Just stumbled across aMap, a little web app for setting up polarized discussions that can be done in a little map form, or as they say:
aMap is short for “˜argument map’. The idea’s very simple – to promote the art of arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format.
Sure you can do dogs vs cats, but just to follow up on the fun of my previous post, here is the hot “WordPress vs drupal” smackdown.
This is Silly™ I am sure there is a more relevant use for educators.
The original in this field is Reason!able http://rationale.austhink.com/reasonable
I had the opportunity in 2001 to work for three months with Tim van Gelder, the creator of Reason!able, in Australia
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What the,… ?
I have no idea what just happened, but something on your site snagged the title of my last post to OLDaily and inserted it here.
I am *not* amused.
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@Stephen Downes: Sorry, that is a plugin I am experimenting with called “Comment Love” geared to steer readers back to a blog associated with a URL. I deleted the link to ease your lack of amusement.
Thanks for this link and pointer to aMap, Alan… I am most amused. 🙂
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What bothers me is it felt like it was spying on me…
In retrospect, I imagine it’s just looking up the RSS… but it’s still disturbing
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Yup, that’s what it is
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I updated the plugin so that it indicates by text what it does and so it is clear how to not be disturbed.
There’s also debategraph.org for similar stuff.
(RE: Comment Love — does it use SimplePie’s autodiscovery? How’s the success rate? I ask because, depending on WP theme, I’ve seen it grab the comments feed instead of the posts feed, and sometimes miss Drupal feeds — but that often depends on how the site is set up.)
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This is fantastic, Alan–thanks! I plan to use it with my writing students.
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