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15 May 07

41 Minutes Per Day... ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes

  • The skills are there, the tech's there, all that's missing is the desire of those not in the know to learn.
02 May 07

The Unbearable Weight of Infrastructure ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes

  • instead of the entire apparatus we fund today, we instead fund several thousand people with really good salaries and tell them to go forth and provide education to whomever wants it. Add to that perhaps personal coaches hired by local communities. Imagine... Jess Jarvis, Buzz Machine, May 1, 2007.
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17 Apr 07

In a World of iPods, Will the CD Go the Way of Vinyl? ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes

  • The same story about CDs is the one we used to hear about books all the time. You know, the need for an archive, the need for the physical feel of a book, that sort of thing. The other side is that the market for CDs is falling through the basement, and while there remains a market, it is increasingly one for nostalgia buffs only
21 Mar 07

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: A superwave is on the horizon: The 2007 Horizon Report

  • For those seeking to align curricular standards, this should be a dream come true. States could create whole video games around courses. Kids would beg to go to Spanish or Math or English.

    Why won't they? Probably for some of the same things that happen to me, comments like this:

    "You're spending my good tax dollars making a video games so the kids can come down and play all day."

    "Kids act like they have to be entertained. I wasn't entertained, they sat my rear end in a desk, I sat still and I was bored, but I learned something."

    "Why are we doing this when no one else is doing it?"
03 Feb 07

The Wizard of SOA ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes

  • But think about it - when was the last time something developed for the enterprise had any great influence? The things that make real change - and therefore are really the Next Big Thing - are always (always) small, simple and personal. And they tend to be empowering (freeing you from a company rather than locking you to it) and less expensive (free or nearly free, not something you actually have to pay for (hardware excepted)).
02 Feb 07

Are Librarians Totally Obsolete? ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes

  • librarians, if they want to remain relevant, need to curate digital archives and manage e-print repositiories. There is the idea of a library as a big collection of books and journals you bought from publishers to make available to your staff and students. Many librarians cling to that idea. They shouldn't. It's over.
24 Jan 07

Wolfie’s e-blog » PLE applications versus individual learning

  • The term “virtual” has lost its meaning as it increasingly becomes part of real socialisation to those who move in and out of virtual space. It is no less real than talking to your mother on the phone.
20 Jan 07

Weblogg-ed » What the Future Holds(?)

  • The real magic will come in the second act, as each word in each book is cross-linked, clustered, cited, extracted, indexed, analyzed, annotated, remixed, reassembled and woven deeper into the culture than ever before. In the new world of books, every bit informs another; every page reads all the other pages.
09 Jan 07

elearnspace: Augmented Cognition

  • Our minds are finite. We have limitations on our ability to absorb and synthesize new information. Our memory does not always serve us well. We are not able to learn as much or as fast as we would like. Our minds seem rather unsuited for the challenges facing humanity.
03 Jan 07

2 Cents Worth » Looking Forward >>>

  • we, in the U.S., have come to over-emphasize memorization rather than reshape education to reflect a much more abundant information environment — because memorized information is easier and cheaper to test.
  • all of this lies in our notions of what it means to be literate today, the skills required to use information to accomplish goals (my definition).
28 Dec 06

Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

  • How long before the idea of pressing buttons becomes a thing of the past? Accessing an ATM? Selecting a floor on the elevator? Calling for a walk light to cross the road? Selecting a drink from the pop machine just by gesturing?
21 Dec 06

2 Cents Worth » A New Learning Landscape

  • My children have grown up in a world of machines that you literally have to reason your way into — and what I believe, is that this has made them smarter than me in some ways that I think will be valuable to them and their future. 
18 Dec 06

Person of the Year: You - CNN.com

  • But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before.
08 Dec 06

Random Ramblings » Paperless classroom

  • She says, “this is the only opportunity they have to join the 21st century. Without education, children in this classroom don’t have a chance at the American Dream.”

Small Pieces Loosely Joined - A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger

  • An insightful book about the Internet, the Web, and its effect on society - On-Line edition - mikeheth on 2006-11-14

Mousing Around - MGuhlin.net - Mousing Around - MGuhlin.net

  • " It's now those Arts programs that mean the difference between success and failure in a World that is Flattening " - mikeheth on 2006-11-14

Dynamist Blog

  • Blog from the author of "The Future and It's Enemies" - mikeheth on 2006-11-14
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