Never mind the technology, where’s the learning?

In a previous post, I explained that my daughter no longer blogged regularly. Last night we sat down and chatted about it.
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Although the intention was to explore the reasons why a teenager might give up blogging, the conversation took a more [...]

Following the trackback from Peter Ford’s latest post in his blog, “Why I am not a blogvangelist… to Terry’s post, Blogvangelism, podvangelism and wikivangelism: why?, it reminded me of why I called this blog by this title. Will Richardson, expressed the same sentiments in his posting back in January 2005:
“More about learning about your passion [...]

Bill Thompson, the technology critic and essayist has been rapped over the knuckles. According to his latest BBC News item, he was invited to speak at an invitation-only event organised by the Judge Business School in Cambridge on blogging, and ‘blogged’ it. Unfortunately the organisers had forgotten to tell him that their meeting was held [...]

So how many of us read the variety of reports on ICT that come out every month? It’s not exactly bedtime reading, but some of them are interesting and help you work out possible and future directions. Last week I got around to reading the Content Advisory Board’s Report to the Secretary of State. Their [...]

If you’re 20 to 25, you’ll remember Podd; that great BBC B program that you might have used when you were first introduced to computers at school. If you’re over 40 you might well remember introducing Podd to your pupils. Full marks for Indigo Learning, who a few years ago released the program again. The [...]

There’s been a bit of a revival in the family conversation around the tea table about blogging recently. My two children have been blogging for years. Last night, my younger daughter revealed that she blogs no more.
These were the reasons she gave:

My friends write (on their blogs) about the minutiae of their lives, which generally [...]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference ends today. One of the largest annual science conferences, it attracts some interesting papers in all areas of Science and Technology. Here’s one I came across that presents some interesting thoughts.
David Huffaker, a Northwestern University researcher presented a paper yesterday called, “Teen Blogs Exposed: The [...]

I don’t drink lager but the Carlsberg advertisements have always amused me. I think my favourite was never broadcast on UK television. It’s the one that coincided with the company’s sponsorship of the Republic of Ireland World Cup team in 2002. In it Ireland beat Brazil in the final, having despatched England in the semi-final [...]

Every week someone brings out technology that provides a new way of doing something we humans have done before. Isn’t that what ICT is about after all? The word-processor improved the process of writing, the desk-top publishing package speeded up the process of type-setting etc. etc. Skills that took time to learn can be quickly [...]

Nancy White is an online facilitator and blogger. Here’s one of her clips from The Weblog Project. This project is the first open-source movie documentary about blogs and bloggers. Basically, they ask people, “What is a blog” and film their responses.
In this short clip she likens a blog to a child’s picture that a proud [...]