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https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/truth-seeking-environments.html?showComment=1169257920000 Bill Kerr: truth seeking environments We can't know absolute truth but we can help to build truth seeking environments. To obtain a better understanding of learning theory we n... bill kerrtruth seekingenvironments https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/xo-study-in-ethiopia.html Bill Kerr: XO study in Ethiopia Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007 (pdf 14pp) by eduvision ("a Swiss company that offers an innovative turnkey solu... bill kerrstudy inxoethiopia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/infidel-by-ayaan-hirsi-ali.html Bill Kerr: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali I've recently read this book. It made me think, cry and sometimes laugh. Her story is incredible, very well writ... bill kerrinfidelayaanhirsiali https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/03/kay-and-van-dam-discuss-engelbarts.html Bill Kerr: kay and van dam discuss engelbart's ideas Program for the Future (video, about 80 minutes) where Alan Kay and Andy van Dam discuss Doug Engelbart's ideas in celebration of the 50th ... bill kerrvan damkaydiscussengelbart https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/10/political-economy-of-games.html?showComment=1161840720000 Bill Kerr: political economy of games I agree with this critical analysis of marc prensky by Daniel Livingstone, in that Prensky tends to celebrate the differences between "immi... bill kerrpolitical economygames https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipcc-consensus-unravels-from-within.html Bill Kerr: IPCC consensus unravels from within bill kerripccconsensuswithin https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/economics-of-information-resources.html?showComment=1168058520000 Bill Kerr: economics of information: resources I'm gathering resources on this question. Here are some annotated links. Please get in touch if you are studying and want to share ideas on ... bill kerreconomicsinformationresources https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/minsky-1-falling-in-love.html Bill Kerr: minsky 1: Falling in Love Overview of Chapter 1 of The Emotion Machine ( summary , online draft , buy ) This chapter introduces a framework to think about the mind. ... bill kerrfalling inminskylove https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/11/fuzzy-maths-wars_26.html?showComment=1196208000000 Bill Kerr: the fuzzy maths wars If you are in a war zone you first need to recognise the fact. The maths war have been raging for some time now and there is no sign of peac... bill kerrfuzzymathswars https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/09/consistency-is-not-always-good-thing.html?showComment=1284346683559 Bill Kerr: consistency is not always a good thing The psychological desire for consistency can lead to irrational shouting if not moderated by an internal censor which regularly checks other... bill kerra goodconsistencyalwaysthing https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/india-hole-in-wall-experiment.html?showComment=1200154020000 Bill Kerr: the india hole in the wall experiment What can we learn from the india hole in the wall experiment , conducted by Sugata Mitra? That children, aged 6 to 12, including poor childr... hole in wallbill kerrindiaexperiment https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/11/information-wars.html Bill Kerr: information wars I posted the following to one of the Victorian IT teachers lists. My fear is that teachers won't get involved politically, that they will gr... bill kerrinformationwars https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2019/01/write-your-own-apps.html Bill Kerr: write your own apps I've made a few apps which run on my Android phone recently using MIT App Inventor . These include apps you can draw with (Digital Doodle), ... write your ownbill kerrapps https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/03/machine-is-not-yet-us.html Bill Kerr: the machine is not yet us "We are the web ... we are teaching the machine ... we teach it an idea" The Machine is Us/ing Us by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of ... bill kerrthe machinenot yetus https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/10/breakthrough-innovation.html Bill Kerr: breakthrough innovation "... breakthroughs help define our species - without them, we get boredom and mediocrity and low expectations for the future ..." Crisis, th... bill kerrbreakthroughinnovation https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2018/08/mobile-digital-education.html Bill Kerr: mobile digital education Here are some ideas for a Middle School computing course. Feel free to steal them although I would appreciate if you acknowledge the source.... bill kerrmobile digitaleducation https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/10/political-economy-of-games.html?showComment=1161190620000 