Never mind the technology, where’s the learning?

So were you in the queue? My daughter was. The legal wranglings and climbdowns are all memories and for Seth, the book is now a souvenir, and no longer for secrets:
“Five hundred year old technology (books) is just too slow for the Net.
The act of printing, storing and shipping millions of books takes too
long for [...]

Second Life can also be a very creative environment, here’s a great example that shows the talent that’s out there:
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Unfortunately the sim (landscape environment) in Second Life  was wiped, what a shame.

Pete wrote recently about scarcity:
“Most educators, maybe most of the general public, live their lives in the belief that scarcity is the way of things. There is only so much to go around, so be sure that you fight for your piece of the pie, even if is at the expense of another. …
“Most educators [...]

AMD have set themselves an ambitious goal along with worldwide partners, to empower 50 percent of the world’s population with affordable access to the Internet by 2015. Their internet usage counter shows that internet penetration among the world population has reached 17.28%, and without intervention, will reach the 50% mark in 2030. AMD’s aim is [...]

Last week was a moment in UK educational history - the results of the Secondary Curriculum review was announced. Interpretations have been mixed, and perhaps what the QCA has managed to do is pull off an amazing feat - the new curriculum can be seen as both maintaining continuity and innovative at the same time.
The [...]

This week I had the opportunity need to visit the Apple Store in Regent Street. My MacBook Pro was suffering from battery fatigue. In other words, it just switched itself off after ten minutes when running on battery. A known problem, and there was a recall. Since I was in London anyway, I decided to [...]

We’re now four hours into the Naace course in Second Life - two consecutive evenings of hard concentration and learning.
I think I’m pretty good at learning, or at least experienced at any rate. That’s perhaps one of the attributes of a teacher into ICT. You have to be interested in taking on new learning challenges, [...]

It was the first meeting of Naace members to take place in Second Life tonight. A group of about 20 members are taking part in a 10 week course on Second Life initiated by Leon Cych. The first proper session takes place tomorrow and tonight’s get together was informal. I was about half an hour [...]