[Note: I originally wrote this post, and had it posted a couple of months back, as a guest blogger on Lorie Vela’s excellent Collaboration Ideas blog. Thanks Lorie. With children shortly returning to school, and parents, and others, occupied by thoughts of “good learning”, I thought it might be timely to post it again, here.] […]
Getting ready for the future: Big Brother or Webmind?
June 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Thinking of the future offers us a choice. Will it be a dystopian one, a la 1984, George Orwell and Big Brother, or will it be one of abundance, and positive potential? It can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. In his World Wide Web (WWW) trilogy (Wake , Watch , Wonder), science fiction author, par excellence, […]
Tangles: Video book review
May 8, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Things happen. For writer Sarah Leavitt‘s mother, Alzheimer’s disease happened. The disease transformed her mother, and her family, forever. Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother and me, is Sarah’s account of that journey. I loved Tangles. The author writes both prose and comics, and she uses both to advantage in putting forward a compelling […]
I appreciate when you…
April 27, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Yesterday was April 26, 2011. Last night I sat with family around the TV, and watched the seventh game of the NHL playoff series between Vancouver and Chicago. It was the big game. A year from now though, I won’t remember what day it was. I probably will remember the moment though a game was […]