Bill Kerr: political economy of games I agree with this critical analysis of marc prensky by Daniel Livingstone, in that Prensky tends to celebrate the differences between "immi... bill kerrpolitical economygames https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/09/consistency-is-not-always-good-thing.html?showComment=1284072471707 Bill Kerr: consistency is not always a good thing The psychological desire for consistency can lead to irrational shouting if not moderated by an internal censor which regularly checks other... bill kerra goodconsistencyalwaysthing https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2024/05/short-descriptors-of-different-learning.html Bill Kerr: short descriptors of different learning theories Some years ago I organised a wiki called " Learning Evolves ". This folded because the hosts, Wikispaces , closed down. At the time I couldn... bill kerrshortdescriptorsdifferentlearning https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/minsky-7-thinking.html Bill Kerr: minsky 7: thinking Overview of Chapter 7 of The Emotion Machine ( summary , online draft , buy ) Our ability to think in different ways (new Ways to Think) di... bill kerrminskythinking https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/11/lively-kernel.html?showComment=1226768880000 Bill Kerr: the lively kernel The web could be different. It started with structure (HTML) and then progressively new things have been added (CSS, DOM, XML, JavaScript) t... bill kerrthe livelykernel https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2016/12/martin-nakatas-disciplining-savages.html Bill Kerr: Martin Nakata's Disciplining the Savages Savaging the Disciplines My dissatisfaction with the discourse of culturalism stemmed largely from being certain about who I was (an Islander) and uncertain about w... bill kerrthe savagesmartinnakatadisciplining https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/02/it-sounds-like-miracle.html?showComment=1202678640000 Bill Kerr: It sounds like a miracle an out of context response to Tom Hoffman: "We -- meaning many US K-12 educational bloggers -- tend to do a lousy job of differentiating bet... bill kerrsounds likemiracle https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/11/pearson-fears-labor-political.html Bill Kerr: Pearson fears Labour political management approach to indigenous issues During the election campaign Howard pledged to hold a referendum within 18 months to introduce aboriginal reconciliation into the Australian... bill kerrpolitical managementpearsonfearslabour https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/07/clayton-christensens-disrupting-school.html?showComment=1261107251828 Bill Kerr: Clayton Christensen's disrupting school thesis I haven't read Clayton Christensen's books but I have listened to some of his talks and read some reviews of his books. I see his theory as... bill kerrclayton christensendisruptingschoolthesis https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/02/teaching-to-test.html?showComment=1204894200000 Bill Kerr: teaching to the test Teach for Australia says this: Teach for Australia would develop standardised literacy and numeracy tests for the Fellow to assess their stu... bill kerrto theteachingtest https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2024/12/fab-transformation-hurdles.html?showComment=1734475444869 Bill Kerr: fab transformation hurdles Background reading: Designing Reality: How to Survive and Thrive in the Third Digital Revolution by Neil Gershenfeld, Alan Gershenfeld and ... bill kerrfabtransformationhurdles https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/08/uml-distilled.html?showComment=1154724420000 Bill Kerr: UML Distilled Notes on UML Distilled Third Edition: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modelling Language by Martin Fowler "Programming languages are n... bill kerrumldistilled https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filter-not-blinker.html?showComment=1167785400000 Bill Kerr: _isms as filter, not blinker Learning theory, like politics, is full of _isms: constructivism, behaviourism, cognitivism and now a new one, connectivism. What should we... bill kerrismsfilterblinker https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/02/teach-for-australia.html?showComment=1201931040000 Bill Kerr: teach for australia I'd like to become involved in this scheme because it addresses the most important current educational need in Australia. Teach for Australi... bill kerrteachaustralia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/07/dont-be-too-proud-of-web-20.html?showComment=1185146880000 Bill Kerr: Don't be too proud of web 2.0. Web 2.0 has become the new conventional wisdom of those who see themselves as radical reformers of the education system. Flashing bells and ... bill kerrdon tproud of https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/10/philosophical-principles.html?showComment=1191717900000 Bill Kerr: philosophical principles I