I read the first two chapters of Ulysses this week. The difficulty of Joyce’s prose wasn’t as bad as I had expected. Chapter One, or “Telemachus,” is set in Martello Tower, where Joyce actually lived, on the morning of June 16, 1904. It introduces Stephen Dedalus, a brooding and intellectually proud young man, who feels…
It was an early start on Friday, as I had volunteered to retrieve my group members for the field trip to The Pacific School of Innovation & Inquiry. I love to cram my friends into my green 1977 Volkswagen Bus, which I believe can be seen in Neena’s post. We discussed astrology as a fascist…
My Free Inquiry Topic is reading James Joyce’s Ulysses. I chose this topic because I love Modernist writers and might not read this challenging work without the added incentive of academic requirement. My goal is to complete the novel–a task that is easier said than done. I will use a variety of resources, including Don…
The use of generative AI (genAI) is complicated by several major limitations. GenAI systems operate by identifying and replicating statistical patterns in data rather than through genuine comprehension, which can lead to the generation of confident but incorrect or entirely fabricated information. Because they are trained on extensive internet datasets that mirror societal and historical…
Today we looked at screen casting to upload videos to our blog. My video was this article my Losurdo. It’s a very interesting read. I reckon h5p tools could potentially be a useful tool in the event of another global pandemic where students are required to stay home. I probably wouldn’t use it otherwise. Audio/video…
The film Most Likely to Succeed argues that we need to re-imagine education–I think that’s probably true. With that in mind, I can’t help but be reminded of this Paulo Freire quote: “When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor”. I tend to agree with Althusser’s assessment of…
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