Digitisation of text saves dying books

You see, lovers of real, hold-in-the-hand books, digitisation of text isn’t all evil. It saves lives. I recommend you read the entire post by Maria Popova and browse the books. Yes, they’re Spanish but the experience is self explanatory. Amplify’d from www.brainpickings.org PICKED: Interactive Quixote By Maria Popova   The digitization of text has been [...]

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What is the future of reading?

The connections to networks of people makes reading an enriching experience. This video has made me think about how we can make learning at school more engaging and meaningful through technologies which connect students to each other and popular interests and debate. Amplify’d from vimeo.com The Future of the Book. Read more at vimeo.com   [...]

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I agree, don’t blame the internet for your diffused attention span

Just as we used to blame TV, we blame the internet for our diffused attention span. People, what happened to taking responsibility for your own web browsing? Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.uk I’m a bit fed up of articles in which journalists complain the internet is destroying their attention span. Many such pieces have appeared as reviews [...]

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Technology brings back the village doctor

Change +: Arna Ionescu, “Technology Isn’t the S…, posted with vodpod Thanks for Gabriela Grosseck for the link to the video. This little talk grabbed my attention. Arna Ionescu talks about change in the delivery of health care, but she may as well be talking about change in education. Yes, Google has an immense store of information, [...]

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Sir Ken Robinson animated

Here’s a great example of how visualisation enhances a very good talk by Sir Ken Robinson; Some of the most disturbing parts: Schools are trying to educate children like they did in the past, and consequently alienating millions of kids who don’t see any purpose in what they do in school. Ritalin is overprescribed (in [...]

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Copyright isn’t right

Image: ‘meteora monastery, greece‘ Here’s another example of how copyright law just isn’t logical. In the article, US Library of Congress: copyright is destroying historic audio, the author refers to a 181-page in-depth study, which concludes that apart from technical difficulties, US copyright law makes it virtually impossible for anyone to perform any form of audio [...]

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Interview with Judith Way, author of Bright Ideas

If you think about people who are a constant and inspirational support in your professional life, you know that you are indebted to these people on a daily basis. I’ve decided to feature an interview with Judith Way, a Victorian teacher librarian who has made a significant difference in the professional lives of teacher librarians [...]

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When are students leaders and experts? Listen2Learners @ State Library of Victoria

When are students leaders and experts? When we hand over the stage to them to play in. When we give them more to do than listen to us. When we trust them to be responsible and capable. Yesterday I saw evidence of this at The State Library of Victoria’s Listen2Learners. Thirteen school teams, some collaborative, [...]

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Picture books no longer a staple for children – NYTimes

Picture by Anthony Browne The New York Times article Picture books no longer a staple for children (7 Oct 2010) claims that Picture books are so unpopular these days at the Children’s Book Shop in Brookline, Mass., that employees there are used to placing new copies on the shelves, watching them languish and then returning them [...]

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David Astle is puzzled

Last night I travelled to another planet. Sitting in a long, narrow room bursting at the seams with puzzle and palindrome addicts, I wondered where these people had been hiding? Out of body experience? No, just another Wheeler Centre offering. I had come to the session David Astle: Confessions of a Wordaholic. Father holds six [...]

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