keep coming back to these as things that often guide my thinking and decision making. Or when I review something I've said, written or don... bill kerrphilosophicalprinciples https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/04/maths-education-crisis-in-australia.html?showComment=1208264040000 Bill Kerr: maths education crisis in Australia - the long tail of underachievement Quality of school education : Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education, September 2007, 141pp Disappointin... the long tailbill kerreducation crisisin australia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/11/pirate-party-of-australia.html?showComment=1203297480000 Bill Kerr: pirate party of australia I've just joined the pirate party of australia It has to be done. There is a huge and intensifying worldwide battle raging over freedom of... bill kerrpirate partyaustralia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2020/04/ Bill Kerr: April 2020 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrapril https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/06/overcoming-narrow-economics-inertia.html Bill Kerr: overcoming narrow economics inertia Because of the 2008 economic crisis I decided to study political economy seriously, something which I had previously put into the too hard b... bill kerrovercomingnarroweconomicsinertia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-many-of-your-teachers-made-you-think.html Bill Kerr: how many of your teachers made you think? Critical thinking critical to teaching by Damon Young This article examines teaching from a philosophical perspective. Read the whole... bill kerrhow manyyour teachersmadethink https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/08/peak-oil-discussion.html Bill Kerr: peak oil discussion Peak Oil Discussion I'll keep my eye on this discussion thread over the next few days. Discussions at Brave New Climate often reflect a w... bill kerrpeak oildiscussion https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/21st-century-school.html?showComment=1169722200000 Bill Kerr: 21st Century School Greg Whitby, executive director of Catholic Education in the Parramatta diocese (Sydney, NSW, Australia) outlines the philosophy and some of... bill kerrcenturyschool https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-understanding-of-marxs-theses-on.html Bill Kerr: my understanding of marx's theses on feuerbach I Ontology = What exists = the furniture of the universe Combine 1 and 5 Hegel wrong: Ideal thoughts Feuerbach wrong: Material objects ... bill kerrunderstandingmarxthesesfeuerbach https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2022/01/ozsage-omicron-alarms.html Bill Kerr: ozSAGE Omicron alarms An ozSAGE recent report (December 30th) about Omicron warns us not to become complacent in the face of the "it's mild" narrative. Well worth... bill kerromicronalarms https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/minsky-5-levels-of-mental-activities.html Bill Kerr: minsky 5: levels of mental activities Overview of Chapter 5 of The Emotion Machine ( summary , online draft , buy ) Minsky proposes a 6 level model of mind, which is described i... bill kerrminskylevelsmentalactivities https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/09/everyone-wants-attention.html Bill Kerr: everyone wants attention From Christopher Allen's blog ( link ), I just found out that I do, in fact, play MMORPGs, well nearly. Standardised MMI (Money, Markets, In... bill kerreveryonewantsattention https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2016/10/indigenous-maths-mentoring-program.html Bill Kerr: indigenous maths mentoring program I would like to assist the indigenous helpers who want to become teachers to grasp maths, along with the more general day to day teaching of... bill kerrindigenousmathsmentoringprogram https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/05/fractions-in-real-life.html?showComment=1212463860000 Bill Kerr: fractions in real life This is a continuation of earlier blogs about the difficulties of initiating and maintaining a meta dialogue with students about fractions -... bill kerrfractionsreallife https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/07/dont-be-too-proud-of-web-20.html?showComment=1185334860000 Bill Kerr: Don't be too proud of web 2.0. Web 2.0 has become the new conventional wisdom of those who see themselves as radical reformers of the education system. Flashing bells and ... bill kerrdon tproud of https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/12/conversation-with-mark-pesce-about.html Bill Kerr: a conversation with Mark Pesce about Rudd's "education revolution" Brace for a steep re-learning curve by Mark Pesce (The Age, December 2) "If we simply drop laptops into the schools and hope it all works o... a conversation withbill kerrmark pesce https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/iraq-war-planning.html Bill Kerr: iraq war planning A new book, war and decision by Douglas