Classroom 2.0
A message to all members of Classroom 2.0
I have the pleasure again this year of co-hosting the annual Edublog Awards, designed to promote the educational value of social media. I encourage you to consider nominating someone or a si ...
从清华到伯克利,一个港大女生眼里的“大学之道” - "GFW Blog(功夫网与翻墙)" via 数字时代 in Google Reader
作者: 香港大学 官晴
一个人静静坐在图书馆,看着窗外熟悉的风景,禁不住感伤。过去四个月的经历,虽如流星般倏忽即逝,却在我的记忆中挥洒下一片夺目闪耀的永恒。一直很关心教育问题,也很想通过在大陆、香港、美国这三地不同教育体制中的个人经历来谈谈自己的看法。伴着对这片神奇土地的深深眷恋,终于在离别前,动情地写出这篇酝酿已久却迟迟没有阿下笔的文章。
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Classroom 2.0 A message to all members of Classroom 2.0
I have the pleasure again this year of co-hosting the annual Edublog Awards, designed to promote the educational value of social media. I encourage you to consider nominating someone or a site for an award in one of the eighteen categories, and to do so this week!
Here are the Web 2.0 Labs projects I hope you'll consider nominating:
- Future of Education interview series for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" - Classroom 2.0 community for "Best educational use of a social network" - Classroom 2.0 LIVE! interview series for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" - Aula 2.0 community for "Best educational use of a social network" - Teacher 2.0 community and free online course for "Best educational use of a social network" - Library 2.0 community for "Best educational use of a social network" - Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" - 2011 Global Education Conference for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" - EduBloggerCon for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series" - ISTE Unplugged for "Best Open PD / unconference / webinar series"
After the nominations close on Friday, public voting will take place until December 13th, and the award ceremony will be live in Blackboard Collaborate at 7pm US-Eastern Time Wednesday, December 14th. Details on how to nominate below!
Here's the announcement from the official Edublog Awards site:
The Edublog Awards is a community based incentive started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. The purpose of the Edublog awards is promote and demonstrate the educational values of these social media. The best aspects include that it creates a fabulous resource for educators to use for ideas on how social media is used in different contexts, with a range of different learners while creating an invaluable resource of the best-of-the-best on the web!
How To Nominate
To nominate your favorites, we’re following the same approach as the last three years, namely asking you to:
Write a post with your nominations for the different categories on your own blog (or a website – anywhere public) Send us the link to your nomination post via the form at the bottom of the Nominations Page
And we’ve made some changes to categories this year such as:
