The Web: Shifts in outlook
Kairos – June 2006 – Nysse
Themes:
· Push – Pull
· Richness – Reach
· Learning: Informal – Connectivism – Networked – Learner-Centered
· Peripheral vision
· Who credentials whom?
· Social life of information – context of the learner
Examples:
http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/
Clarence Fisher story is that he’s not in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, or even Toronto. He’s in Snow Lake, Manitoba. See the map. Why is his story here, and not here?
To be fair, there are certainly incredible pockets of innovation happening in every city, state, and province. [http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/06/08/an-untold-story/]
Friends and Partners
Welcome to Friends and Partners, jointly developed by friends in the US and Russia to promote better understanding between the people of our countries. We are very glad you're visiting and hope your time here will be productive and enjoyable. [Started January 19, 1994] About the authors . . . We are Natasha Bulashova, of Pushchino Russia, and Greg Cole of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/index.html
Sunday School Lessons
http://www.sundayschoollessons.com/
Myths and Legends
http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html
Threads in Forum: Montana
http://www.city-data.com/forum/montana/
http://www.topix.net/forum/city/crosby-nd/TJE0O1UB51RQP8IHD
The Center for Ministry in Small Churches (CMSC)
http://www.sewanee.edu/Theology/cmsc/index.htm
Center
for Rural Life – The University of the South
Gerald L. Smith, Director
http://smith2.sewanee.edu/rural_life/index.html
http://smith2.sewanee.edu/people_land/archtopo/home.html
No Back Roads
http://web.archive.org/web/20050206131350/www.nobackroads.com/home.html
Chapter Two: Community Networking - Making a Difference
http://lone-eagles.com/chap2.htm
Rural Oregon Community
Development Web Tour
http://lone-eagles.com/ruraloregon.htm
"Not Far from Forsaken" --We’re not sure where "Forsaken" is but if the New York Times says so, it can’t be too far from here, even though nobody’s ever seen the road sign for it. Then again, if you ask most of those who live in these parts, we’re a little closer to heaven. Want to see so for yourself? Drive on up for a visit. There aren’t a lot of us here, but "A stranger walking down the street . . . will not only be smiled at but also approached and actually engaged in genuine conversation."
Center for Dairy Profitability
http://cdp.wisc.edu/Dairy%20Modernization.htm
A few other rural sites (a small sample)
National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Des Moines, IA
Soil Stewardship Sunday resources for 2005, National Association of Conservation Districts
Campaign to Reclaim Rural America, Lewistown, MT
http://www.reclaimruralamerica.org
Rural Coalition, Washington, D.C.
Center for Rural Church Leadership
Western Organization of Resource Councils, Billings, MT
Montana Faith Health Cooperative, Bozeman, MT
http://Faithhealthcoop.montana.edu
Rethinking US Agricultural Policy: Changing Course to Secure Farmer Livelihoods Worldwide - Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
http://agpolicy.org/blueprint.html
Open Source Theology
http://www.opensourcetheology.net/
First Nations
http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/e/classroom_e.asp
Te Kete Ipurangi The Online Learning Centre
The Worship Freehouse
The Freehouse is a collective of artisans in Saskatoon, and an incubator for creativity, celebration and core life spirituality. We tell stories, install art, exchange gifts, and increase the peace, within our local community.
http://thefreehouse.blogspot.com/
Putting the Internet to work for developing countries
http://www.developmentgateway.org/
Blue Cord (blog from an OT professor from Eastern Europe)