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One Laptop Per Child Project Struggling
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was (is) a noble project originally based at MIT that aimed to create a cheap, durable laptop that could be used by children and educators in developing countries. Despite these admirable goals the project has been dogged by issues almost since day one and the founder Nicholas Negroponte has seemingly…
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US Airforce Blog Flowchart – everyone should have one!
Now this is a bit out of date now as I meant to blog about this a week or so again when I saw it a week or so ago but I think its interesting and important enough to quickly mention – if only as a reminder to myself in the future. This is exactly…
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Looking back(pass)
So here we are – day 2 of 2009 (I had itended to write this yesterday but I suffered from New Years Dayitis) 2008 was a bit of a weird year for me professionally – I learned alot, met some great people and had some really great experiences but could do with 2009 being a…
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Big up Bettr
The lovely people at DEMOS (thanks to Mr Millers connections thereabouts) have agreed to host Bettr at their lovely offices near London Bridge on the 14th January. To sign up for the event please go to http://bettr.eventbrite.com/ and there are also the obligatory Upcoming and Facebook listings all of which I will try and keep up…
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Getting by..
Thanks to a tip off from Paul Miller (on the Xiphos blog) I came across the latest missive from Michael Wesch, he of YouTube fame(!), on the Brittanica blog. Titled ‘A Vision of Students Today (& What Teachers Must Do)‘ there is alot I agree with and support but there was a particular section that…