Archive for September, 2007

The m-learning potential of the Nokia N800

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9/16/2007

I purchased my third hand-held device on Friday. My first was a Newton MessagePad 2000 (which I later upgraded to the MP2100). The second was a Handspring Visor Platinum. The new device is a Nokia N800 Internet tablet. The N800 is a WiFi device with an 800×480 (!) touchscreen strapped on, and can support up [...]


2007 State of the Future report released

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9/13/2007

Jerome Glenn, director of the United Nations-affiliated Millennium Project, announced the release of the 2007 State of the Future report. According to the project’s press release, “the 2007 version adds a futurist look at the possibilities for education and improving collective intelligence by 2030.” Furthermore: This year’s addition, a study requested and supported by the [...]


Two grant opportunities for innovators in education

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9/11/2007

Two grant opportunities for innovators in education landed on my desk recently. The first is a little bit of old news: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to emerging leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. [...]


Planet Web 2.0

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9/10/2007

Cristóbal Cobo writes that his book, co-authored with Hugo Pardo, “Planeta Web 2.0, ¿Inteligencia colectiva o medios fast food?” (Planet Web 2.0: Collective intelligence or fast food?) is available for download under a Creative Commons license. In this volume, Cobo and Pardo reflect on whether the Web 2.0 trend is a creative phase, based on [...]


Six scenarios for the Technological Singularity

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9/10/2007

Two articles related to the Singularity Summit have appeared on preparing for the Technological Singularity: First, Jamais Cascio writes on a Metaverse Roadmap Overview: In this work, along with my colleagues John Smart and Jerry Paffendorf, I sketch out four scenarios of how a combination of forces driving the development of immersive, richly connected information [...]


Laureate’s push into Asia

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9/4/2007

Lloyd Armstrong at Changing Higher Education posted comments on Laureate Education CEO Doug Becker‘s move to China… to create something new, backed by financiers that include Paul Allen, George Soros, and the endowment of Harvard University: I have long believed that real innovation in higher education will not come in the US, but from some [...]


What can a margarine commercial teach us about our schools?

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9/1/2007

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Back from Global Finals

Arthur Harkins and I got back from Global Finals late on Sunday. We’ll post a recap video and our thoughts soon. In the meantime, here’s a video from the closing ceremonies assembled by Destination ImagiNation:


What do you think?

Charles Leadbeater, Debbie Powell and Tim Cowie assembled a short video based on Leadbeater’s We-think book, which “explores how the web is changing our world, creating a culture in which more people than ever can participate, share and collaborate, ideas and information.” (Thanks to Cristóbal Cobo for the link.)


Today’s students

Read the background story… (Thanks to Darwin Hendel for passing this along.)


Journalism 2.0 at Minnesota

This post is a little bit off topic, but it’s good to point out excellent examples citizen journalism –or Journalism 2.0. Many civil service workers at the University of Minnesota are on strike. One of our picketing colleagues, Tom Elko, posted an excellent video of his observations over the past week: More at Tom’s blog…


Digital ethnography on Web 2.0

A great video created by Michael Wesch at Kansas State University:


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