Category Archives: Communications, Connection, the Internet, the Web, and Media

Daphne Koller of Stanford on Technology as “Passport to Personalized Education”

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Karl

NYTimes: “Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education”: …our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room … Continue reading →

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Community Computer Center Opens in Frankford

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Karl

The Frankford Gazette has a post on the new computer center that opened in one of my old neighborhoods, maybe I can stop by and help: “Community Computer Center Open in Frankford”: The majority of the residents of Frankford do … Continue reading →

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Alistar Croll: “much of human interaction has shifted from atoms to bits”

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Karl

Read his post on O’Reilly Radar: “The feedback economy”: In a society where every person, tethered to their smartphone, is both a sensor and an end node, we need better ways to observe and orient, whether we’re at home or … Continue reading →

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A parent who finds a way to build an App helping his Autistic son

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Karl

The Startup Toolkit profiles Aeir and profiles the person behind it, Joseph Hill. It is an inspiring story: “A man, a mop, a year, and an app – Joseph Hill on Aeir Talk”.

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How Firefly fans won a fight for free speech on a campus

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Karl

YouTube.com: “Don’t Mess with Firefly! How SciFi Fans Made a Campus Safe for Free Speech (feat. Neil Gaiman)”: (via Boing Boing)

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Steve Jobs: “computer science is a liberal art, it’s something everyone should know how to use, at least, and harness in their life”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Karl

“Quotes from Steve Jobs Lost Interview”: “Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.” NPR.org: “Steve Jobs: ‘Computer Science Is A Liberal Art’”: “In my perspective … science and computer science is a liberal … Continue reading →

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Programming, along with Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic – start NOW

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Karl

Matt Ruzicka wonders what could have happened if his school was visited by someone who shared how programming has less to do with something he could learn in college, and more to do with what he was actually doing in … Continue reading →

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Change By Us Philly in Beta: civic media & software

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Karl

“Change by Us Philly” recently launched in beta, part of the “Change By Us” effort started by “CEOs for Cities”, “Local Projects” and “Code for America” and is funded by The Knight Foundation and The Rockerfeller Foundation. It describes itself … Continue reading →

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Programming, Math, and Computational Thinking: on education

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Karl

Actually, this post will feature a few reads and resources for you that are part of a theme – the need to change K-12 education to face the realities of today and tomorrow, instead of preparing them for a world … Continue reading →

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Chris Poole: “It is not who you share WITH, it is who you share AS”: on identity

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Karl

YouTube: “Web 2.0 Summit: Self Expression through Social Media- Chris Poole”:

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