Exploring ways to enhance education with technology and innovation
Dan Brown’s video (below) presents the best rationale for educational reform I’ve seen, and like any provocative cry for revolution, it raises more questions than it answers.
Even if we all agree that the U.S. educational system needs an overhaul, HOW do we go about it? We don’t agree on the best fix or have a [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Sharon Elin
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Update: (The original post following these remarks was written on Feb. 13, 2010. Today is April 17, 2010): It’s happening… Two months have passed since publishing the following post, and the giant social network-builder, ning, announced recently that it would no longer offer free accounts. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Ning provides users [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Sharon Elin
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I watched a 1930’s-40’s video yesterday showing a Grandpa grumbling about rotary dial phones. Seems they were coming to town whether he wanted them or not — and he did not! What fascinated me about this video (other than the curious retrospective back in time) was how methodically and deliberately Western Electric phone company introduced [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Sharon Elin
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