I’ve been focused lately on trying to get a sense of the defining element that shapes, drives, and influences what’s happening in the educational technology space today (and to a related but lesser…
Still digging through my stack of reading that I neglected, and this Bob Herbert column from the Times last week bubbled up.
An American kid drops out of high school every 26 seconds. That’s…
I thought that enterprise top-down software was a thing of the past and that small pieces loosely joined was the new model, but I’ve been in learning hell with a community of practice platform that…
Connections (obviously, but still worth noting occasionally) are central to how we socialize with and without technology. Technology brings to the forefront the sometimes less obvious connections…
Could the Chronicle be awakening from its slumber of pre-1980’s view of technology? It appears as if some signs of life exist as it explores video in courses. Capturing videos of lectures is a…
Wikis embody much of the collaborative spirit that drives the discussion of participative technologies. They’re (theoretically) open. Reflect the multiplicity of voices that often comprises the…
From the “And These Teachers Got Hired How? Department” comes this downright scary quote in a Washington Post article on teachers with Facebook/MySpace sites:
In some cases, teachers apparently…
Once again, the field of mainstream media provides practical insight into what ails education as an enterprise: “This is something that people in the media world don’t understand. Media in the…
Before I pull myself the last couple of steps up from my recent blogging funk, a quick item from the “Things I Wished I’d Known for the Last Two Years Department.” My major, major, major frustration…
From CNN:
On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter.
The message only had one word….
The WordBlu most democratic workplace list is out for this year, with several Canadian companies on it:
As my “not-yet-published”…
I delivered my last presentation to the iDesign group at University of Alaska Fairbanks this morning (I have a remote presentation on the role Google in educational settings tomorrow, and then I’m…
Pew Internet has released a report on Writing, Technology, and Teens (.pdf). From observation, I think my children write more today than I did when I was their age. Kids are constantly texting,…
Marshall McLuhan’s comments are frequently drawn on to explain technical developments and social impact of the internet. CBC has an archive of 18 clips (9 audio, 9 video) of McLuhan expressing…
I’m starting to run out of business cards and I’ve been using the same design since I started this business in 2003. The original design was intentionally conservative and I have no urge to change…
From “Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace” (600+ page .pdf) comes this passage by Robert Steele in his essay “Creating a Smart Nation:”
Published knowledge is old…
Hey, look, who would have known we would get science 2.0? We are in an egotistical era where we think we’re only up to version 2.0 in science. What was Aristotle - Beta? Oh wait, I know,…
I’m almost done posting presentations I’ve done over the last few days :). I delivered an online session to the Emerge conference early this morning on Technology and Community as Identity.
I’m…
I recently picked up Dan Pink’s latest book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, that tells the story about a young man working in the corporate rat race who is…
This article - Struggling with growing pains - is not note worthy for what it says (we’ve been saying/hearing similar things in edublogs for over 5 years), but rather for the mainstream appeal of…
Today is Earth Day so I thought I’d pass on what I’ve been doing at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute (AWI) where I volunteer as the Director Education, though I’m not limited to just educational…
On Saturday, I delivered a presentation to Educamp 2008 on A new future or status quo: directions in education. A recording of the session is available. It was an early morning session, which…
In anticipation of the AIM Conference in May, Steve at Business New Brunswick asks:
Here is another offer for you to consider: We would like to find “local” success stories of companies using…
The graphic in this short post - The “new” news process - captures part of the iterative, evolving, multi-faceted, and multi-contributor process of where we are going with education. Journalism…
Is knowledge representation becoming more visual?: “Emeritus Professor Alfred Crosby suggested that visualisation and measurement were the two factors most responsible for the rapid development…
Online video is where blogs were about 7 or 8 years ago - on the threshold of large scale adoption for content creators due to ease of creation and sharing. Tools for your video career is a…
John Connell explores Teaching at a crossroads “…in an age where technological development has changed the game in education, changed it to its core, the innately conservative nature of the…
I love this statement: Journalism Will Survive the Death of Its Institutions: “When our central institutions blew up, people asked many of the same questions I hear among journalists today….
I’m pleased (and for that matter, even excited) to announce an upcoming online conference - Shaping our Future: Toward a Pan-Canadian Elearning Research Agenda. The conference will run for a…
My post on wirearchy has an interesting conversation going in the comments. What I’m noticing as well is that the barriers to more flexible and open business models are breaking down all over the…
It would appear that there are many more virtual worlds in existence than I was aware of…have a look at this list of 100+ virtual worlds (via Brett Bixler). A quick skim through the list…
This is a slightly confusing and conflicted article - Am I my brother’s web 2.0 gatekeeper?: “The thing is, there has always been too much information. That is to say, there has always been a…
You’ve likely seen the “three doors of choice” in cartoons, TV shows, and movies. In theory, the general view is (and I saw this recently in the movie 21) that if you have options of door A, B,…
Fred Genesee is presenting the Minerva Lectures across the country, sponsored by the Canadian Council on Learning. His topic is Early childhood bilingualism: Perils and possibilities, which of…
In 1999, Jon Husband coined a new term, wirearchy:
a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on information, knowledge, trust and credibility, enabled by interconnected people and…
Seems like mobile technology is the theme this week…the Economist has an article/interview titled Nomads at Last that explores how technology (well, wireless communications) is changing how…
While I don’t care for the general concept of this article (solving complex issues like poverty requires more than just a new technological tool - it requires a political/ideological shift in…
Dave Snowden makes a statement, that while seeming obvious and intuitive is often misunderstood, summarizes much of what I was trying to communicate with Knowing Knowledge a few years ago: “A…
Jacques passed on a mention of Alverno College while we were discussing the issues around early French immersion in New Brunswick last week. I took a look at the web site for this women’s…
To date, I haven’t really considered time elements with regard to the use of social technology for learning. But I just came across a site museum site that explores “how much time does web 2.0…
Two of the most significant trends in society today - social networking and mobile phones - are destined to converge. Several concerns still exist (quality of web access via mobile devices…and if…
I’ve posted the slides from my presentation earlier this week. My focus is increasingly turning to the impact of information flowing in networks and the systemic changes required (and prominent…
Company Command is the most practical community of practice (CoP) implementation guide that I’ve read so far. It traces the story of the development of an online community designed to share…
