Comments on: Stateside Superstructing, Some Notes http://justinpickard.net/2009/04/stateside-superstructing-some-notes/ « Nostalgia for the Future » Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jo Iacovides http://justinpickard.net/2009/04/stateside-superstructing-some-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Jo Iacovides Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:10:26 +0000 http://justinpickard.net/?p=700#comment-1507 Looks like you've had one hell of a trip! Welcome back! Sounds inspiring, and it seems to have given you plenty to think about. I quite like the term "positive psychology", though I'm not sure I've come across it before. Seems to have a lot nicer connotations than the usual - psychology is about dealing with crazy people right? Though I wonder if you could get away with calling the study of how things can go wrong for people "negative psychology"? Hmm, doubtful. I think the issues raised about digital divides is definitely are going to be something that keeps coming up. And it's something I think people in education need to be quite aware of, as it's all well and good promoting the use of technologies to support and enhance learning, but there also needs to be a consideration of who has access to these technologies. I think the the notion of augmented realities is also somethign we're going to see a lot more of, though again, there are issues about who has access to the relavant technologies. Even amongst those that will, I'm sure there will be plenty of people who are horrified by the idea! Whatever happens though, I guess we're living in pretty interesting times... Looks like you’ve had one hell of a trip! Welcome back! Sounds inspiring, and it seems to have given you plenty to think about. I quite like the term “positive psychology”, though I’m not sure I’ve come across it before. Seems to have a lot nicer connotations than the usual – psychology is about dealing with crazy people right? Though I wonder if you could get away with calling the study of how things can go wrong for people “negative psychology”? Hmm, doubtful.

I think the issues raised about digital divides is definitely are going to be something that keeps coming up. And it’s something I think people in education need to be quite aware of, as it’s all well and good promoting the use of technologies to support and enhance learning, but there also needs to be a consideration of who has access to these technologies. I think the the notion of augmented realities is also somethign we’re going to see a lot more of, though again, there are issues about who has access to the relavant technologies. Even amongst those that will, I’m sure there will be plenty of people who are horrified by the idea! Whatever happens though, I guess we’re living in pretty interesting times…

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