J. Feith Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005 seems to provide a... bill kerriraq warplanning https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-todd-river.html Bill Kerr: the Todd river Alice Springs locals say that when you see the Todd flow three times you'll stay for life. In 2018 we had 161 consecutive days without rain ... bill kerrtoddriver https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2013/12/is-diane-ravitch-missing-something.html Bill Kerr: Is Diane Ravitch missing something? Diane Ravitch is a highly respected education commentator and historian in the USA. She initially supported "No Child Left Behind" but later... bill kerrdiane ravitchmissingsomething https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2019/06/extreme-weather-and-inconvenient-truths.html Bill Kerr: extreme weather and inconvenient truths Inconvenient truth 1 : There is no convincing evidence of a link between extreme weather and climate change. Inconvenient truth 2 : Well r... bill kerrextreme weathertruths https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/10/ Bill Kerr: October 2006 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerroctober https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/02/which-radical-discontinuity.html?showComment=1171257360000 Bill Kerr: which radical discontinuity? I've uploaded my oral presentation to the connectivism conference here . To follow along download the mp3 and slides. Thanks to Leigh Black... bill kerrradicaldiscontinuity https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2018/03/my-complaint-to-centrelink.html Bill Kerr: my complaint to Centrelink My Customer Reference Number: (provided) When I visited the Centrelink Office in Alice Springs I was told that I had to submit my Age Pens... bill kerrcomplaintcentrelink https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/09/superwoman-crashes.html?showComment=1285377916997 Bill Kerr: superwoman crashes I noticed when watching the Waiting for Superman movie trailer ( link ) that it was made by the same people who made An Inconvenient Truth ... bill kerrsuperwomancrashes https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/02/energy-release-calculation-for.html?showComment=1235084340000 Bill Kerr: energy release calculation for the Victorian bushfires David Packham estimated that the energy released in the recent Victorian bushfires was equivalent to 660 Hiroshima bombs. This surprised me ... bill kerrenergy releasefor thecalculationvictorian https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2024/03/climatethemovie.html Bill Kerr: ClimateTheMovie ClimateTheMovie is good. Look it up. It is being banned on vimeo so I won't provide a link. The version I saw was put up on X by Tom Nelson.... bill kerr https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2018/11/inspirational-example-of-making.html Bill Kerr: inspirational example of making a difference "I want to make a difference" is a well worn phrase but still a good one. To make a difference you need two things: a commitment and a skil... bill kerrexample ofinspirationalmakingdifference https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-generation.html Bill Kerr: my generation Check out The Zimmers, my generation (you tube) People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin... bill kerrgeneration https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/10/political-economy-of-games.html?showComment=1161206640000 Bill Kerr: political economy of games I agree with this critical analysis of marc prensky by Daniel Livingstone, in that Prensky tends to celebrate the differences between "immi... bill kerrpolitical economygames https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/10/pity-web20-evangelicals.html Bill Kerr: the problem of living in the present update (10th October): I've changed the title from the attention seeking "pity the web2.0 evangelicals" to one that better represents the r... bill kerrthe problemliving inpresent https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html Bill Kerr: evaluating Sugar in the developed world How teachers in the developed world can run the Sugar software and activities in our computer labs which run only Windows!! Problem : Shorta... bill kerrin theevaluatingsugardeveloped https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2015/12/nicolas-henin-main-problem-in-syria-is.html Bill Kerr: Nicolas Henin: the main problem in Syria is Assad (Video 6.5 minutes.) Nicolas Henin (French journalist who was held hostage by Isis for 10 months). Core issues: (1) Assad repressed the... bill kerrthe mainnicolas https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/12/ Bill Kerr: December 2007 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrdecember https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/11/some-thoughts-about-prof-stephen.html Bill Kerr: some thoughts about prof. Stephen Heppell's VITTA keynote One of the big themes of Stephen Heppell's keynote was how important local knowledge was. This was not