Comments for WiseWordPress http://wisebytes.net/wordpress Bits and pieces of my life Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My Taekwondo blog … by NicolaAvery http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2010/01/25/my-taekwondo-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20635 NicolaAvery Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:50:07 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=189#comment-20635 Hi Lisa, I have only just come across your blog, it was very exciting to see taekwondo and Stephen Downes in the same blog area. I have followed Stephen's blog for many years. However things are changing for me and I have started to move away from elearning permanently. I am about 18 months into my taekwondo journey which is my first experience of martial arts. It would be so exciting if you did have the time and wanted to continue - your experience and expertise sound amazing ! I started following martial arts blogs last summer - I think Colin's above was the first taekwondo one I found and its great, I have looked at techniques on his blog and gone away and changed a personal practice session based on some advice there - thank you Colin! Others I have found via Bob <a href="http://strikingthoughts.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">"Striking Thoughts"</a> Patterson's blog and blog toplist. I think on all the blogs where I've left comments, people have been so respectful and responsive, it really made me feel comfortable, especially as a relative newbie ! I've found a few female bloggers but I think only one taekwondo lady and she stopped doing taekwondo. My blog is at http://learn4kicks.wordpress.com Warmest wishes to you anyway, Nicola Hi Lisa, I have only just come across your blog, it was very exciting to see taekwondo and Stephen Downes in the same blog area. I have followed Stephen’s blog for many years. However things are changing for me and I have started to move away from elearning permanently. I am about 18 months into my taekwondo journey which is my first experience of martial arts. It would be so exciting if you did have the time and wanted to continue – your experience and expertise sound amazing ! I started following martial arts blogs last summer – I think Colin’s above was the first taekwondo one I found and its great, I have looked at techniques on his blog and gone away and changed a personal practice session based on some advice there – thank you Colin!

Others I have found via Bob “Striking Thoughts” Patterson’s blog and blog toplist. I think on all the blogs where I’ve left comments, people have been so respectful and responsive, it really made me feel comfortable, especially as a relative newbie ! I’ve found a few female bloggers but I think only one taekwondo lady and she stopped doing taekwondo. My blog is at http://learn4kicks.wordpress.com

Warmest wishes to you anyway,
Nicola

]]> Comment on Academic freedom of expression at The University of Melbourne by Lisa Wise http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2010/02/20/academic-freedom-of-expression-at-the-university-of-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-20633 Lisa Wise Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:33:14 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=191#comment-20633 It all rests on the definition of what constitutes one's area of expertise ... and that is a whole nuther can of worms (you'll note I have expertise in the use of English in-fixes, although I'm not sure that the spelling is correct :-)) It all rests on the definition of what constitutes one’s area of expertise … and that is a whole nuther can of worms (you’ll note I have expertise in the use of English in-fixes, although I’m not sure that the spelling is correct :-) )

]]> Comment on Academic freedom of expression at The University of Melbourne by mjs http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2010/02/20/academic-freedom-of-expression-at-the-university-of-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-20632 mjs Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:35:12 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=191#comment-20632 I'm not that impressed with "responsibilities" section, particularly the three levels of caveat ("should consider", "whether it is reasonable", "in the circumstances") to the issue of whether academics can link their comments to their association with the university! I’m not that impressed with “responsibilities” section, particularly the three levels of caveat (“should consider”, “whether it is reasonable”, “in the circumstances”) to the issue of whether academics can link their comments to their association with the university!

]]> Comment on My Taekwondo blog … by colinwee http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2010/01/25/my-taekwondo-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20631 colinwee Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:07:13 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=189#comment-20631 Dear Lisa, My name is Colin Wee, and I started a Traditional Taekwondo blog at the end of 2008 as a repository of technical information against the weekly classes that we have. Each week, and after each training session, I would try to look at a specific part of our lesson and try to give further insight on the technique or our approach. It's difficult to be overzealous in class, and the blog was a good way to categorise tactics for beginners to search. Every so often I would visit Google and search for 'taekwondo blog' or some other similar keywords in an attempt to reach out to similar blog authors practicing taekwondo. I have of course been aware of your blog, but have been disappointed that you have not posted for some time. Clicking down to your new blog I find out why ... <blockquote>The reason that my taekwondo blog has died is a sad reflection on taekwondo in Australia – too much politics, not enough technique / application, and a seeming abyss of moral culture. To write anything about taekwondo, to question any technique, to reflect on good and bad aspects of the art form, to consider the relationship between a Korean martial art developed in a military context and modern Australian cultural context – all these are political minefields with people searching for disrespect or subversion or technical error in every utterance, rather than looking for a way forward and an open exchange of ideas to build on the wonderful foundation created by General Choi and bring it to people of all walks of life, including women and children.</blockquote> The reason for my post, is to communicate to you that not all Taekwondo organisations or schools are entrenched in political wrangling. My organisation in the States, for example, is a place which is open not only to the various taekwondo 'styles', but also to karate and other soft style arts. I would like to invite you to visit my blog at http://traditionaltaekwondo.blogspot.com and to participate, if you so desire. It would be interesting to me if you revived your old blog, and give us some insight into your own practice. Let me know. Best regards, Colin Traditional Taekwondo 5th Dan Dear Lisa,

