Comments for http://agit8.org.uk Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Future of Poverty by Strange Places » a new kind of knowing http://agit8.org.uk/?p=268&cpage=1#comment-367 Strange Places » a new kind of knowing Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:49:09 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=268#comment-367 [...] his article The Future of Poverty Vinay Gupta says: “The world is too big for us to fit inside of our heads. Too much area, [...] [...] his article The Future of Poverty Vinay Gupta says: “The world is too big for us to fit inside of our heads. Too much area, [...]

]]> Comment on The Future Of Music is… Indie! by Hannah Nicklin » Blog Archive » An Open Letter to Peter Mandelson http://agit8.org.uk/?p=336&cpage=1#comment-339 Hannah Nicklin » Blog Archive » An Open Letter to Peter Mandelson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:53:03 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=336#comment-339 [...] http://agit8.org.uk/?p=336 [...] [...] http://agit8.org.uk/?p=336 [...]

]]> Comment on The Future of Information Architecture– from Hypertext to Hypercontext by Hypercontext und die Zukunft der Informationsarchitektur | Webzeugkoffer Webdesign http://agit8.org.uk/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-317 Hypercontext und die Zukunft der Informationsarchitektur | Webzeugkoffer Webdesign Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:47 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=205#comment-317 [...] The Future of Information Architecture – from Hypertext to Hypercontext befasst sich mit der zukünftigen Rolle der Informationsarchitekten, vor dem Hintergrund des Wandels im Web. [...] [...] The Future of Information Architecture – from Hypertext to Hypercontext befasst sich mit der zukünftigen Rolle der Informationsarchitekten, vor dem Hintergrund des Wandels im Web. [...]

]]> Comment on Some thinking on Education, from New South Wales by links for 2009-​​10-​​10 | acidlabs http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-284 links for 2009-​​10-​​10 | acidlabs Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:01:58 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239#comment-284 [...] » Fea­tures » Some think­ing on Edu­ca­tion, from New South Wales Nice think­ing from Darcy More in NSW on edu­ca­tion reform for the 21st Century. (tags: edu­ca­tion inno­va­tion) [...] [...] » Fea­tures » Some think­ing on Edu­ca­tion, from New South Wales Nice think­ing from Darcy More in NSW on edu­ca­tion reform for the 21st Century. (tags: edu­ca­tion inno­va­tion) [...]

]]> Comment on Some thinking on Education, from New South Wales by Russell Darnley http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-252 Russell Darnley Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:11:40 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239#comment-252 It's refreshing to read such an eloquent account of the challenges and the possible futures for education. Stu's comments that follow are alarmingly true. Being prepared to learn skills and when they are no longer relevant learn new skills is essential. It's clear schools aren't yet creating sufficient opportunities for students to develop the skills required in the 21st century, nor are they testing the extent of their acquisition. Working with my staff over the past two years I've been slowly introducing digital strategies and talking about it almost everyday. While TALE was still a bit problematic and a bit clunky, before dedicated TALE servers, I loaded up TLF Learning Objects directly to the school server and with support from the school executive, managed to begin to introduce them at Teaching and Learning staff meetings and on Staff Development days. A few people really took them up. We've now started to point people in the direction of Web2.0 strategies. I sense that the DER roll-out is challenging a few old habits, in fact I think it has the potential to act as a real catalyst. Thanks for the Blog. Just sorry I hadn't found it sooner. It’s refreshing to read such an eloquent account of the challenges and the possible futures for education. Stu’s comments that follow are alarmingly true. Being prepared to learn skills and when they are no longer relevant learn new skills is essential. It’s clear schools aren’t yet creating sufficient opportunities for students to develop the skills required in the 21st century, nor are they testing the extent of their acquisition.

Working with my staff over the past two years I’ve been slowly introducing digital strategies and talking about it almost everyday. While TALE was still a bit problematic and a bit clunky, before dedicated TALE servers, I loaded up TLF Learning Objects directly to the school server and with support from the school executive, managed to begin to introduce them at Teaching and Learning staff meetings and on Staff Development days. A few people really took them up. We’ve now started to point people in the direction of Web2.0 strategies. I sense that the DER roll-out is challenging a few old habits, in fact I think it has the potential to act as a real catalyst.

