I thought I would start my week of ‘guest blogging’ by introducing a new tech tool. Have you heard of Chrome? It is the new search engine by Google. Wired magazine had a great article titled “Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web“. I thought I would chime in and give [...]
"Everybody gets so much information all day long
that they lose their common sense."
-Gertrude Stein
Archive for October, 2008
Jayson Richardson returns as guest blogger
10/12/2008
For the week of October 12, Dr. Jayson Richardson will return to Education Futures as a guest blogger. (I will be away in China.) Jayson is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Watson School of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His research interests include international / intercultural education and global [...]
The IT trend numbers are in!
10/10/2008
This year’s EDUCAUSE report on IT trends (officially called the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2007 Summary Report) is out! Some highlights from the report, which covers higher education activities and trends in FY 2007: IT funding per full-time equivalent student varies greatly among institutions, with a mean funding amount at $1,551 –although the [...]
Preliminary e-competencies program
10/7/2008
The preliminary program for the upcoming e-competencies event on October 31 in Mexico City is now available! Although this is likely to change a lot, I want to share it immediately to highlight the excellent minds (from nine countries) that will be joining us!
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E-Competencies conference today!
The E-Competencies conference is taking place in Mexico City today. Not in Mexico? No worries! You can watch online: http://www.mogulus.com/ecompetencias_en The program is available at: e-competencies.org You can also follow the conference via Twitter: @ecompetencies
The (almost) final e-competencies program
The FLACSO-México, University of Minnesota, and University of Toronto collaborative conference/seminar on E-competencies for the 21st and 22nd centuries will take place this Friday. We have a tremendous list of speakers, and if you are not able to participate in person, we hope that you will be able to join us virtually. The event will [...]
E-Competencies deadline this Friday
This is just a reminder that the submission deadline to participate in this FLACSO-México, University of Minnesota and University of Toronto co-organized event on e-competencies and e-skills is coming up this Friday (September 26). Participants can join in person or virtually, and need not present to join the event (although presentations are encouraged!). We [...]
E-competencies: Building human capital for the 22nd century
Upcoming event: October 31, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Conference website: www.e-competencies.org The Knowledge Society demands that we leapfrog ahead in our education systems, build a new digital literacy, and improve soft skills (creativity, innovation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, among others) that could help all 21st century citizens become productive, effective knowledge workers. Educators, policymakers, [...]
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