Archive for May, 2007

Chicken.

This paper makes more sense than many academic presentations I have seen:

Via Lot 49.

Published by Andy Polaine on the 25th of May, 2007 in Readings 1 Comment

Their Space is so much more…

Following up from my last post about the boomer divide, there is another good piece by David Puttnam in the Guardian about children’s experience of technology. The opening quote sums up the main points pretty well:

At a recent digital education conference in San Francisco, one of the more memorable remarks quoted came from […]

Published by Andy Polaine on the 16th of May, 2007 in Readings 0 Comments

The kids are alright, so are the Boomers

There’s an interesting story by Richard Sarson over at the Guardian in which he interviews children about their internet usage and the role technology plays in their lives. They might not be a terribly representative sample, but it does confirm what we have been saying for some time - children are much more able to […]

Published by Andy Polaine on the 10th of May, 2007 in Learning & Teaching, Readings 2 Comments

Omnium at the Apple WWDC

San Francisco, post WWDC 2006 - Downtown San Francisco lies in ruins after the infamous “Rampage of the Nerds” at WWDC 2006.

Thanks to the generous folks at the Apple University Consortium, who have provided me with a scholarship. I will be off to the Apple WWDC.

I’ll be spending most of my time in the content […]

Published by Sam Bauers on the 8th of May, 2007 in Omnium Software 0 Comments