contrasted with an opposing force, ie... bill kerrsome thoughts https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/02/teach-for-australia.html?showComment=1215180360000 Bill Kerr: teach for australia I'd like to become involved in this scheme because it addresses the most important current educational need in Australia. Teach for Australi... bill kerrteachaustralia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-for-high-moral-ground-of.html?showComment=1285805700890 Bill Kerr: the battle for the high moral ground of education The Wrong Conversations Will's blog is about learning innovation using the read/write web. This particular blog advocates caution in deali... bill kerrthe battlehighmoralground https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/07/clayton-christensens-disrupting-school.html?showComment=1248273652775 Bill Kerr: Clayton Christensen's disrupting school thesis I haven't read Clayton Christensen's books but I have listened to some of his talks and read some reviews of his books. I see his theory as... bill kerrclayton christensendisruptingschoolthesis https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2015/08/syria-needs-no-fly-zone.html Bill Kerr: syria needs a no fly zone Syria needs a no fly zone Here are 5 things everyone should know about what is happening in Syria today: The Assad regime is killing 7 ... bill kerrno flysyrianeedszone https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/03/ Bill Kerr: March 2010 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrmarch https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2018/12/ Bill Kerr: December 2018 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrdecember https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/economics-of-information-resources.html?showComment=1167991140000 Bill Kerr: economics of information: resources I'm gathering resources on this question. Here are some annotated links. Please get in touch if you are studying and want to share ideas on ... bill kerreconomicsinformationresources https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2017/09/ Bill Kerr: September 2017 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrseptember https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/11/software-patents-stink.html?showComment=1164186480000 Bill Kerr: software patents stink After an incredibly useful review of software innovations , David Wheeler critiques software patents: most of the important software innova... bill kerrsoftware patentsstink https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2015/12/lifes-prime-want-1875-2015.html Bill Kerr: life's prime want, 1875-2015 "In ... communist society ... labour has become ... life's prime want ... only then can ... society inscribe on its banners: From each acco... bill kerrlifeprimewant https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2011/02/ Bill Kerr: February 2011 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrfebruary https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/10/creative-teaching-or-pandering-to.html?showComment=1193872620000 Bill Kerr: creative teaching or pandering to the philistines? A vision of students today - a new video by Michael Wesch This opens with graffiti on a (fade to grey) lecture room wall reminding us that ... bill kerrcreative teachingto thepanderingphilistines https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2017/05/ Bill Kerr: May 2017 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrmay https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/ramon-leon-on-smalltalk.html Bill Kerr: Ramon Leon: On Smalltalk Another great Smalltalk blog. Here are some of the things I found there: Smalltalk in Action This provides a link to a video which demonstra... bill kerrramonleonsmalltalk https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/minsky-8-resourcefulness.html Bill Kerr: minsky 8: resourcefulness Overview of Chapter 8 of The Emotion Machine ( summary , online draft , buy ) Before Alan Turing we did not know about a single machine tha... bill kerrminskyresourcefulness https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/01/mckinsey-run-schools-as-you-would-run.html?showComment=1200629580000 Bill Kerr: McKinsey: run schools as you would run a successful business I've been trying to make sense of the McKinsey report, which I now see as a combination of insightful common sense and opportunistic fudge, ... bill kerras youmckinseyrunschools https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/12/ Bill Kerr: December 2009 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrdecember https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/04/feynman-utter-honesty-required.html Bill Kerr: Feynman: utter honesty required The following Richard Feynman quote was quoted in a climate change discussion at Roger Pielke Jnr's blog . Roger's blog provides a whole ra... bill kerrfeynmanutterhonestyrequired https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/thoughts-on-python-programming.html Bill