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It’s not what you use ..It’s not what you use ..
Steven FawkesSteven Fawkes
What is a language for?What is a language for?
Joining inJoining in Using activelyUsing actively Dealing with things and people we Dealing with things and people we
can’t predictcan’t predict Finding things outFinding things out
Link for photo montage from France:Link for photo montage from France:• www.diaporamas-a-la-con.com• Source: Received from the InternetSource: Received from the Internet
• Excuse my French – on BBCTWO from 11Excuse my French – on BBCTWO from 11thth. . July for four weeksJuly for four weeks
Alice Kaplan – Alice Kaplan – French lessonsFrench lessons
Teaching , I discover, is not about my Teaching , I discover, is not about my French, my body and whether or not they French, my body and whether or not they are correct. It’s about generating words – are correct. It’s about generating words – other people’s words. Making people other people’s words. Making people change, making them make mistakes. change, making them make mistakes. Making them care and not care, making Making them care and not care, making them sensitive, but not oversensitive, to them sensitive, but not oversensitive, to the nuances of language. Making them the nuances of language. Making them take risks. It is physical, shockingly take risks. It is physical, shockingly physical.physical.
Teachers using video for..Teachers using video for..
attracting attention attracting attention encouraging responseencouraging response giving visual input giving visual input stimulus for observationstimulus for observation linking listening with watchinglinking listening with watching providing models of languageproviding models of language
focus on performancefocus on performance showing remote thingsshowing remote things cultural informationcultural information recording eventsrecording events telling stories, telling stories,
showing sequencesshowing sequences
Using languageUsing language
respondingresponding adaptingadapting manipulatingmanipulating inventinginventing
HAIKU POETRY MESSAGESHAIKU POETRY MESSAGESIn Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft
error messages with Haiku poetry messages. They are used to error messages with Haiku poetry messages. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity. yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity. Here are some actual error messages from Japan.Here are some actual error messages from Japan.
The Web site you seekThe Web site you seek Chaos reigns within.Chaos reigns within.Cannot be located, butCannot be located, but Reflect, repent, and rebootReflect, repent, and rebootCountless more exist.Countless more exist. Order shall return.Order shall return.
Program aborting:Program aborting: Windows NT crashed.Windows NT crashed.Close all that you have worked on.Close all that you have worked on. I am the Blue Screen of I am the Blue Screen of
Death.Death.You ask far too much.You ask far too much. No one hears your No one hears your
screams.screams.
Yesterday it worked.Yesterday it worked. Your file was so big.Your file was so big.Today it is not working.Today it is not working. It might be very useful.It might be very useful.Windows is like that.Windows is like that. But now it is gone.But now it is gone.
Stay the patient course.Stay the patient course. A crash reducesA crash reducesOf little worth is your ire.Of little worth is your ire. Your expensive computerYour expensive computerThe network is down.The network is down. To a simple stone.To a simple stone.
Three things are certain:Three things are certain: You step in the stream,You step in the stream,Death, taxes and lost data.Death, taxes and lost data. But the water has moved But the water has moved
on.on.Guess which has occurred.Guess which has occurred. This page is not here.This page is not here.
Out of memory.Out of memory. Having been erased,Having been erased,We wish to hold the whole sky,We wish to hold the whole sky, The document you're The document you're
seekingseekingBut we never will.But we never will. Must now be retyped.Must now be retyped.
Serious error.Serious error.All shortcuts have disappeared.All shortcuts have disappeared.Screen. Mind. Both are blank.Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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