Some categories have been combined together (Best ed tech / resource sharing blog and Best educational use of audio / video / visual /podcast) We’ve created two new categories (Best open PD / unconference / webinar series and Best free web tool) Virtual worlds are encouraged to be part of the expanded “social network” category
Here are the categories in full – nominations are open from now until Friday 2 December, and voting will then be up until Tuesday 13 December and the ceremony will be rocking on Wednesday 14 December! So go nominate your favourite blogs, twitterers, community sites, videos, podcasts and more... for 2011:
Best individual blog Best individual tweeter Best group blog Best new blog Best class blog Best student blog Best ed tech / resource sharing blog Most influential blog post Best twitter hashtag Best teacher blog Best librarian / library blog Best School Administrator blog Best free web tool Best educational use of audio / video / visual / podcast Best educational wiki Best open PD / unconference / webinar series Best educational use of a social network Lifetime achievement
每次在越洋电话里跟家人朋友讲起在这里的生活时我都情不自禁地手舞足蹈甚至蹦蹦跳跳,他们看到我如此滔滔不绝眉飞色舞的架势,常会纳闷地问,你们同学难道也都像你一样这么喜欢么?我说我不知道,也许不是吧。确实,身边很多同来伯克利交换的朋友也会觉得很纳闷,为什么你会这么喜欢这里。有时自己也觉得奇怪,这个地方究竟神奇在哪让我如此着魔?是接触了原来只能捧着课本赞叹仰慕的学界泰斗?还是参加了乐手和设施都堪称顶级的学生乐团,在音乐盛宴中流连往返?还是在频繁的定期旅行中尽情享受自然与生活的愉悦?还是在international house结识了一群来自世界各地的朋友?还是幸运地与明确了今后理想和奋斗方向的Strait Talk这个组织邂逅?…太多太多的亮点,所以每当别人问起 “What do you like about Berkeley”时,我都会非常肯定地回答“everything” 对方听到这个回答总会露出很惊讶甚至难以置信的表情,然后我又会强调一遍“yes, everything!”是啊,也许这个答案听起来很夸张,但确确实实是我的心声,也是我不可救药地爱上这个地方的真情流露。
然而不太喜欢港大,是因为那里没有我想要的校园文化,而与它的教育体制无关。港大的体制、管理、硬件,这些能用指标衡量的东西,确实堪称亚洲甚至世界一流。我的不适应是因为自己的志向和香港整个社会的价值取向相左。一个对外宣传时选取的优秀毕业生典型差不多都是清一色的去什么什么银行工作的前辈,这确实是香港这个社会的真实反映,但我看到后心里非常不舒服。我完全不接受这个学校和这个社会对成功典范的定义,认可这种定义的人可以在香港如鱼得水,我却在压迫中日渐愤世嫉俗起来。在香港,虽然一直有种桀骜不驯冲破藩篱的愿望,但在繁忙功利的社会环境下,自己就像笼中之鸟,因为无法冲破牢笼而苦苦挣扎。我本身就是个内心不相信任何权威,不喜欢束缚,梦想一个人在广阔的天地中自由自在行走闯荡的人,但在香港,我看到的是一片太不真实的人工世界,身处蜗居,穿梭于拥挤的人流和狭窄的街道,抬起头看到的是那似乎要冲过来把我压倒的高楼大厦,和那片被建筑群轮廓切割出的小得可怜的蓝天。我不情愿地被迫跟随那个城市过快的律动和令人窒息的人潮,无暇停下脚步思考。虽然我可以独善其身,甚至有时因逆主流而动、显得和别人不一样而感到自豪,但这其实只是自我抬高以换取安慰的做法罢了。在主流外游离的边缘人群,终究心里是不好受的;而且当别人在往前走的时候,你怎么能不走呢。这也是我为什么这么喜欢伯克利的原因,我终于能从港大的非主流在这里翻身主流,找到属于自己的地盘和一群志同道合的朋友。虽然这么讲,但在伯克利是没有主流这么一说的,它令人惊叹的多元与包容让每一种声音都有表达的空间,任何人都不会被视为异类,所有人都是校园里的主流。There is no such thing as a “typical Berkeley student”.在伯克利我找到了许许多多和我一样为信仰而活着的人们(如果在港大这种人会被视为疯狂的异类吧),与他们的对话能激起我内心深处最强的共鸣与震撼。望着那些会说话的智慧的双眼,我们在阳光下席地而坐,就学术、时事、人生、理想侃侃而谈…寻找梦想的期望到了伯克利之后得到淋漓尽致、有过之而无不及的实现,一拍即合。一颗桀骜不驯挑战世俗的心在加州广阔的天地中尽情飞翔。
之所以爱伯克利爱得如此痴狂、执迷、深沉,因为我的性格、理想、追求,和这所学校的气质和理念是完全一致的,这种最深层次的融入与契合,一旦确定,就再难分开。This is my place, my home.北京是我的家,这是我不能选择的从出生就有的;香港是我第二长呆的地方,但它只是一个暂时的奋斗之地栖身之所,我并不把它当“家”,顶多叫个居住地。而在这里,短短四个月,我就清楚地知道this is where I belong. 与北京那个与生俱来的家不同,这第二个家,终于在苦苦寻找之后与我见面,来得不易,也要倍加珍惜。谢谢你,给了我这二十年以来最真实最快乐的日子。大学四年,就算只有这一个学期,也已足够;一辈子若只有二十年,有这四个月,同样,也已足够。
校园里立着一面主题为“Thanks to Berkeley”的学生“笑脸墙”。它以人像拼贴的方式来显示这里文化的亲切随和以及多元包容。作为校园里一道独特抢眼的风景,它早已远远超越其宣传目的而成为伯克利精神最真实生动的表现。每次看到港大宣传品上写有的“diversity”之类的字眼,我都会一笑而过;而站在这面墙前,细细品着照片上那一句句话语,强烈的共鸣令我心潮澎湃、感动不已。每一句话,都从不同角度,简单而深刻地诠释了这里的精神。以下的摘录,不仅表达了我和这些伯克利学子的共同心声,更饱含着自己对这里发自心底的永远的爱与感激,和离别前的极度不舍与深情眷恋。