http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/can-we-ever-go-back/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/can-we-ever-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 futura Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:48:11 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/can-we-ever-go-back/#comment-1148 I thought that too--and also that if CNN was choosing which videos to air, was that entirely "grass roots?" I thought that too–and also that if CNN was choosing which videos to air, was that entirely “grass roots?”

]]> http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/can-we-ever-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Clay Burell Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:08:43 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/can-we-ever-go-back/#comment-1147 I found it fascinating too. The intelligence of the Tubers and their earnest engagement in citizenship blew me away at times. I loved the informality of it - not "schooly" at all, yet still so effective. Did the role of the emcee bother you at all? I kept thinking as I watched the whole thing on CNN.com (?), "He's like a teacher, the way he arbitrarily tells people to start and stop talking." I guess he had his rules to follow. But I often found them annoying. I found it fascinating too. The intelligence of the Tubers and their earnest engagement in citizenship blew me away at times. I loved the informality of it – not “schooly” at all, yet still so effective. Did the role of the emcee bother you at all? I kept thinking as I watched the whole thing on CNN.com (?), “He’s like a teacher, the way he arbitrarily tells people to start and stop talking.” I guess he had his rules to follow. But I often found them annoying.

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