Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Will magic, I mean technology, save us?

If you listen to the media, humanity is doomed. If you visit an Apple Store, life is wonderful. Which is it? People, including me, are entranced with what technology can do. Explain all you like, but it’s magic, pure and simple. I can’t wait for the next spell. But why aren’t we actually getting smarter?
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How to think about wireless

Wireless technology is here, but wireless thinking is not. In the past hundred million years of evolution, none of it required the human brain to leverage wireless technology or perish. Spearing a fish with a sharpened stick, bashing small animals with large rocks… these skills enabled us to feed our young and build organized civilizations.
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Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology

(Book review) – In the midst of chaos, it’s so valuable to discover a calm, assured voice that helps you regain control and sort out what to do next. Allan Collins and Richard Halverson provide that voice for everyone concerned about our educational system. Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and
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