Posts Tagged ‘ China ’

Going global and purposive

By
4/7/2009

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 [...]


2008 in review: What happened to this year’s predictions?

By
12/21/2008

[Photo by darkmatter] At the beginning of this year, I released five predictions for global education in 2008. How did I do? It’s a mixed bag, ranging from being completely off to spot on… with some surprises, too! Prediction #1: Largely driven by the moderate success of OLPC, Linux will emerge as the platform of [...]


Education Futures censored in China

By
10/21/2008

I’m back from China (jet lagged and blurry-eyed)! One of the most interesting aspects of my visit to Anqing Teachers College for an international conference on Leapfrog Education is that the Leapfrog Institutes and Education Futures websites were non-accessible from within China, but were available to the rest of the world. The Golden Shield Project, [...]


Forget the $100 laptop … China brings the $98 laptop!

By
9/10/2008

From the Tech Video Blog: HiVision makes the worlds cheapest Linux laptop at $98 using a new cheaper MIPS based processor (perhaps the Longsoon or the Ingenic), WiFi, 1GB flash storage, it runs Linux, has 3 USB ports, Ethernet, SDHC card reader, audio in and out, voice-chat, skype, multi-tabbed Firefox browser support and Abiword for [...]


Futures Research Quarterly publishes special Leapfrog issue

By
8/5/2008

The World Futures Society has published a special issue of Futures Research Quarterly, focused on the Leapfrog Principle.  These papers will serve as the knowledge base for the upcoming Leapfrog conference in Anqing, China this October.  Online copies should be available through EBSCOhost in the near future (check with your library for access).  Contents for [...]


International Leapfrog conference coming this fall

By
4/7/2008

During October 12-14 of this year Anqing Teachers College will sponsor a conference on Leapfrog-inspired changes in the near futures of Chinese and U.S. education. The University of Minnesota, Anqing Teachers College, and the World Future Society are collaborators in this exciting development. The official title of the conference is Interdisciplinary Education in Teacher Training [...]


Chinese higher education explodes, impact unknown

By
4/3/2008

From a recent article from Inside Higher Ed: For all the hyperbole, facts about what’s actually happening on the ground in China can be hard to come by. A new study by economists at universities in Canada, New Zealand and China aims to document what its title calls “the higher educational transformation of China and [...]


China hearts m-learning

By
2/25/2008

You don’t need to understand Mandarin to know what’s going on in these commercials. The videos seem to stream slowly from these Chinese YouTube equivalents, so you may want to brew a pot of coffee as they load. Believe me, it’s worth the wait. First, a collection of Ozing (好记星) commercials: Then, the infomercial: The [...]


Slides from this morning’s MACTA presentation

By
2/12/2008

From this morning’s MACTA keynote address: Co-constructing Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Career and Technical Education is poised at the inflection point of a technological and social change process identified as the “J” Curve. Just like the letter J, the “J” Curve describes a sharp upward turn in the exponentially accelerating rate [...]


A virtual co-seminar in China

By
2/8/2008

Sans commentaire (for now!)…


Related posts

A new look for Leapfrog Institutes

After University Relations flatly rejected the “Goldie the Leapfrog” logo with a gopher head pasted onto a frog body, I started to play around with a new idea that is probably more likely to conform to University of Minnesota image standards: Please let me know what you think! The resultant image will become the new [...]


LeapFrog Institutes preview

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

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 [...]


Leapfrog poster from University of Minnesota Quality Fair

Presented at the University of Minnesota’s Quality Fair on Thursday:


Leapfrog! at the ‘U’

The leapfrogging concept at the Horizon Forum meeting was a hit!


About

Education Futures explores a New Paradigm in human capital development, fueled by globalization, the rise of innovative knowledge societies, and driven by exponential, accelerating change. Education Futures is owned and published by Education Futures LLC.