methods of effective integration. Motivated to keep up to speed on the latest innovations, she invests her own spare dollars to attend educational training workshops and to purchase the latest hardware and software for her home computer. However, she works in a frugal environment that can never seem to afford the so-called luxury items. She dreams of funding new technology with grants like the big schools do, but, juggling many hats in a school short on staff, she rarely finds the time to complete the grant applications before their deadlines. In the end, her peers unfairly see her as all talk and no action.

]]> Comment on Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional by etale http://etale.org/main/2009/06/11/online-medical-information-doesnt-make-you-a-medical-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-654 etale Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:10:46 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=376#comment-654 This is where I was going with the post. Patient information is great. And it is wonderful that people are able to find ways to be more informed. I still have concern that simple access to information leads more of us to underestimate the importance, in some instances, of true expertise that comes from investing years and thousands of hours studying something. This is where I was going with the post. Patient information is great. And it is wonderful that people are able to find ways to be more informed. I still have concern that simple access to information leads more of us to underestimate the importance, in some instances, of true expertise that comes from investing years and thousands of hours studying something.

]]> Comment on Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional by etale http://etale.org/main/2009/06/11/online-medical-information-doesnt-make-you-a-medical-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-653 etale Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:07:32 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=376#comment-653 Thanks for posting, Tim. What you describe is a huge topic of research right now, the idea of "participatory medicine" (http://blogs.drgreene.com/perspectives/2008/10/15/participatory-medicine-and-the-democratization-of-knowledge/) . I definitely see positives. Of course, my ongoing mission is to pose difficult questions and to help surface what I consider to be the "Faustian" bargain of every technology :-). Thanks for posting, Tim. What you describe is a huge topic of research right now, the idea of “participatory medicine” (http://blogs.drgreene.com/perspectives/2008/10/15/participatory-medicine-and-the-democratization-of-knowledge/) . I definitely see positives. Of course, my ongoing mission is to pose difficult questions and to help surface what I consider to be the “Faustian” bargain of every technology :-) .

]]> Comment on Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional by Michael Pape http://etale.org/main/2009/06/11/online-medical-information-doesnt-make-you-a-medical-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Michael Pape Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:00:18 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=376#comment-652 On a smaller scale than the Crohn's example, I basically knew I had shingles when I visited the doctor a couple weeks ago. In fact, there is definitely a switch in mindset now, at least for me. If I go to the doctor, I need to know going in what the result is going to be (in this case, a prescription). This applies to anything I purchase -- I do the research ahead of time, so I know exactly what I want. On the other hand, just about every day I experience "a layperson confusing access to information with true expertise" in the area of computers. On a smaller scale than the Crohn’s example, I basically knew I had shingles when I visited the doctor a couple weeks ago. In fact, there is definitely a switch in mindset now, at least for me. If I go to the doctor, I need to know going in what the result is going to be (in this case, a prescription). This applies to anything I purchase — I do the research ahead of time, so I know exactly what I want.

On the other hand, just about every day I experience “a layperson confusing access to information with true expertise” in the area of computers.

]]> Comment on Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional by Tim Schumacher http://etale.org/main/2009/06/11/online-medical-information-doesnt-make-you-a-medical-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Tim Schumacher Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:54:27 +0000 http://etale.org/main/?p=376#comment-651 You may have titled this post "Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional", but... The access to information and the advanced technology which students have access to combined with access to and guidance from experts has great potential for changing the role students play in their own education. An example was yesterday's story on CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/11/teen.self.diagnosis/index.html?eref=rss_topstories). An 18 year old girl self-diagnosed herself with Crohn's disease after doctors had been unable to diagnose her. Her teacher said in reference to pathologists who had trained the student and her classmates in viewing specimens under miscroscopes, "We've been lucky to have that partnership. It allowed Jessica to think of herself as a scientist," ... "The class empowered Jessica to think of herself as being a partner in her own health care." As you stated in your post above, it's apparent that this student was trained to "make sense of this wealth of information"' in a way that has dramatically changed her life. You may have titled this post “Online Medical Information Doesn’t Make you a Medical Professional”, but…

The access to information and the advanced technology which students have access to combined with access to and guidance from experts has great potential for changing the role students play in their own education. An example was yesterday’s story on CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/11/teen.self.diagnosis/index.html?eref=rss_topstories). An 18 year old girl self-diagnosed herself with Crohn’s disease after doctors had been unable to diagnose her. Her teacher said in reference to pathologists who had trained the student and her classmates in viewing specimens under miscroscopes, “We’ve been lucky to have that partnership. It allowed Jessica to think of herself as a scientist,” … “The class empowered Jessica to think of herself as being a partner in her own health care.” As you stated in your post above, it’s apparent that this student was trained to “make sense of this wealth of information”‘ in a way that has dramatically changed her life.

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