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Stop Asking Students to Memorize

Jun. 14, 2009

Seth Godin rants against textbooks today. He writes about looking at a marketing textbook, which, despite a 2009 publication date, lacks mention of Google and Twitter. He writes about the rising cost of education and the system stealing money from deserving students. Tsk tsk.
The solution seems simple to me. Professors should be spending their time [...]

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Is the Future Misguided? Are You?

May. 19, 2009

Kirsten Wright is noble to suggest writers block be solved with crayons and a coloring book to embrace juvenile creativity, but why must we stoop so low?
Why is creativity served with childhood? I’m going to buy a box of crayons tomorrow because I just realized I don’t own a box and, when you stop and [...]

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On College Porn and Money, the Policy Way

Apr. 22, 2009

Responding to my blog interview two weeks ago with adult entertainer Stoya on how she uses social media, several people added heated comments that pornography was unjust and immoral.
I have a question for them–and for you.
Which is the greater evil: the First Amendment right of a taxpayer-funded university to screen a pornographic film on campus, [...]

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5 Videos on the Pending Death of Education

Mar. 16, 2009

Through a series of videos, I want to show you how the system failed you. I want to show you how the educational system failed all of us–and continues to fail, to be slowly replaced by a new way of digital learning.
While watching what you are about to see, I challenge you to think!
You may [...]

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Mash Your Future with Augmented Reality

Mar. 3, 2009

It doesn’t matter that I can’t read German blogger Matthias Schwenk’s words on getting closer to augmented reality or decipher the credits of this Italian video he links to, for all that’s necessary is an ability to appreciate the possibilities of the future:

Augmented reality isn’t going anywhere so you might as well get accustomed to [...]

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Stop Using Search Engines

Feb. 22, 2009

Can you?
I don’t need to tell you that the web is progressively beating the library in every battle for information. The search engine has effectively replaced the card catalog, microfilm reader, magazine stand, and bestseller list.
Representing those born after 1993, the Google generation is trending the future with 93 percent of college students satisfied finding [...]

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Rewrite the Rules

Feb. 21, 2009

Where is it written that the status quo can’t be changed?
I don’t watch a lot of TV, so I’m not up to date on the latest commercials. Imagine my shock watching a 60-second ad spot about Kaplan University rewriting the rules of education and challenging your mind:

Launched last month, the Talent Campaign is about experiential [...]

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