Weekly Update #1

This blog was created yesterday afternoon and some exploring and uploading photos accomplished.
This morning I went to netvibes, established the account and decided to come back and blog a bit about't. Widgets were fun!! At netvibes the learning curve is going to be much more gradual but the end result will be more all-inclusive - a total package - at least that's how I feel today.Why? 'cause of more tools. Widgets were fun!! Explored learning curves on wikipoedia and confused about steep, gradual, and fast. Definitions change with time as does literacy. Literacy skills change with time as does learning. Transformative is slow for those unaccustomed to it, faster for those initiated before Alzheimer's & BSE, and rapid reflective learners introduced early on in cognitive development. Wonder how learner characteristics affect all that? Wonder how environment affects all that? Wonder how developmental stages,social learning theory affect all that? Cultural contexts??? Is literacy necessary for survival? Not currently!! IS literacy necessary for lifelong learning? NO, IT's gonna happen regardless. IS literacy necessary for transformative learning? No, some people are just inherently more reflective and see more windows of opportunity for change. Daydreamers I'd say. Is universal lifelong transformative learning necessary for sustainability in Earth? I think so (transformative = adaptable = change = survival) Uninitiated to transformative literacy won't be able to do it. That brings us back to literacy for survival. Transformative literacy (TL) is a necessity.