Comments on: The Death Of Written Metaphor http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:04:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Artichoke http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 Artichoke Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:31:26 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/#comment-2698 Great post Graham - My most favourite book is "Landscape and Memory" by Simon Schama - At the last school I worked at I kept it out from the school library so long it became part of me, and when I left and had to return it, my first task was to buy my own copy from Amazon - In the context of the environmental debate Schama asks: <i>"For if the entire history of landscape in the West is indeed just a mindless race toward a machine-driven universe, uncomplicated by myth, metaphor, and allegory, where measurement, not memory, is the absolute arbiter of value, where our ingenuity is our tragedy, then we are indeed trapped in the engine of our self-destruction."</i> Kind of relevant to mlearning don't you think Great post Graham –

My most favourite book is “Landscape and Memory” by Simon Schama – At the last school I worked at I kept it out from the school library so long it became part of me, and when I left and had to return it, my first task was to buy my own copy from Amazon –

In the context of the environmental debate Schama asks:

“For if the entire history of landscape in the West is indeed just a mindless race toward a machine-driven universe, uncomplicated by myth, metaphor, and allegory, where measurement, not memory, is the absolute arbiter of value, where our ingenuity is our tragedy, then we are indeed trapped in the engine of our self-destruction.”

Kind of relevant to mlearning don’t you think

]]> By: Borderland » The Universal Metaphor http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Borderland » The Universal Metaphor Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:36:46 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/#comment-2686 [...] In a comment on an earlier post, Bill Kerr asked, “Is there an educational metaphor here?” Like Graham, I’m a fan of wordplay, and this tugged at my imagination. Bill’s question lead me to a new understanding: [...] [...] In a comment on an earlier post, Bill Kerr asked, “Is there an educational metaphor here?” Like Graham, I’m a fan of wordplay, and this tugged at my imagination. Bill’s question lead me to a new understanding: [...]

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Miguel Guhlin Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:54:29 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/08/10/the-death-of-written-metaphor/#comment-2677 Howdy! Wrote some stuff here: http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2006/08/entry_1928.htm Miguel Howdy! Wrote some stuff here:
http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2006/08/entry_1928.htm

Miguel

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