Matt Mason, author of The Pirate’s Dilemma, is pressing for a television piece based on his book and, “how youth culture drives innovation and is changing the way the world works. It offers understanding and insight for a time when piracy is just another business model, the remix is our most powerful marketing tool and [...]
"We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing."
-George Bernard Shaw
Archive for June, 2008
Going green: Our post-industrial imperative
6/26/2008
Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, and Nina Kruschwitz wrote an article in Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.‘s strategy+business on transforming business thinking to combat climate change. We cannot meet the 80-20 challenge under the present industrial system. Success will require a sea change in the prevailing kinds of energy we use, cars we drive, buildings we live [...]
On summer vacation
6/16/2008
School is out for summer! Education Futures will continue publishing on a reduced schedule until late August. This means, we expect to get an article out once every week or so. We will also use this time to redesign bits of the website. Expect great things!
McCain and Obama on educational change
6/14/2008
Few topics are as political as education, in which at least basic schooling is compulsory for all Americans. It is fitting, then, that we conclude this week’s focus on change with a look at the changes that presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama each propose for U.S. education. After analyzing educational policy statements on [...]
Change
6/4/2008
Education Futures had an opportunity to cover Barack Obama‘s historic clinch of the Democratic Party’s nomination in St. Paul last night. Next week, we will focus on change, and what both presidential candidates believe needs to be changed in regard to human capital development to secure America’s future. Photos from the event are available here. [...]
OECD teams with YouTube to discuss future of the Internet
6/3/2008
Got development ideas for the digital world? The OECD is willing to engage in a dialog by video. The organization’s press release says it all: OECD – Paris, 29 May 2008 OECD and YouTube launch “Future of the Internet” initiative “How can the Internet make the world a better place?” This is the question OECD [...]
AMD’s game changer?
6/2/2008
This morning, semiconductor producer AMD announced “AMD Changing the Game,” an education initiative designed to empower youth to learn critical life skills through games with social content. The launch accompanies AMD’s sponsorship and participation at the fifth annual Games for Change festival held June 3 – 4 at Parsons The New School for Design in [...]
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