Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Muslim identity and the media

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Has today global ramifications. Here is a thought pieceThe importance of media for shaping the policies of the State on the one hand, and the public opinion on the other–neither can neither be denied nor be disputed. According ...

The evolution of learning

Saturday, December 16th, 2006A detailed story on the use of open technology platforms in school educationAiming to customize their solutions to meet the individual needs of teachers and students, a growing number of school systems are ushering in a new ...

Engagement in a participatory culture

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Howard Rheingold on Henry JenkinsHenry Jenkins has posted on his blog about the paper he and his colleagues have written for the MacArthur Foundation, about participatory culture and media literacy. I have followed Jenkins' lead in my attempts ...

democracy deserves the best thinking possible

Saturday, August 12th, 2006Steve Dahlberg left a great comment on our post about the challenges facing education. Referencing a new book, the thoughts are interesting to the point I think they deserve reposting so here it is... Thanks Steve for the heads ...

Creative industries and the economy

Friday, August 11th, 2006Lunch with Prime Minister Tony Blair...JS had lunch with Tony Blair he saysThe Prime Minister wanted advice on advancing the United Kingdom's position in Europe for research and development. Nearly everyone in the room referenced Stanford and Berkeley's ...

The dream of the personal computer aka the world is mobile

Saturday, July 29th, 2006From the Economist July 29th.On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job.Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them to ...

Smart learning for the future

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006A round table discussion on the strategies and tools required for education to effectively deliver for the future. Organised by the New Statesman.The discussions range over what type of schools do we need, what technologies should we employ. What motivates ...

One laptop per child

Monday, July 17th, 2006In Africa, Asia, and South America, residents often lack access to basic necessities such as electricity and medical care, much less the technological resources to educate their children. And though deploying millions of inexpensive computers throughout the developing world ...

20th Century education no match for the needs of a 21st Century world

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006That is not my point of view, well it may be, but more significantly it is the point of view of American policy on educationIn an article in the journal, the point is madeThe specter of losing ...

Creativity and education

Thursday, June 29th, 2006We educate our children from the waist up, then we focus on their heads, and then we only educate one side of their brain.The whole purpose of education is to produce university professors. Who live only in their heads. ...

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