My name is Colin Wee, and I started a Traditional Taekwondo blog at the end of 2008 as a repository of technical information against the weekly classes that we have. Each week, and after each training session, I would try to look at a specific part of our lesson and try to give further insight on the technique or our approach. It’s difficult to be overzealous in class, and the blog was a good way to categorise tactics for beginners to search.

Every so often I would visit Google and search for ‘taekwondo blog’ or some other similar keywords in an attempt to reach out to similar blog authors practicing taekwondo. I have of course been aware of your blog, but have been disappointed that you have not posted for some time. Clicking down to your new blog I find out why …

The reason that my taekwondo blog has died is a sad reflection on taekwondo in Australia – too much politics, not enough technique / application, and a seeming abyss of moral culture. To write anything about taekwondo, to question any technique, to reflect on good and bad aspects of the art form, to consider the relationship between a Korean martial art developed in a military context and modern Australian cultural context – all these are political minefields with people searching for disrespect or subversion or technical error in every utterance, rather than looking for a way forward and an open exchange of ideas to build on the wonderful foundation created by General Choi and bring it to people of all walks of life, including women and children.

The reason for my post, is to communicate to you that not all Taekwondo organisations or schools are entrenched in political wrangling. My organisation in the States, for example, is a place which is open not only to the various taekwondo ‘styles’, but also to karate and other soft style arts.

I would like to invite you to visit my blog at http://traditionaltaekwondo.blogspot.com and to participate, if you so desire. It would be interesting to me if you revived your old blog, and give us some insight into your own practice.

Let me know.

Best regards,

Colin
Traditional Taekwondo 5th Dan

]]> Comment on Addendum to Stephen Downes presentation by lzwise http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2009/04/11/addendum-to-stephen-downes-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-18054 lzwise Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:11:33 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=152#comment-18054 I'm back being a cognitive scientist rather than a web-developer / online learning person. Surprisingly, pilot training, especially in the air combat domain, is a natural progression in my academic career. My neurophys stuff was on spatial coding and orienting behaviour, then I went into online learning and ed tech, which led to simulations in training. But the most interesting stuff in pilot training is the 4D space stuff, which is also ties in beautifully with martial arts. The interconnectedness of the universe continues to amaze me :-) I’m back being a cognitive scientist rather than a web-developer / online learning person. Surprisingly, pilot training, especially in the air combat domain, is a natural progression in my academic career. My neurophys stuff was on spatial coding and orienting behaviour, then I went into online learning and ed tech, which led to simulations in training. But the most interesting stuff in pilot training is the 4D space stuff, which is also ties in beautifully with martial arts. The interconnectedness of the universe continues to amaze me :-)

]]> Comment on Addendum to Stephen Downes presentation by mjs http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2009/04/11/addendum-to-stephen-downes-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-18052 mjs Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:34:58 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/?p=152#comment-18052 This is not really the point but--"having thought about military pilot training for the past two years"--?! This is not really the point but–”having thought about military pilot training for the past two years”–?!

]]> Comment on Sensory neuroscience revisited by lzwise http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2007/07/13/sensory-neuroscience-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 lzwise Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:38:17 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2007/07/13/sensory-neuroscience-revisited/#comment-1901 Hi Mitch, Have a look at <a href="http://wisebytes.net/mediawiki/" rel="nofollow">my wiki</a> for a somewhat scattered set of ideas</a> and there is also probably somt stuff in my recent presentations / papers. <a href="http://wisebytes.net/presentations/muves_1.ppt.htm" rel="nofollow">The notes for this presentation</a> might also be useful. I'll certainly be updating my blog and wiki reasonably regularly over the next few weeks and months with more focussed writing. Regards Lisa Wise Hi Mitch,

Have a look at my wiki for a somewhat scattered set of ideas and there is also probably somt stuff in my recent presentations / papers. The notes for this presentation might also be useful. I’ll certainly be updating my blog and wiki reasonably regularly over the next few weeks and months with more focussed writing.

