Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.

Since it is the system that ratifies the product—ipso facto, no one outside the community of experts is qualified to rate the value of the work produced within it—the most important function of the system is not the production of knowledge. It is the reproduction of the system. To put it another way, the most important function of the system, both for purposes of its continued survival and for purposes of controlling the market for its products, is the production of the producers. The academic disciplines effectively monopolize (or attempt to monopolize) the production of knowledge in their fields, and they monopolize the production of knowledge producers as well. This is why, for example, you cannot take a course in the law (apart from legal history) outside a law school. In fact, law schools urge applicants to major in areas outside the law. They say that this makes lawyers well-rounded, but it also helps to ensure that future lawyers will be trained only by other lawyers. It helps lawyers retain a monopoly on knowledge of the law.

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Thesis Ups Its Game With New Design Options

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:13:29 -0400

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Looking forward to building the new site using Thesis. Addresses my worry that, with so many folks switching to Thesis, that sites may begin to look alike.

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Thesis Ups Its Game With New Design Options

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:13:29 -0400

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Looking forward to building the new site using Thesis. Addresses my worry that, with so many folks switching to Thesis, that sites may begin to look alike.

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Social Business, The Movie: My 10 Minutes Of Fame At 140 Characters - /Message

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:59:49 -0400

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Social Business, The Movie: My 10 Minutes Of Fame At 140 Characters - /Message

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:59:48 -0400

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Trailer for Collapse, a documentary about coming global meltdown - Boing Boing

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:39:29 -0400

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Remains of the Day: Android 2.0 Looks Great Edition - Remainders - Lifehacker

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:00:38 -0400

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Zombie/Scooby Doo mashup illo - Boing Boing

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:28:42 -0400

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Awesomeness. Scooby Doo/Zombie flick mashup. My favorite touch? The “RIP S+F+D” heart on the door.

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University of Kentucky Coal Dorm Rachel Maddow

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:56:30 -0400

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A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades | The Awl

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:23:34 -0400

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Matt Webb - Scope - reboot video

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:51:19 -0400

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Imagine it! » Blog Archive » Gary Stager: My Hope For School

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:33:07 -0400

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“Gary Stager, an internationally recognized educator and consultant, has spent twenty-six years helping teachers on six continents make sense of their roles in the age of personal computing and schools more constructive places for children. Gary is Executive Director of The Constructivist Consortium, a member of the One Laptop Per Child Learning Team, collaborator at MIT Media Lab Future of Learning Group, and co-founder & co-director of We Learn@Home providing educational services for home schoolers.”

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Campus Life: Virtual World Systems for Education |

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:13:20 -0400

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How do you build a ‘system-wide’ virtual world environment for education? How do you gain buy-in from administrators and faculty for immersive education? What types of tools and approaches are being used by educators?

Host Robert Bloomfield interviewed Dr. Leslie Jarmon, Faculty Development Specialist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin and discussed the creation of a statewide extension of classes and education into Second Life on October 21st at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Dr. Jarmon’s work at the University of Texas is, perhaps, a major milestone for the use of virtual worlds in education. The campus-wide initiative will explore the logistics and impact of using virtual worlds for education. Beyond education, the project promises to shed light on how large-scale enterprise can deploy virtual world technology for collaboration and training.

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Overnight Success 3 – No Excuses

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:44:28 -0400

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Great 2-minute statement on how we use excuses to hold ourselves back. Success, earned success anyway, always requires sacrifice. It’s good to be reminded of that now and again. I need to show this to my students.

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