The co-seminar “From information to innovative knowledge: Tools and skills for adaptive leadership” begins this Thursday evening. Our first open conference with three FLACSOs and UTPL will take place on January 31, and additional conferences will take place every other Thursday evening through May. Minnesota students can contact us for details on the course and [...]
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Archive for January, 2008
Beating the “pop” quiz
1/16/2008
Clearly, students who bring in a 2-liter bottle of Coke will outperform the 16-oz. Coke-toting students. How long will teachers play these cat-and-mouse games before they give up on traditional tests altogether? Cheat At School Professionally
LeapFrog Institutes preview
1/14/2008
As of January 1, I’ve taken on an additional role at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota as head of the LeapFrog Institutes. I spent this afternoon piecing together a website for the new organization, which can be previewed here. As always, I invite your thoughts and comments on [...]
LeapFrog co-seminar: Youth development in China and the United States
1/10/2008
Join students, scholars and guests from the University of Minnesota and our broader community to discuss LeapFrog futures for Chinese and U.S. American youth. Special emphasis will be placed on expanding learning opportunities across the full spectrum of education, work and life. The co-seminar will meet on three Saturday mornings this spring at the University [...]
Network Solutions joins the namespace piracy business
1/9/2008
This is a little bit off topic; but having just experienced a month-and-a-half-long ordeal where my moravec.us domain was taken hostage by “investors,” I believe it’s important to build awareness of this disturbing trend. Jay Westerdal writes at the DomainTools Blog on how Network Solutions, a company entrusted to manage Internet top level domains, is [...]
Japan’s new education model: India
1/8/2008
Martin Fackler writes for the IHT that parents in the “fad-obsessed nation” of Japan increasingly are sending their kids to Indian schools: While China has stirred more concern as a political and economic challenger, India has emerged as the country to beat in a more benign rivalry over education. In part, this reflects the image [...]
Five predictions for 2008 and more
1/7/2008
Education Futures is back from winter break! Regular postings will now resume. Photo by darkmatter Looking forward to the rest of this year, here are my predictions of the big stories in the global education world for 2008: Largely driven by the moderate success of OLPC, Linux will emerge as the platform of choice for [...]
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