Comments on: Blogs like a neutron bomb! http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Conn McQuinn http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/#comment-7981 Conn McQuinn Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:59:38 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1031#comment-7981 Alan is right - what Darren describes is the <i>opposite</i> of what a neutron bomb does! The device kills people but leaves structures intact. Successul edublogging seems to shatter the existing, limiting structures of education and leave the people free to learn and grow. So, what is the anti-metaphor of "neutron bomb"? Alan is right - what Darren describes is the opposite of what a neutron bomb does! The device kills people but leaves structures intact. Successul edublogging seems to shatter the existing, limiting structures of education and leave the people free to learn and grow.

So, what is the anti-metaphor of “neutron bomb”?

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/#comment-6739 Wesley Fryer Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:25:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1031#comment-6739 Hmmm, you raise a good metaphorical point here, Alan. We need a metaphor that includes a shake-up, but a more positive outcome at the end... I don't think "earthquake" works either. Not sure what would be better. When I hear "neutron bomb" I think "big change." The death part of the metaphor is unintended, I think! Hmmm, you raise a good metaphorical point here, Alan. We need a metaphor that includes a shake-up, but a more positive outcome at the end… I don’t think “earthquake” works either. Not sure what would be better. When I hear “neutron bomb” I think “big change.” The death part of the metaphor is unintended, I think!

]]> By: Alan Cooper http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/#comment-6730 Alan Cooper Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:30:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1031#comment-6730 I have seen some of Darren's work and find it quite wonderful how he manages to engage and involve his students in a subject that is not usually considered easy to discuss. But this is the first time I have ever seen a neutron bomb cited as symbolic of a "positive" impact! (Sometimes things do need to be "shaken up" but perhaps not with a bomb, and the inappropriateness if the simile is compounded by the fact that the neutron bomb in particular is valued largely for the fact that it does relatively little shaking compared to its killing) I have seen some of Darren’s work and find it quite wonderful how he manages to engage and involve his students in a subject that is not usually considered easy to discuss.
But this is the first time I have ever seen a neutron bomb cited as symbolic of a “positive” impact! (Sometimes things do need to be “shaken up” but perhaps not with a bomb, and the inappropriateness if the simile is compounded by the fact that the neutron bomb in particular is valued largely for the fact that it does relatively little shaking compared to its killing)

]]> By: content to be different » Blog Archive » Journalism training http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/#comment-3708 content to be different » Blog Archive » Journalism training Fri, 26 May 2006 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1031#comment-3708 [...] commentary There are many teachers and people like me on the fringes talking about how young people are integrating Live Web (2.0) tools into their learning. Whether it’s students ‘annotating‘ their work or simply, as Will’s post talks about discovering people around the world who are using the  same tools to link and share stories, the tools are making history, economics, literacy and even maths come alive. [...] [...] commentary There are many teachers and people like me on the fringes talking about how young people are integrating Live Web (2.0) tools into their learning. Whether it’s students ‘annotating‘ their work or simply, as Will’s post talks about discovering people around the world who are using the  same tools to link and share stories, the tools are making history, economics, literacy and even maths come alive. [...]

]]> By: Darren Kuropatwa http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb/#comment-3464 Darren Kuropatwa Tue, 23 May 2006 03:40:26 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1031#comment-3464 >All of us, as human beings, want and need to be recognized for the work we do. >All of us, as human beings, want and need to be recognized for the work we do.

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