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.
"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).
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).
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).
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).
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Summer is a time for many of us to catch up on our recreational reading. Many summer travelers can be seen with novels on planes, beaches, and poolside. One of the best gadgets for summer readers is the eBookwise eBook Reading Device available for purchase online. [For eBook selections, click here.] I [...]
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[Source "MathXL Gives Students A Head Start On College Learning," TeacherTube 22 May 2008]
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25 May 2008, 15:50: I’m waiting for live video images of the surface of Mars from the Phoenix Lander. The craft has been in transit for the last ten months. This is the first successful power landing on Mars since 1976. There is a 20 minute delay in communications between us and the Phoenix Lander. [...]
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From: Mary Therese Perez Hattori [maryh@hawaii.edu]
Date: Fri 5/16/2008 8:56 AM
To: ‘Jim Shimabukuro’
RE: Helium
Helium pays their writers – not much, but based on hits to your article, you might earn 5 cents in a month and it can add up. They also have periodic payouts to those who write and rate, so there are some [...]
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From: Mary Therese Perez Hattori
[mailto: maryh@hawaii.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:38 AM
To: ‘Jim Shimabukuro’
Subject: RE: An Invitation [to contribute to this blog]
Hi Jimmy,
This is a very nice invitation and one I’d like to take you up on! We’re playing with some cool technologies this summer like NaturalReader which converts any text (web page, email, [...]
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Surfing the web this morning, I stumbled on an abstract for Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner’s article, “Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich: technology, politics and the reconstruction of education” (Policy Futures in Education, 5.4, 2007: 431-448). You really don’t need to try very hard to imagine my frustration when I wasn’t able to access the [...]
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WoldWide Telescope is a program that you download to your computer. It turns your screen into a virtual telescope to explore the night sky. A beautiful, invaluable learning tool for everyone. Yes, it’s free.
[Excerpts from the site:] “WorldWide Telescope brings to life a dream that many of us in Microsoft Research have pursued for years, [...]
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[Excerpts from the site:] The National Dialog on Student Retention Conference is a 1 1/2 day event specifically designed to address the challenges facing for-profit and not-for-profit institutions as they attempt to retain students for graduate, undergraduate, on-campus and online programs. Over 150 senior administrators in the areas of marketing, admissions, enrollment management and student [...]
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