Kerr: thoughts on a python programming competition NCSS Challenge : The National Computer Science School python programming competition run by the School of Information Technologies, at the U... bill kerrthoughts onpython programmingcompetition https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2015/07/greece-sign-petition-or-start-revolution.html Bill Kerr: Greece: sign a petition or start a revolution? The economic crash of 2008 hasn't gone away, has it? Perhaps I should resume my study of political economy. I tried before but abandoned it... sign a petitionbill kerrgreecestartrevolution https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/10/svg-support.html Bill Kerr: SVG support SVG = Scalable Vector Graphics Some of my students complained about the ordinariness of the xo home screen. I pointed them to the Modifying ... bill kerrsvgsupport https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/10/decline-of-it-in-education.html Bill Kerr: the decline of IT in education Enrollments in IT courses have fallen dramatically in senior secondary courses in recent years and IT as a subject has been wound back in th... bill kerrthe declineeducation https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2019/01/claymation.html Bill Kerr: Claymation In December, last year at Polly Farmer we had a visit from Jono (check out his awesome site ) to show us how to do Claymation. Here are some... bill kerrclaymation https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/09/ Bill Kerr: September 2009 21st C education: FabLearn bill kerrseptember https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/08/climate-change-essential-reading.html Bill Kerr: climate change essential reading bill kerrclimate changeessentialreading https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006/09/theory-enriches-practice-enriches.html Bill Kerr: theory enriches practice enriches theory theoretical theory real time practice reflection practical theory I can see an evolution from theoretical theory to practical theory in th... bill kerrtheorypractice https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2013/10/direct-instruction-indigenous-meme.html Bill Kerr: Direct Instruction Indigenous Meme Warfare I've uploaded the outline of this research proposal at the learning evolves wiki: DI_indigenous_memes DIRECT INSTRUCTION FOR INDIGENOUS S... bill kerrdirect instructionindigenousmemewarfare https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/01/end-of-world-is-not-coming-soon.html Bill Kerr: the end of the world is not coming soon Big Media has been trumpeting a litany of impending eco-catastrophes since the mid 80s I've read parts of Lomborg's book, The Skeptical Envi... end of worldbill kerrcomingsoon https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/09/web20-spray-stager-versus-downes.html Bill Kerr: web2.0 spray: Stager versus Downes Stager: Why Teachers Don't Use Web 2.0 - an historical perspective Downes: Stager, Logo and Web 2.0 Gary Stager loves logo and knows what he... bill kerrspraystagerversusdownes https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/07/sugar-on-stick-soas.html Bill Kerr: Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) What would software developed specifically to educate young children look like? Try Sugar / Strawberry. Sugar on a Stick means you can ru... sugar on a stickbill kerrsoas https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/08/materialist-dialectics.html Bill Kerr: materialist dialectics Alfredo Saad-Filho provides a good explanation of materialist dialectics in chapter one of his book, which is available on line The Value of... bill kerrmaterialistdialectics https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/04/maths-education-crisis-in-australia.html?showComment=1245422511270 Bill Kerr: maths education crisis in Australia - the long tail of underachievement Quality of school education : Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education, September 2007, 141pp Disappointin... the long tailbill kerreducation crisisin australia https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/connectivism-time-zone-problem.html?showComment=1169099460000 Bill Kerr: connectivism time zone problem The connectivism conference (Feb 2-9) schedule and abstracts are here For the Australian region the conference times are not good, they coul... bill kerrtime zoneconnectivismproblem https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/11/quantas-olpc-production-line.html Bill Kerr: Quanta's OLPC production line Quanta's OLPC production line. Larger view . "Reaching Mass Production is no small task" - The Weekly Squeak bill kerrquantaolpcproductionline https://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2010/08/bernankes-admission-and-keens-critique.html Bill Kerr: Bernanke's admission and Keen's critique Bernanke has admitted that the "recovery" has stalled: In sum, the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed somewhat in recent ... bill kerrbernankeadmissionkeencritique