Most recent public comments by Nathaniel Chapman https://nowcomment.com/users/114657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647555 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647555 For me this is a hugely important point, and one that was trying to be addressed at the collegiate level. However, that point has been hijacked as a political bad word (for both sides) without even trying to understand the points raised. That bad word (or phrase in this case) is Critical Race Theory. Equity includes examining structural issues to access, achieve, and pass down social and material capital. Equity demands that we examine the areas where non-democratic, non-equal, and non-allowed practices have been allowed to grow. Red Lining is a huge example for me growing up in suburban Detroit. Minority students were not just minority for me growing up, they were almost non-existent. It was not until I joined the military and saw the rest of the world that I truly appreciated the depth and beauty of all the different cultures that surround us. These affinity networks can provide access, but if that access has a gatekeeper, or a silo that keeps us from it, do they really help everyone? Is Equity even on the radar for the corporations that control Web2.0? Will Web3.0 actually be any different, or just have a different set of corporate overlords? I do not know, but I know that access is unequal now. Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:08:27 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647550 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647550 Cultural relevance also can mean prestige in your local community, and I would hope the world at large. However, we often hold affinity links as lesser prestige or niche instances. Everyone wants to be a pop star, a football player, or Steve Jobs, because those are high prestige positions (including the work to get there), however, very few people want to be a teacher, or an auditor, or a plumber as these jobs do not carry the social capital that the others do. Perhaps we need to reframe prestige around the good you can do for others, not just for yourself. Perhaps the best point around social networks for affinity groups is that you gain the prestige within those networks, and need not have it as much in your real life. I would hope this would, at some point, bleed over and change how we approach niche jobs. Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:53:39 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647545 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647545 Another approach could be a more flipped learning day, where the homework is to watch/read/learn the basic concepts. Then, the next day, utilize those concepts in the classroom, through games or other affinity links, and allow the students (especially at younger ages) to play with them in a more free-form way. The major problem with this approach is that there is no testable (and thus easily statistically marketable) way to know achievement is happening. If we looked at learning as a life-course rather than individual years this might be offset. Still, play often creates more lasting memories, with often happier tags anchoring them in memory. Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:45:55 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633059 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633059 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:50:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633044 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633044 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:50:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633042 https://nowcomment.com/documents/105145?scroll_to=2633042 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:50:18 -0400