Back in August, Josh Bernoff tweeted an offer for a free copy of his new book, Empowered, in exchange for a review at Amazon. I enjoyed his previous book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, co-authored with Charlene Li, so I took him up on the offer. Somehow, there was a delay in getting the book to me, and the text did not arrive until we were well into the fall semester — not a good time for a review. So, this is a little bit late, but better than never.
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school."
-George Bernard Shaw
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November agenda: Boundless conversations
10/30/2009
The month of November promises to be a remarkable series of boundless conversations on the intersections of creativity, technology and innovation in education. First and foremost, I owe many thanks to Fons van der Berg for organizing Education Futures NL at the Creative Learning Lab in Amsterdam, November 2. The event will feature talks by [...]
Hello Africa
4/26/2009
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. [...]
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