by andflywrite | Oct 17, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
If we apply some of McLuhan’s perspectives on media, we might be able to explain why suddenly Podcasts seem to have “come into their own”, with greatly increased “listenership”. Marshall would say, of course, podcasts are aural, and this...
by andflywrite | Oct 17, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
Marshall McLuhan was a fountain of ideas that seemed to never run dry. So there’s a huge volume of “things to think about” in all his books, interviews, etc…for starters. But then there’s also his writing and thinking style to get up to...
by andflywrite | Oct 15, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
There’s a new 5G contest to encourage edtech innovation, sponsored by Verizon and NY Media Lab and others. The Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge is a nationwide open call to find innovative, cutting-edge, education technologies that will transform middle school...
by andflywrite | Oct 15, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
Here’s an extensive report on Childhood and Tech, as seen through the activities of the non profit Common Sense Media.
by andflywrite | Oct 11, 2018 | BEST LINKS EVER
from an Amazon lay reviewer of Gutenberg Galaxy: Gutenberg Galaxy is the original book that describes how the “fact of the presence of a particular “medium”, in this case printing, changes knowledge and how we perceive knowledge The Greeks had...