I hear, and I remember. I see and I dream. I do and I understand.

I hear, and I remember. I see and I dream. I do and I understand.
Ramsey spent the summer in Australia promoting a book he recently published with his 08/09 homeroom class entitled Globalistic – writings from a millennial classroom (www.globalistic-book.com). The book was received very well in the “Land Down Under” and bought by several national bookstores throughout Australia. Ramsey also had the opportunity to speak at several LD schools in Western Australia as well as give lectures at Notre Dame University- School of Education (in Perth Australia) and Edith Cowen University. Both Universities will be using Denver Academy’s Globalistic book for their curriculum in teaching future teachers “Down Under”. Ramsey also spent much of his time in Western Australia interacting and observing the Fun Track Learning Center outside of Perth, Western Australia. Upon the request of Mary Appleyard, the founder of Fun Track, Ramsey taught several classes at the learning center which is one of the only schools in Western Australia that focuses on kids with Learning Differences. Through his new connections “Down Under”, Ramsey is hoping to use this experience to explore new, collaborative projects between Denver Academy and LD schools in Australia throughout the 2009/10 school year.

Apr 24, 2009

Medium is the Massage




Above Joe and Jared are both riding a stationary bike in the classroom used to generate electricity. The Smart Board in the background is a visual means to get graphs of output, help with presentations, and serve as a kinsthetic tool as it can be written on with Smart Markers.

The most memorable educational experiences are those that engage one’s capacities and senses. To be fully immersed in education one must have ownership, opportunity for growth, and cross-curricular resources which provide real-life experience and tangible outcomes.


"The Medium is the Massage" is the title of one of the books we are exploring this year, and in it the author asserts that the dominant communication media of our time will shape the way humans think, act, and ultimately perceive the world around them. Technologies—from clothing to the wheel to the book, and beyond—are the messages themselves, not the content of the medium. In essence, The Medium is the Massage is a graphical and creative representation of his 'medium is the message' thesis seen in Understanding Media.
By playing on words and utilizing the term 'massage,' McLuhan is suggesting that modern audiences have found current media to be soothing, enjoyable, and relaxing; however, the pleasure we find in new media is deceiving, as the changes between society and technology are incongruent and are perpetuating an age of anxiety.
All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered.

The Medium is the Massage demonstrates how modern media are extensions of human senses; they ground us in physicality, but expand our ability to perceive our world to an extent that would be impossible without the media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medium_is_the_Massage).

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