Monday, September 27, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tofugu
TOFUGU: A blog dedicated to Japanese language and cultural learning in a fun and informative way. Created by Koichi (no last name, like madonna)
TEXTFUGU: a derivative of Tofugu - this site provides lesson plans and information specific to studying Japanese. This site has a much more structured and informative nature; however, at a certain point, you have to pay to view the content
Tofugu's youtube channel the Tofugu Youtube Channel
TEXTFUGU: a derivative of Tofugu - this site provides lesson plans and information specific to studying Japanese. This site has a much more structured and informative nature; however, at a certain point, you have to pay to view the content
Tofugu's youtube channel the Tofugu Youtube Channel
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tokyo, Captured on Film
Japan from Eric Tsutomu on Vimeo.
Akihabara from Mircea on Vimeo.
Alone in Tokyo HD from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
My Tokyo from schnobe on Vimeo.
Thats enough for now...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
... On Constructionism and Interest
This distinction between example and concept is a fundamental point raised by the theory of constructionism, established by Seymour Papert. Constructionism highlights the importance of activity in the classroom - calling for students to learn by physically producing objects or interacting with systems, which target specific skills.
The objective is to provide a reality-based event, which allows the student to reconstruct the concepts learned using his or her own particular brand of mental architecture. This achieves an ideal balance of specificity and theory - offering the learning party a specific real-world instance, in addition to a conceptual model applicable in different scenarios.
This approach, however, requires a classroom or organized environment with multiple participants. In the self-study situation, these educational qualities are difficult to reproduce. Therefore, we must turn to a different component of Papart's theory, which was influenced by Jean Paiget's Constructivism (not to be confused with Papert's Constructionism): interest.
By engaging the student in real-life, tangible situations the student has a greater chance of successfully becoming interested in the material - "interest" being a keyword.
My objective in creating an animated short is to capture the attention of Japanese media fans, outside of Japan.
The objective is to provide a reality-based event, which allows the student to reconstruct the concepts learned using his or her own particular brand of mental architecture. This achieves an ideal balance of specificity and theory - offering the learning party a specific real-world instance, in addition to a conceptual model applicable in different scenarios.
This approach, however, requires a classroom or organized environment with multiple participants. In the self-study situation, these educational qualities are difficult to reproduce. Therefore, we must turn to a different component of Papart's theory, which was influenced by Jean Paiget's Constructivism (not to be confused with Papert's Constructionism): interest.
By engaging the student in real-life, tangible situations the student has a greater chance of successfully becoming interested in the material - "interest" being a keyword.
My objective in creating an animated short is to capture the attention of Japanese media fans, outside of Japan.
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