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My TED favorites- Fellows Friday with Sean Blagsvedt
- Local TEDxChange events have big plans
- An independent diplomat: Carne Ross on TED.com
- Art of substance and absence: Alwar Balasubramaniam on TED.com
- Why I’m excited about TEDxChange, by Melinda Gates
- The child-driven education: Sugata Mitra on TED.com
- Powerful first-person reports from Pakistan, from TED’s Chris Anderson
- Lifesavers: Saturday TEDTalks Playlist
- Report from a Mission Blue hope spot: The Sargasso Sea
- The world’s oldest living things: Rachel Sussman on TED.com
Tag Archives: Globalization
Amazon to sell OLPC
As reported by the BBC and others, Amazon has announced it will begin selling OLPC’s XO unit this fall. The new unit will support dual boot to SugarOS or WindowsXP. OLPC’s first GiveOneGetOne (G1G1) program struggled late last year.
Many canceled their orders when shipping glitches and production delays hit the first XO laptop. This new [...]
Posted in Design • Education • Globalization • Interactive • OLPC • OpenSource • Technology
Tagged $100 laptop, amazon, Globalization, OLPC, sugar, trends, windows, xo
My latest read – China Shakes the world
I found myself fascinated by China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future – and the Challenge for America by James Kynge. Yet most of the time I was also infuriated over how America has fallen asleep regarding China’s threat to our economy. Kynge has written an excellent book that should be read [...]
Posted in Education • Globalization • Reading • Technology
Tagged B-2 bomber, banking, china, communism, corporate espionage, economics, Education, germany, Globalization, gm layoffs, gm plant closing, janesville, jobs, kynge, lakeland college, offshoring, piracy, riaa, sheboygan, stealth, Technology, wisconsin
Google Docs in education
Big thanks to my most excellent colleague John Pederson at WiscNet about this video. Take a moment and listen to the testimonials all you administrative bean counters and computer directors. BTW: How many of you are facing budget cuts this year?
Remember Google makes this solution to schools F O R F R E E.
Tags: Google, [...]
Posted in Design • Education • Globalization • Google • Network • OpenSource • Technology • Web2.0
Tagged docs, Globalization, Google, google apps for educaiton, WiscNet
What is Internet2 ?
I met Dr. Brian Shepard, Assistant Professor of Pedagogical Technology at the USC Thornton School of Music at the 2007 Internet2 meeting in Chicago and thought his clip at YouTube really explains Internet2 more elegantly than Fox News. But for some reason USC will not permit this YouTube video to be embedded into blogs. So [...]
Posted in Design • Education • Globalization • Internet2 • Network
Tagged bandwidth, bandwidth network, Globalization, Internet2, network fiber
Internet2: Re-invent
Internet2 is looking to re-invent its mission. The organization is now 10 years old, celebrating a decade of advancement in Chicago in December of 2006. Internet2 will engage the community…and will benefit from the wisdom of crowds. It appears some of the reason to re-invent comes from the failed merge with the [...]
Posted in Design • Education • Globalization • Internet2 • Milwaukee • Network • OpenSource • Technology • Web2.0 • WiscNet
Tagged advanced networks, Education, Globalization, Internet2, nlr, Web2.0, wisdom of crowds
China’s “Dragon” CPU to challenge Intel
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Posted in Education
Tagged china, Globalization, Technology