tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024798664142149500.post2266065660137194137..comments2022-06-28T04:24:02.726-04:00Comments on Virtual Educators: The Four Basic Principles of DesignMaya Bentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037097685419247322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024798664142149500.post-67680843350237206952008-02-08T14:18:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:18:00.000-05:00I agree that good design is important, especially ...I agree that good design is important, especially since it is so lacking on our Poly campus! However, the naming of things in order to understand things is a problem since in general, from a creative point of view, language anesthetizes experience. The reason most kids cannot see and will always draw symbols to stand in for what they see is that the dominant left hemisphere of the brain (the major center of language formation) wants to control perception. Original thinking starts in ignorance of what has already been decided, especially when it is already named. I try down here in drawing studio to make the eyes the "boss", before the kids give in to that overwhelming impulse to categorize, simplify, and substitute names for actual knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024798664142149500.post-16571386719200465352007-04-11T14:05:00.000-04:002007-04-11T14:05:00.000-04:00I've changed the comments settings. Now you don't ...I've changed the comments settings. Now you don't need to have an account with the Blogger. However, I hate unleashing the anonymous option.Maya Bentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037097685419247322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024798664142149500.post-59890487668594616412007-04-10T14:22:00.000-04:002007-04-10T14:22:00.000-04:00OK, I'll bite. I think the last option is the best...OK, I'll bite. I think the last option is the best. All the contact information is together. Your name is closer to your title, so the two are associated.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I haven't read the book and I don't actually know what I'm doing. I tend to just do things by intuition or common sense. Design is certainly a field where common sense and the easy answer isn't right though. If I'm wrong, at least I'll learn something.<BR/><BR/>By the way, if there is any possible way for you to allow commenters to use accounts other than Google/Blogger, I'd greatly appreciate it. I use Wordpress, and lots of people use other sites. My only options for commenting on your site are to 1. use my personal email account which I don't generally share outside of family and friends or 2. to log out of my account (since I read you through Google Reader) and switch accounts to my publicly shared account. Neither of those is an option I like. You have good content and I'd like to participate in conversations on your blog, but the commenting setup is enough of a hassle to deter me from doing so in the future. Sorry. If you can do anything to fix it, I'd appreciate it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766584475689549882noreply@blogger.com