Regards
Lisa Wise

]]> Comment on Sensory neuroscience revisited by Mitch http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2007/07/13/sensory-neuroscience-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Mitch Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2007/07/13/sensory-neuroscience-revisited/#comment-1900 Hi izwise (I don't see any other name in your post.) I'm a 50 yr old elearning ID writer and consultant, and I'm at the verge of starting a bachelor's degree in cognitive science, an area I've long been interested in. I would love to get your perspective on this life change. I'm not quite sure what to expect in terms of how I can combine my experience (20 yrs of training development, both e and otherwise) with my new field, but I googled "elearning cogsci" today and got quite a few hits which are giving me some ideas. Still, I want to get input from someone who's been thereon how the two fields interconnect. If you have a moment, please drop me a line at mmoldofsky@rogers.com. Thanks, Mitch Hi izwise (I don’t see any other name in your post.) I’m a 50 yr old elearning ID writer and consultant, and I’m at the verge of starting a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science, an area I’ve long been interested in. I would love to get your perspective on this life change. I’m not quite sure what to expect in terms of how I can combine my experience (20 yrs of training development, both e and otherwise) with my new field, but I googled “elearning cogsci” today and got quite a few hits which are giving me some ideas. Still, I want to get input from someone who’s been thereon how the two fields interconnect. If you have a moment, please drop me a line at mmoldofsky@rogers.com. Thanks, Mitch

]]> Comment on LMS Governance Final Report by LMS Governance Report - a summary and reflection at David’s WebLog http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2006/07/03/lms-governance-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 LMS Governance Report - a summary and reflection at David’s WebLog Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:43:12 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2006/07/03/lms-governance-final-report/#comment-1881 [...] It’s that time in my thesis work (trawling through references for the lit review) when I have finally come back to the “LMS Governance report” written by Lisa Wise and James Quealy. This went through the blogosphere a while back. You can access the PDF of the report and a MediaWiki based annotated bibliography from this blog post. [...] [...] It’s that time in my thesis work (trawling through references for the lit review) when I have finally come back to the “LMS Governance report” written by Lisa Wise and James Quealy. This went through the blogosphere a while back. You can access the PDF of the report and a MediaWiki based annotated bibliography from this blog post. [...]

]]> Comment on Anti-obesity mafia by lzwise http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2006/07/25/anti-obesity-mafia/comment-page-1/#comment-20 lzwise Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:21:48 +0000 http://wisebytes.net/wordpress/2006/07/25/anti-obesity-mafia/#comment-20 Banning "junk" food sounds okay until you start to decide what constitutes junk. Do we start making value judgements between fruit sugar and "bad" sugar, between between nuts and donuts, between butter and margarine? Or do we look at balance across the whole diet? Do we ban tim tams and chocolate teddy bear biscuits (an essential food group by itself !) or do we replace them with anzac cookies (lots of fibre) or are they also bad (lots of sugar and fat)? Are muesli bars "good" because muesli is good, whereas snickers bars are "bad"? Is Gatorade a good energy drink but coke is junk? Is apple juice "good" because it has fruit in the name despite being really high in sugar? If I were the food police, I would ban all drinks other than water, and replace sugary drinks with pieces of fruit (fibre and all). So long as there are good yummy balanced eating choices readily available at canteens, there should be no need to ban junk. And don't get me started on sport with no competition - sport is indeed untenable without winners and losers!!! It is a very important lesson in life to deal with not winning, to deal with loss. It is very important to understand that effort does not always beat skill, that no matter how good you are, there is always the possibility of someone better or luckier on the day ... and it is great when people learn how to be truly competitive with themselves and with others, but at the end of the competition, to shake hands and be friends (or in competition with yourself, to look back with pride on your achievements knowing you tried your best). Banning “junk” food sounds okay until you start to decide what constitutes junk. Do we start making value judgements between fruit sugar and “bad” sugar, between between nuts and donuts, between butter and margarine? Or do we look at balance across the whole diet? Do we ban tim tams and chocolate teddy bear biscuits (an essential food group by itself !) or do we replace them with anzac cookies (lots of fibre) or are they also bad (lots of sugar and fat)? Are muesli bars “good” because muesli is good, whereas snickers bars are “bad”? Is Gatorade a good energy drink but coke is junk? Is apple juice “good” because it has fruit in the name despite being really high in sugar? If I were the food police, I would ban all drinks other than water, and replace sugary drinks with pieces of fruit (fibre and all). So long as there are good yummy balanced eating choices readily available at canteens, there should be no need to ban junk.

And don’t get me started on sport with no competition – sport is indeed untenable without winners and losers!!! It is a very important lesson in life to deal with not winning, to deal with loss. It is very important to understand that effort does not always beat skill, that no matter how good you are, there is always the possibility of someone better or luckier on the day … and it is great when people learn how to be truly competitive with themselves and with others, but at the end of the competition, to shake hands and be friends (or in competition with yourself, to look back with pride on your achievements knowing you tried your best).

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