Posts Tagged ‘ resources ’

Navigating the blogosphere is getting better

3/27/2008

As touched upon lightly a couple weeks ago, the blogosphere is getting easier to navigate. Both Alltop and Blogged offer editor-picked/-rated indices of blogs, sorted by topic. These goes beyond the usual scope of blog/news aggregators by incorporating human elements of review. Receiving generally-positive initial reviews (including a thumbs-up from me), Guy Kawasaki‘s Alltop venture [...]


The Cape Town Open Education Declaration

3/3/2008

Calú twittered this yesterday evening: Declaración de Ciudad del Cabo para la Educación Abierta http://tinyurl.com/2uob4w The English version of the document can be found here. In short, Mark Shuttleworth’s foundation and the Open Society Institute are launching a campaign to “transform education” by calling for open, free educational resources to be placed online: According to [...]


Mapping the Open Paradigm

2/5/2008

Ismael Peña-López has created a mind map of an “Open Paradigm” that explores the properties of open sccess, open science, open educational resources, open source software, etc. As always, he invites comments, suggestions, etc.!


Some great ICT for Development (ICT4D) Resources

10/31/2007

I thought I would share some of the great ICT4D resources. Happy reading! International Journal of Education and Development using Communication Technology. An e-journal focusing on both research and practice in ICT, education, and technology. Information Technologies and International Development. An e-journal focusing on the intersection of ICT and international development. ICT for Development Platform. [...]


Futurelab “Vision”

9/20/2007

A quick note: Futurelab has a free magazine, Vision, that you can subscribe to or view online. My summer/autumn copy just arrived, and it is quite good. The current issue focuses on the future of digital learning and their impacts on youth. Read the article…


Games in the Classroom (part three)

7/30/2007

Twenty years ago, playing games over a distance might have meant that you played turn-taking games like chess over email, and you were cutting edge. I remember people playing chess through snail mail! You would make your move and wait for a reply. What is happening now is taking place in real-time in virtual environments [...]


Video Games in the Classroom (part two)

7/29/2007

To do is to be To be is to do So Do We? It is just good teaching Games taught me that modeling environments and taking on the roles are powerful ways to teach and learn. Piaget talked about roles as assimilation. You try on the role and see what part of the character is [...]


Top ten list #10: Resources for education futurists

6/29/2007

We wrap up our ten days of top ten lists with ten resources that can help you start to think as an education futurist. This list is far from complete — feel free to post your own in the comments! Wikipedia Wired The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity [...]


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Invisible Learning released

Cristóbal Cobo and I are pleased to announce that the Spanish edition of our new book, Invisible Learning (Aprendizaje Invisible), has just been released by the University of Barcelona (Col·lecció Transmedia XXI. Laboratori de Mitjans Interactius / Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona). The e-book is available for purchase at the UB website [...]

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Review: 21st Century Skills (by Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel)

Some ten years into the 21st century, I find it amazing that we are still having conversations on what skills are necessary to succeed in this new century. We’ve explored some ideas of what skills are relevant before (see this, this, this, and this, for example), and there appears to be a general consensus that there are needs for skills development in creativity, innovation, smart use of ICTs, and social leadership.


Clayton Christensen on innovation in education

Yesterday, HBS Working Knowledge posted an interview with Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School and author or coauthor of five books, including The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution. The interview focused on his latest book (co-authored with Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson), Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the [...]


Some great ICT for Development (ICT4D) Resources

I thought I would share some of the great ICT4D resources. Happy reading! International Journal of Education and Development using Communication Technology. An e-journal focusing on both research and practice in ICT, education, and technology. Information Technologies and International Development. An e-journal focusing on the intersection of ICT and international development. ICT for Development Platform. [...]


Kurzweil: The singularity is near

Here is a book to watch out for: The singularity is near by Ray Kurzweil, to be released in September, 2005. The following information is cut-and-pasted from Amazon.com‘s description of the volume: Product Details Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (September 22, 2005) ISBN: 0670033847 Book Description The great inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is [...]


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