education

Turkish politics roundup: 1980 junta on trial; 4+4+4 education system; and more..

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Three Decades After the Coup: Turkey Puts Generals on Trial from Yahoo news I grew up in the long, dark, soul-numbing shadow of Turkey’s 1980 military coup. Although just a child, I recall tanks, manned by young gun-toting soldiers, ominously patrolling our street, months of curfew, my parents’ hushed and anguished late-night conversations over my … Read more

Deniz Ergürel (@denizergurel): Artıları ve eksileriyle FATİH Projesi

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Artıları ve eksileriyle FATİH Projesi by Deniz Ergürel Kısa bir süre önce tanıtılan FATİH (Fırsatları Artırma ve Teknolojiyi İyileştirme Hareketi) Projesi?nin pilot uygulaması 17 ayrı şehirde 52 okulda başladı. Artık bu okullarda kara tahta ve tebeşir yok. 8 bin öğrenci elektronik tahta ve tablet kullanıyor. Peki bu FATİH Projesi nedir? Ne gibi faydaları olabilir? Projenin eleştirilen … Read more

An Academic roundup: “Connected Learning” from Henry Jenkins/ 55 free Philosophy Courses/ Netwar 2.0 and more…

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Henry Jenkins: Connected Learning: Reimagining the Experience of Education in the Information Age This weekend, I am attending the Third Digital Media and Learning Conference, hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, as part of their efforts to help build a field which takes what we have learned about young people’s informal learning, often through the more … Read more

Turkey’s new education system plans looks like AKP’s another attempt of social engineering… A social fabric roundup

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Religious Education and 4+4+4 from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff PHOTO from Birgun Fast approaching the anniversary of the Feb. 28 process, or the 1997 “postmodern coup” that brought about the fall of the Islamist Refah government and a slate of reforms to defend secularism against what was perceived by some as the … Read more

“Men Killed 24 Women in June” in Turkey. A social fabric roundup…

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Men Killed 24 Women in June According to data compiled by bianet, 24 women were killed by men in June this year. 13 women were raped, 20 women harassed and eleven women were injured. Most registered cases of violence took place in Istanbul. Murder Photo Sparks Anger as Turkey Talks Domestic Violence – Businessweek Turkey’s … Read more

the Fatih Project. Turkish Ministry of Education’s ambitious plan towards digital education

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2,5 million tablet computers are planned to be given to pre-college students in an ambition digital education project by Spring 2012. Relevant textbooks are to be loaded to tablets and after 4 yours of use, students will be the owner of these tables. I did not see specifications much but here is the news in … Read more

“Electronic Literature Collection” and more…

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Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 from Transliteracy Research Group by Christine Wilks   The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2, recently launched on the web, is an anthology of works by an international group of authors “that pushes through the boundaries of literary forms, creating new kinds of experiences for interacting readers.” Published by the Electronic … Read more

“Online education disrupting traditional academic models

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Online education disrupting traditional academic models By Kabir Chibber Technology of business reporter, BBC News FP’s 2010 Global Thinkers gala in photos from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Here are a few images from last night’s Top 100 Global Thinkers event at Washington’s Corcoran Gallery of Art. White House commission will review human research from … Read more

A video: This is How We Think: Learning in Public After the Paradigm Shift

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http://vimeo.com/12755237 In “This is How We Think,” Richard E. Miller and Paul D. Hammond explore how education must change now that we live in a world where information abounds, where reading and research have moved from the library to the laptop, and where the act of learning itself is now making its way out of … Read more

“Pamuk’s contribution to the theory of the novel” from Austin American-Statesman

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Pamuk’s contribution to the theory of the novel
Austin American-Statesman
Novelist Orhan Pamuk argues that visual representation in writing is what has made the genre so popular and lasting. By Anis Shivani When Homi Bhabha

Pamuk novel among NY Times bestsellers

Today’s Zaman
The paperback print of ?The Museum of Innocence,? the English translation of Turkish author Orhan Pamuk’s 2008 novel, ?Masumiyet Müzesi,? has hit the

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“Europe simulates total cyber war

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Europe simulates total cyber war from BBC News | Europe | World Edition A widespread simulated cyber attack is staged on European nations to test their cyber defences and responsiveness. EU to press for ‘right to be forgotten’ online from EUobserver.com – Headline News Submitted by: muzd Posted at: 2010-11-05 13:31:42 See full post and … Read more

“The Rise of the ‘Edupunk’

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The Rise of the ‘Edupunk’ At TIAA-CREF conference, higher ed braces for a new breed of tech-savvy students who won’t play by the old rules. more When Social Media Is Irrelevant At Sloan-C, academics discuss when fostering social intimacy in the online classroom environment is necessary, and when it might distract from more basic student … Read more

Roundup: Alain de Botton’s Week at the Airport; LSD art; Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers;

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Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport. LIFE magazine on “LSD Art,” 1966 from Boing Boing … Read more

Howard Jacobson- Man Booker Prize winner

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Good for me, I haven’t read him, too… Another author for the to do list… Howard Jacobson Wins Man Booker Prize from Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog The Telegraph reports that Writer and broadcaster Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his 11th novel, The Finkler Question. Jacobson, 68, is the oldest writer to … Read more

Gov’t hammers the Military’s service plan, works on shortening military service!

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If newly proposed service plan Chief of Staff I harshly criticised before would be taken into agenda by the government, my personal support for AKP would cease immediately. According to a Friendfeed feed 200 thousand out of 800 thousand servicemen is used in services wtihin the army. Officials want more time for college graduates. They … Read more