Words of wisdom from Bill Fenwick

In a meeting today, Bill Fenwick articulated a key point that was also deliberated at Campus 2010 retreat in Trinidad, “Participation in society in the future requires computer literacy. Almost all aspects of your life will be limited if you cannot access a computer. This could cause an explosion in the gap between the able

Spirit of Carnaval

Newest video from the new Brazilian, Caribbean, Funk band, Bahia a Bahia. What happens when you get three Landau’s and Dandara working on one song? Well, The Spirit of Carnalval …it’s something more than just BACCHANAL…Ay, ay, yai, yai yai!!!

Excerpts from “Developing an Effective Online Course”

“There are five rules that make up good writing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” —William K. Zinsser, author of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction “I am not a teacher but an awakener.” – Robert Frost, American poet Goal: Choose the best way to communicate information The goal of instruction

From the isle of Alameda to the island of Trinidad

I headed off to the Campus 2015 gathering in Trinidad. Campus 2015 to dialog about the agenda for educational technology for the next five years lead by Visionary, Lev Gonick, CIO at Case Western Reserve. Molly served as graphic recorded of the three days the conference. Big take away from the conference: Keep in mind…what

Research question to save humanity

How can we best study and improve how human behavior and tool systems co-evlove to raise the collective capability.

Engelbart Quote of the month

“I could picture people sitting in front of big cathode-ray tube screens with the computer. We could make symbolic arrays to develop new information forms in order to portray for ourselves the thinking that we were doing. And other people could be sitting at similar complexes associated in the same computer center collaborating.” “I said, “Wow, tremendous possibilities! Okay, I’m

Innovation requires respect- Top 10 ingredients for innovative teams

and 2 Rules for innovation management To feel good most humans need: – to be considered – to be recognized for their contribution – to be rewarded in often – to feel like members of the community What people hate: – to be disrespected – to have less qualified/deserving people rewarded – to be told

Program for the Future Notes from the Lunatic Fringe

Ten Top Take-a-ways from The Program for the Future The Program for the Future met March 3, 2010 for a CoLABoration. Note: The tables at CoLAB had various affinity groups — education, government, health care, communications, business, technology — I asked to label a table “lunatic fringe.” Eileen Clegg describes it “as a popular if

Great advice: instead of an eight ball

Consult with the Wise Chicken to help with your tough decisions;

Retail Performance Artist

Andres Landau initiates Camilo and Jessica’s new house with a solo performance art piece Andres Landau retail performance artist