The Machine Stops

18 years ago

In an earlier post, I mentioned the prescient Marshall McLuhan who saw decades ago that we were living in an…

The Machine is Us/ing Us: The Machine Will Not Stop

18 years ago

Take a look at this fascinating video about web 2.0 from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas…

The Age of Industry

18 years ago

The Age of Industry - that is what Mary Ellen calls kindergarten and this industry was certainly on display in…

What’s the matter with kids today?*

18 years ago

Why can't they be like we were? Perfect in every way? What's the matter with kids today?* BYE BYE BIRDIE…

The Joy of Learning and the Expensive English Toy

18 years ago

The Indian National Curriculum Framework opens with this most telling childhood anecdote from the poet Rabindranath Tagore: When I was…

Spring

18 years ago

Last weekend we lost an hour and gained the Spring. This particular  Spring is by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish…

“We are always living ahead of our thinking”

18 years ago

It was University of Toronto English professor Marshall McLuhan who predicted universal connectivity. Listen to this archival interview from April…

People, Planet, Purpose

18 years ago

"It is easier to change the course of history than to change a history course". "Proposals for change in schools…

Does Science Matter?

18 years ago

Educators are fond of commenting that children are natural scientists. Children, they say, are born investigators. Discovery, speculation, questioning, trying…

Press Interview

18 years ago

In a recent interview with the PDS media I was asked for my opinion of some of the pressing issues…