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I am an all-round geek, interested in the impact of modern technology on our daily lives and the social changes that follow. This tumblog is dedicated to the things I do and like.
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Heel vette animatie die toont hoe bedrijven persoonlijke informatie opslaan als we technologie gebruiken. Waanzinnig knap gemaakt.
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The Pirates of Silicon Valley is not only a film about how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates founded their startups in the early days, it’s also an epic...
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“Since we cannot know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.”
John Holt
Humanica Alfabet
I am participating in an educational pilot where we try to connect the ‘knowledge subjects’ (sorry for that term) with the art subjects. So far it has been a great journey. We actually see really motivated students work together on fun projects. Although a lot of things don’t go as planned, we are learning very much during the process.
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Apple, please — please — kill analog educational textbooks (softly)
Rumors are spreading all over the internet of an upcoming Apple event next Thursday.
Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the “GarageBand for e-books,” so to speak—and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users.
