by andflywrite | Nov 25, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
AMPLIFY’S LEAD BUYER turns out to be Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Apple co-founder, who founded Emerson Collective (which has invested in a slew of edtech startups including AltSchool and Udacity). In addition to purchasing the beleaguered New York company,...
by kris | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Adult literacy professional development varies from State to State. David Rosen is attempting to reach practitioners nationwide through a government group called LINCS, a community of practice. What does it take to involve practitioners in a community of practice?...
by andflywrite | Jan 23, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
If progress is shaped by human needs, then general shifts in needs would also bring shifts in the nature of technological innovation. The tools we invent would move through the hierarchy of needs, from tools that help safeguard our bodies on up to tools that allow us...
by andflywrite | Aug 11, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Group/ organization/ conference holding entity called Business Innovation Factory having it’s 10th event in Sept in Providence RI. Here’s a link to their site, which has a LOT of additional links and resources, including an archive of presentations from...
by andflywrite | Aug 8, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
My favorite heading in this Wired article on IBM new chip is:”But Can It Learn?” All sorts of implications for chips like this, and it’s also made possible because we are in that sweet spot of innovation, where doubling of processing power according...