Thanks for the Blog. Just sorry I hadn’t found it sooner.

]]> Comment on Software commodification and the future of start-ups by Dominic Travers http://agit8.org.uk/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-249 Dominic Travers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:46:07 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=351#comment-249 Great post. Long live the truly innovative... Great post.
Long live the truly innovative…

]]> Comment on Software commodification and the future of start-ups by links for 2009-10-04 « Kathryn Corrick http://agit8.org.uk/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-247 links for 2009-10-04 « Kathryn Corrick Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:04:27 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=351#comment-247 [...] » Lead » Software commodification and the future of start-ups (tags: business trends startups entrepreneurship) [...] [...] » Lead » Software commodification and the future of start-ups (tags: business trends startups entrepreneurship) [...]

]]> Comment on Some thinking on Education, from New South Wales by Stu http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-156 Stu Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:13:01 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=239#comment-156 It is a very stark comparison indeed. Just look at the issue of email for teachers (in New South Wales public education anyway). I've had email as an IT professional since 1989 - sure, it was internal email only withing the organisation I worked for, but it was an email address and it was used everyday. I joined DET in 1993 and I had email that worked between every office in the state. Then internet capable email appeared for me in 1994 and I never looked back. Throughout all those years, I got no training is "how" to do this stuff. It was expected that I would know how to do it - as a professional who must keep up with the times. Conversely, email for teachers was announced in 2001 and was ready to roll in 2002. But as soon as it was ready, the teachers union chose to ban it outright. It remained banned for FOUR years. When the ban finally was lifted in 2006 it came with a proviso that if any teacher wanted to OPT-OUT of email, they could. Sadly a large percentage actually did opt-out. And today in 2009, you can go to just about any high school in NSW and identify a significant number of teachers who to this day will not use email. If they won't use email, what chance is there of them taking on seemingly more complex ICT resources? And we wonder why the classroom hasn't changed much? It is a very stark comparison indeed. Just look at the issue of email for teachers (in New South Wales public education anyway). I’ve had email as an IT professional since 1989 – sure, it was internal email only withing the organisation I worked for, but it was an email address and it was used everyday. I joined DET in 1993 and I had email that worked between every office in the state. Then internet capable email appeared for me in 1994 and I never looked back. Throughout all those years, I got no training is “how” to do this stuff. It was expected that I would know how to do it – as a professional who must keep up with the times. Conversely, email for teachers was announced in 2001 and was ready to roll in 2002. But as soon as it was ready, the teachers union chose to ban it outright. It remained banned for FOUR years. When the ban finally was lifted in 2006 it came with a proviso that if any teacher wanted to OPT-OUT of email, they could. Sadly a large percentage actually did opt-out. And today in 2009, you can go to just about any high school in NSW and identify a significant number of teachers who to this day will not use email. If they won’t use email, what chance is there of them taking on seemingly more complex ICT resources?

And we wonder why the classroom hasn’t changed much?

]]> Comment on The future of microformats and semantic technologies by All my bookmarks ever | Daniel John Gayle http://agit8.org.uk/?p=162&cpage=1#comment-154 All my bookmarks ever | Daniel John Gayle Fri, 29 May 2009 23:50:31 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=162#comment-154 [...] » Features » The future of microformats and semantic technologies [...] [...] » Features » The future of microformats and semantic technologies [...]

]]> Comment on The Future of Unemployment by P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Peer production against the meltdown http://agit8.org.uk/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-151 P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Peer production against the meltdown Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:03:38 +0000 http://agit8.org.uk/?p=307#comment-151 [...] Hine re-formulated some of his propositions in the context of the weekend demonstrations in London last [...] [...] Hine re-formulated some of his propositions in the context of the weekend demonstrations in London last [...]

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