http://www.diigo.com/user/Willrich/future Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:02:02 -0000 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:02:02 -0000 http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications_reports_articles/opening_education_reports/Opening_Education_Report663 <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/learning' rel='tag'>learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/mobile' rel='tag'>mobile</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:02:02 -0000 http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20432/?a=f <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><a href="#" class="iAs" itxtdid="4862367" classname="iAs" style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important;" target="_blank">Intel</a> has announced plans to sell a specialized Wi-Fi platform later this year that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas tens of miles away, connecting sparsely populated villages to the Internet. The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel. And the data rates are high enough--up to about 6.5 megabits per second--that the connection could be used for video conferencing and telemedicine, he says.</div><ul><li>This could be a major step towards getting everyone connected. <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/shifts' rel='tag'>shifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/technology' rel='tag'>technology</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/wifi' rel='tag'>wifi</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:53:54 -0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/02/28/the-voice-of-the-revolution <p>It's not about the product, it's about the conversation around the product.</p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content">“We don’t own the brand the way we used to; consumers own it. It’s not about claims any more. Consumers don’t want to be preached to. It’s about a dialogue and discovery, giving people the chance to comment,” he says. “We see it as more of a consumer site than our site.</div><ul><li>Ford Motor Company executive. <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><div class="content"><div class="postentry"><p>the tsunami is on its way. There are crumbling foundations that will not withstand the force. And there won’t be armies&nbsp;bearing humanitarian aid in the aftermath.</p> </div> <p class="linkpermanente"> <a href="http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/02/28/the-voice-of-the-revolution/" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to The Voice of the Revolution" rel="bookmark"></a></p></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/business' rel='tag'>business</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/shifts' rel='tag'>shifts</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:11:39 -0000 http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2007/01/29/news_in_the_cla....html <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/journalism' rel='tag'>journalism</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/literacy' rel='tag'>literacy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/media' rel='tag'>media</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:30:47 -0000 http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.print.php?id=101368 <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"> "Mobile University provides a standardized, one-on-one device that mirrors the ThinkPad program and all manner of campus services," said Crouch. "This pilot gives us a chance to work through the logistics." <br /> <br /> It's likely students don't mind being the guinea pigs in the process, Swofford said. "This is not a luxury device; it's their whole life."</div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/access' rel='tag'>access</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/cell_phone' rel='tag'>cell_phone</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/school20' rel='tag'>school20</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:24:24 -0000 http://www.umassd.edu/cmr/studies/blogstudy2.cfm <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/business' rel='tag'>business</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/social' rel='tag'>social</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:44:48 -0000 http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20459.wss <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/business' rel='tag'>business</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/shifts' rel='tag'>shifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/social' rel='tag'>social</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:57:53 -0000 http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/diy/2006/10 <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content">Open educational resources, <a digitized="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources%3E" and="" teaching="" re-use="" self-learners="" to="" educators="" openly="" offered="" materials="" students="" use="" freely="" learning="" research="" for=""></a> are potentially a strong driver of change, with more than 2000 courses online, with audio, video, texts, graphics, and simulations now available to anyone or any institution with a broadband connection and a relatively recent PC. The precipitating phenomenon that could turn open educational resources into a detonator of change would be the advent of digital learning objects that go viral,</div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/culture' rel='tag'>culture</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/for%3Acsessums' rel='tag'>for:csessums</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/learning' rel='tag'>learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/open_content' rel='tag'>open_content</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:57:20 -0000 http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2007/01/01/the_tools_of_cu....html <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"> The tools for cultural production and distribution are in the pockets of 14 year olds. > </div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/book_rev' rel='tag'>book_rev</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/culture' rel='tag'>culture</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/social' rel='tag'>social</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/teens' rel='tag'>teens</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:53:01 -0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/26/the-power-to-define/ <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>The problem isn’t simply “failing” schools. Schools are being asked to clean up a broadly distributed social mess caused by centuries of materialism and greed. Education has been colonized. We are being trampled by our rescuers. This is not a new st <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/quoteable' rel='tag'>quoteable</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/reform' rel='tag'>reform</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:56:54 -0000 http://www.reason.com/news/show/28174.html <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Daniel Pink on the changes in store for public education <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/edushifts' rel='tag'>edushifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/school20' rel='tag'>school20</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:56:02 -0000 http://www.edutopia.org/1709 <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Edutopia article <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/secondlife' rel='tag'>secondlife</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:56:01 -0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/business/12web.html?ex=1320987600&en=a54d6971614edc62&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>The Semantic Web <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/web30' rel='tag'>web30</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:56:01 -0000 http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/12/mobile_content_expected_to_gai.php#more <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>The mobile phone has quickly moved beyond being just a convenient communication device. For many people, carrying a mobile phone means being connected to a wider community, and the device has become the very linchpin of one's social life. <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/edushifts' rel='tag'>edushifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/phone' rel='tag'>phone</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/rmwr' rel='tag'>rmwr</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:55:56 -0000 http://economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=8312260 <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>In a decade's time a typical phone will have enough storage capacity to be able to video its user's entire life, says Mr Lindoff. Tom MacTavish, a researcher at Motorola Labs, predicts that such “life recorders” will be used for everything from securi <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/edushifts' rel='tag'>edushifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/phone' rel='tag'>phone</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/shifts' rel='tag'>shifts</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:55:56 -0000 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16042808/ <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/phone' rel='tag'>phone</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/rmwr' rel='tag'>rmwr</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:55:55 -0000 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/edushifts' rel='tag'>edushifts</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/imported%3Adel.icio.us' rel='tag'>imported:del.icio.us</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/reform' rel='tag'>reform</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/rmwr' rel='tag'>rmwr</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:55:55 -0000 http://www.miniature-earth.com <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>This video puts life in the US in perspective. <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/world' rel='tag'>world</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:18:17 -0000 http://homepage.mac.com/iajukes/blogwavestudio/LH20041201110546/LHA20050626053417/index.html <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/textbooks' rel='tag'>textbooks</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/theory' rel='tag'>theory</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:10:24 -0000 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673 <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/activism' rel='tag'>activism</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/future' rel='tag'>future</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/theory' rel='tag'>theory</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich/web' rel='tag'>web</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/willrich'>willrich</a></p> Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:09:40 -0000 60