Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis were the dynamic duo behind SKYPE , a small but ingenious program that has flattened the entire world. I have heard it called a “disruptive technology”. This term refers to any technology, which when introduced, either radically transforms markets, creates wholly new markets, or destroys existing markets for other technologies [...]

Wow! Will Richardson’s “What the future holds” post put me onto this video from the 2006 Technology Entertainment and Design conference (TED) . The featured speaker takes the audience through a dizzying showcase of a multi-point interactive display board. While Smartboards only allow for one point of contact this board allows for many. What is [...]

Part 1 – Removing Barriers If you are reading this then you are interested in education and more specifically teaching and learning. You are reading this because like similar blogs you are looking for an idea, a spark, or a resource to bring into your own classroom or share with a colleague. You are doing [...]

Ian Jukes like so many others in his field often points out that the kids in our classrooms are not at all like the teachers who teach them. They are wired differently and have grown up in a world flatter and more connected than at any other time in history. What does this mean for [...]

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