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Oct
4
Hi everyone;
Just a reminder that we won’t be hosting a live forum because of the long weekend. Matiul sent an internal message to everyone, check your inbox on Blackboard Learn.
You can still participate in the discussion forum for this Module.
Thanks,
Alex, Mariana, Shelley and Ross.
Oct
4
After reading the course material and our blog materials, we encourage you to try this interactive activity to help you consolidate your own definition of culture and/or educational technology:
1. Choose a word/concept from any of the word clouds in our blog.
2. Choose a digital image that represents your thoughts related to educational technology. You can create your own drawing and upload it as an image, take a photograph yourself, or choose an image online that is free to use (check for Creative Commons permissions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKm96Ftfko).
3. Write down a sentence or two that summarizes and consolidates your thoughts and what your chosen image represents, then rehearse reading your sentences.
4. Using the website, http://www.fotobabble.com/, upload your image and record yourself telling us what your definition of the term is and why you chose the visual representation that you did in your image.
5. Post the link to your fotobabble to the Discussion forum.
Oct
3
Acculturation
1: cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact.
2: the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com)
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humans, past and present. To understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of human history, anthropology draws and builds upon knowledge from the social and biological sciences as well as the humanities and physical sciences. A central concern of anthropologists is the application of knowledge to the solution of human problems. Historically, anthropologists in the United States have been trained in one of four areas: sociocultural anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. Anthropologists often integrate the perspectives of several of these areas into their research, teaching, and professional lives.
(Source: American Anthropological Association, http://www.aaanet.org)
Culture
1: the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
2: that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
3: a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
4: development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
5: the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture
(Source: Dictionary.com)
Sociology
1: the science of society, social institutions, and social relationships; specifically : the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings
2: the scientific analysis of a social institution as a functioning whole and as it relates to the rest of society
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com)
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