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The Education 3.0 series is on a short hold as issues with an overheating computer (with all the post drafts are being held!) are being resolved. In the meantime, another gem just came through on Twitter regarding mobile adoption in Africa. This one’s from Peter Fleck: @pfhyper Great vid on mobile phone scene in Africa. [...]

Note: This article is a part of the Designing Education 3.0 series at Education Futures. Little evidence suggests that new technologies in the classroom are being used to transform educational paradigms. At last year’s ASOMEX technology conference, ISTE‘s Don Knezek pointed out that student graduation rates — and their rates of interest in schools — [...]

Note: This article is a part of the Designing Education 3.0 series at Education Futures. An an era driven by globalized relationships, innovative social technologies, and fueled by accelerating change, how should we reinvent schools? Education 3.0 schools produce knowledge-producing students, not automatons that recite facts that may never be applied usefully. Education 3.0 substitutes [...]

This week, Education Futures presents a series on Education 3.0. For a little background on this new paradigm of human capital development, you may wish to start with this chart on Education 3.0, or view this presentation on SlideShare. This is my take on the future of education. Just as there are various conceptualizations of [...]

Spring semester at the University of Minnesota will conclude in about a month, and I am already busy assembling my summer schedule. So far, it’s looking great! May 20-24, 2009, various talks, Destination ImagiNation Global Finals, Knoxville May 26, 2009, opening keynote, ITSMF Academy, Garderen (Netherlands) May 26, 2009, talk/presentation, Creative Company Conference, Amsterdam May [...]

Knowledge powers the 21st century Dan Wallace (@ideafood) forwarded a link to this short essay by TED curator, Ted Anderson. Networking technologies are transforming the potential of teachers: There are many scary things about today’s world. But one that is truly thrilling is that the means of spreading both knowledge and inspiration have never been [...]

This year, Minnesota 2020 has released some exciting critiques of the state of education in Minnesota and nationally. And, by “exciting,” I mean sometimes scathing critiques … with a glimmer of hope. At the top of their hit list (and rightfully so) is No Child Left Behind. This morning, they blogged: Last fall, the prestigious [...]