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Sir John Daniel
"More than one-third of the world’s population is under 20. There are over 30 million people today qualified to enter a university who have no place to go. During the
next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). Related post.Nainoa Thompson
"When we voyage, and I mean voyage anywhere, not just in canoes, but in our mind, new doors of knowledge will open. and that's what this voyage is all about . . . it's about taking on a challenge to learn. If we inspire even one of our children to do the same, then we will have succeeded."
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (Polynesian Voyaging Society and Georganne Nordstrom, "Nainoa Thompson: In Search of History," Horizons, 1999).Seymour Papert
"The alternative to envisioning the future is getting stuck in the present. At the moment, we are squandering resources, attempting to use new technologies to solve the problems of school-as-it-is
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in Transforming Learning Through Technology: Policy Roadmaps for the Nation's Governors, Milken Family Foundation, 1999).Paulo Freire
"I am appealing to all of us who have escaped cognitive death by school -- who are the survivors here -- to work on modifying it. For me, the challenge is not to end school, but to change it completely and radically . . . . So I keep fighting in the hope of putting school on the level of its time. . . . We learned before teaching. . . . The name ["school"] doesn't
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's "The Future of School," transcripts of a late-1980s Sao Paulo, Brazil, TV broadcast).John Dewey
"A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. The extension in space of the number of individuals who participate in an interest so that each has to refer his own action to that of others,
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (Democracy and Education, Macmillan, NY, 1916).James L. Morrison
Innovate: Journal of Online Education, is dedicated to presenting articles via the most dynamic, interactive technology that is available. For example, for each article, the journal provides an interactive Webcast that connects authors and readers . . . . Innovate also offers an RSS feed as well as Innovate-Live forums hosted by our partner ULiveandLearn. The forums currently serve as an experimental call for papers. . . . Finally, Innovate hosts a Ning social network, Innovate-Ideagora, where members participate in wide-ranging conversations about education and information technology.-
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Bert Kimura
"Most importantly, how can social networks provide added benefits for use in teaching and learning beyond the more common discussion forums or bulletin boards?"
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Re Helium: "To watch my poems move up in the ranks and earn a few pennies each month has been very rewarding – it makes me think that I touched a chord and made a connection to those who read/rate the pieces. I think this kind of experience can be extremely motivating and perhaps even life-changing for our students."Guy Kellogg
"Ubuntu became, for me, the ultimately productive work space; the non-invasive computer; there when you need it to do something. You probably saw that when you stopped by the office."Guy Inaba
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1. welcome, jim, to the church of the Blog. Fun huh? Good for you. I really like the “wind” theme. Hereʻs why.
2. The first time I discovered WI-FI, I remember thinking that WI-FI was a lot like, well, the air around me. Just there. And like air, I should not have to pay for WI-FI, but I do because it is convenient and fast – like McDonaldʻs restaurants. What I have noticed is that whenever I have traveled to more rural areas, the real small hotels advertise FREE ACCESS on banners the width of the buildings. Free access in these hotels is an amenity, like shower caps and shampoo. But when Iʻm in a major city, like say, Honolulu, NY, San Francisco, free access in hotels (and coffee cafes) is hard to come by. (Although in NYC, we scrounged off of an unsuspecting signal). I think in areas of denser populations — city centers with oodles of commerce, high rent, and real estate prices through the roof — WI-FI is not going to be free. I bet someone has done a depressing study comparing real estate prices with free WI-FI access. Location. Location. Location.
Yeah, for any hotel anywhere to charge for or not provide Wi-Fi is like asking customers to pay extra for air conditioning. And, as you say, it’s especially weird that the big hotels in big cities are the culprits. But this is a temporary condition. In a few years, Wi-Fi will be universally free — then we’ll see the real winds of change!