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Monthly Archives: September 2011

[video] Isaac Asimov on the Internet & Education

This is totally captivating. Way back in 1988, Asimov saw the potential of the Internet to transform education – personalize it, improve the quality of it, engage us as learners in a 1:1 way… “People think of education as something that they finish.” Asimov saw the Internet as changing that. It seems the world is [...]

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Growing Child: What might your mom tell you if you asked?

Some suggestions from Ms. Gestwicki and her “Gaggle of Grandmas” we’ve adopted, some are new, all bear repeating and re-posting ;) A gaggle of grandmas By Carol Gestwicki What do you get when you have a gaggle of grandmas? A lot of thoughtful advice, that’s what. I recently asked several of my friends what insights [...]

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