Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

The ?26 billion spent on bailing Northern Rock out is double the entire primary school budget.

Sunday, December 16th, 2007So even the most starry-eyed socialist could not have imagined that Gordon Brown would be seriously contemplating the nationalisation of a high-street bank six months into his premiership.The opinion polls say that voters are losing faith in the ...

Participatory Media to better enable Civic Engagement

Sunday, December 16th, 2007Howard Rheingold writes in Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic EngagementTeaching young people how to use digital media to convey their public voices could connect youthful interest in identity exploration and social interaction ...

Moonedit: Technologies of Co-operation in Education

Friday, October 26th, 2007Of course it was the great Howard Rheingold who uses the phrase technologies of cooperation around all things that relate to information/cultural economic production on digital platforms that enable many people to become actors to engage, act, edit, and collectively ...

The architecture of participation: or, Nobody is as clever as everybody

Thursday, October 18th, 2007The architecture of participation, is a great line and nice idea that is part of a post at Epic blogFurtherStudents in some institutions are now being encouraging to add and edit information on Wikipedia as part ...

What do students and think today, How do they see their education system?

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007I have nothing more to add except education thinking needs to embrace the age of engagement

An open letter to Steve Ballmer

Saturday, October 6th, 2007Steve Ballmer left a note on our blog about Social Networking.Its a fad like hot pants and BellbottomsSo I thought I would take my comment and post it because there seems perhaps to be some misunderstanding.Dear ...

Mobile Phones – Education and Mobile minds

Thursday, September 27th, 2007An indepth look at youth, education and mobile phonesHave a gander hereMobile is without doubt the 7th Mass Media, inextricably linked to how young people are interacting with each other. in 2006 35bn txt messages were sent in ...

Wikipedia and media literacy

Sunday, July 1st, 2007At CDB we are huge fans of Henry JenkinsAnd I think this recent piece is extremely insightful about wikipedia and media literacyWales's analogy between Wikipedia and "Rock'n'Roll" suggests that the Wikipedia debate has also ...

Engagement in contemporary art, military history and MIT

Monday, March 19th, 2007Last week I was in the states. Hanging out with friends in Louisville, and then speaking at the Comparative Media Studies Program @ MIT.In Louisville, I spent some time talking to the Contemporary Art Centre at the Speed Museum, University ...

Sony and classrooms without walls

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007This looks exciting Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled its new PSP in Education initiative at a special launch event in London yesterday.The PSP in Education presentation highlighted how the handheld could be used in the classroom to ...

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