Comments on: La Science des Rêves http://mrquale.com/2010/01/14/the-science-of-sleep/ Version 2.0 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:36:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mr. Quale http://mrquale.com/2010/01/14/the-science-of-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-10276 Mr. Quale Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:27:37 +0000 http://mrquale.com/?p=875#comment-10276 Thanks for this article, Rachel. I love the Eliot allusion--and the fact that Twitter is being compared to a dying "whimper." This is very close to how I feel about the Twitter phenomenon. I'm going to use this article with my A2 English class (since we spent last semester on a media studies unit), and I am also going to forward it to my dad (since he was a journalist for most of his professional career). Have you read the SF Chronicle lately? I think the Matador Caper rivals it's journalistic prowess. I agree with the argument, "Undoubtedly, one can find excellent science information on the web, but the question is whether most people will find it." My fear is that most people are not. The majority of my tech-savvy students have no clue what an RSS feed is, or how to use Google Reader to actually read blogs, and I do feel that finding the information you want--maybe even more true with education bloggers--is like wading through a "Library of Babel" for reliable "texts." Sorry, I had to get a JLB reference in there somewhere. But as we get further into this debate of where we get our knowledge from, doesn't Borges come across more and more like a prophet? Or is this just me? Thanks for this article, Rachel. I love the Eliot allusion–and the fact that Twitter is being compared to a dying “whimper.” This is very close to how I feel about the Twitter phenomenon. I’m going to use this article with my A2 English class (since we spent last semester on a media studies unit), and I am also going to forward it to my dad (since he was a journalist for most of his professional career). Have you read the SF Chronicle lately? I think the Matador Caper rivals it’s journalistic prowess.
I agree with the argument, “Undoubtedly, one can find excellent science information on the web, but the question is whether most people will find it.” My fear is that most people are not. The majority of my tech-savvy students have no clue what an RSS feed is, or how to use Google Reader to actually read blogs, and I do feel that finding the information you want–maybe even more true with education bloggers–is like wading through a “Library of Babel” for reliable “texts.” Sorry, I had to get a JLB reference in there somewhere. But as we get further into this debate of where we get our knowledge from, doesn’t Borges come across more and more like a prophet? Or is this just me?

]]> By: Rachel http://mrquale.com/2010/01/14/the-science-of-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-10266 Rachel Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:04:41 +0000 http://mrquale.com/?p=875#comment-10266 Hey Mr. Quale - hope you're doing well. I'm currently reading articles about the Internet take-over of print journalism for my science in media class and one of the quotes I read reminded me so much of your class I had to share it. I think you'll appreciate it: "This is the way my career ends. This is the way my career ends. Not with a bang, but a Twitter"...!!! (Here's the article it came from: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/mooney_kirshenbaum) Hey Mr. Quale – hope you’re doing well. I’m currently reading articles about the Internet take-over of print journalism for my science in media class and one of the quotes I read reminded me so much of your class I had to share it. I think you’ll appreciate it:

“This is the way my career ends. This is the way my career ends. Not with a bang, but a Twitter”…!!!

(Here’s the article it came from: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/mooney_kirshenbaum)

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