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Category Archives: Information Society
Technology comes and technology goes: Overlooked lessons of technology abandonment
Sometimes it makes no sense to us why certain technologies take hold when they do and even less sense when we learn that “new” technologies turn out to be rediscovered “old” technologies. Consider cement, perhaps one of the best known … Continue reading
Creativity Money Love: Learning for the 21st Century
Continually increasing evidence that future thinking is being taken, or should be taken, seriously. Interesting free publication from Creative & Cultural Skills and A New Direction in the UK. We asked over 40 artists, practitioners and thinkers to address issues around … Continue reading
Symposium on the future of education
Dr. Arthur Harkins and I will be participating in a symposium on the future of education in Iceland on March 20, 2012. The symposium is hosted by the University of Iceland’s School of Education. Dr. Harkins will present on some … Continue reading
An excellent infographic for learners about using Google
We tend to ooh and ahh over modern youth’s remarkable ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology, but, as I’m sure anyone involved in educating young people in whatever way shape or form can attest to, a lot of them … Continue reading
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New York Times crowd-sources futuring on computer technology
The New York Times is crowd-sourcing the projection of futures for computing. The NYT has set up an interactive timeline that allows readers to take part in a futuring activity on the computer technologies. The feature was published early in … Continue reading
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Seems that the Internet isn’t as bad a place as some would have us believe
Some interesting research results are coming out that suggest that perceived problems concerning youths’ use of information and communication technologies (ICT) may not be as dire as has been suggested. An article published in the most recent issue of the … Continue reading
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