Category: economics
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Typhoons do include a lot of rain
Well, what are the chances? We’ve come to China for the first time in our lives, and we’re here in Shanghai fairly close to landfall for a category 5 typhoon! This is the current location of the typhoon relative to us in Shanghai: When we left to explore the city this morning there was light,…
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Podcast190: Implications of the Attention Economy for Schools (Part 3 of 3)
Partly recorded on the airline flight from Detroit to Tokyo and partly recorded from our hotel in Shanghai for the Learning 2.0 conference, this podcast features four additional implications of our 21st century “attention economy” for teachers and students. This is the last part of a three part podcast series focusing on Michael Goldhaber’s 1997…
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Understanding Internet architecture, a need for smarter networks, TCP and UDP differences
Before starting this post, which promises to be rather lengthy, it is likely worth noting the disclaimer which appears in the upper left corner of my blog website but does not appear within my RSS feed for posts: “Wesley Fryer is the author of Moving at the Speed of Creativity. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein…
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Questioning school funding trends and mandatory attendance
Discussions about School 2.0 should not take place in vacuum. We need to be realistic about ways schools can and should be changed, and one of the most basic things we need to address is school finance. I addressed this briefly in my spotlight address at the National Educational Computing Conference in Atlanta in June,…
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Podcast174: Relevance in the Attention Economy Part 1: Key Ideas
This podcast is the first in a three part series focusing on Michael Goldhaber’s 1997 article, “The Attention Economy and the Net.” In this first part, which I have subtitled “Key Ideas,” I review some of the major points Goldhaber makes about the era of the attention economy he contends we are entering. The abstract of…
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The iPhone cometh and inspires inquiry
It has been interesting to track the delivery path of my iPhone the last few days, which is set for delivery on Tuesday of this coming week. When I told my 9 year old it was shipping from Shenzhen, China, his first question was, “Why is the iPhone made in China?” Rather than tell him…
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Conversations with a flat world worker
Well, I have not yet checked in to the NECC conference yet, but as was the case last week at EduComm, great conversations have already happened that have me thinking differently about several things. I had a chance last night to have dinner and visit at length with a good friend. Pavan worked with me…
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A powerful portrait of immigration
I wrote recently about “Humanizing discussions about immigration and borders.” This evening while searching online for a series of videos Marco Torres created with Australian administrators awhile back (which I did not find) I ran across his amazing documentary “tocayo”, linked from his misc. productions movie page. This story of Marco Antonio Vasquez’s experience risking…
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Insight into the new ISTE NETS
As you may know, this summer many are eagerly anticipating the refresh of the ISTE NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) first published in 1998. Gary Stager recently interviewed Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE, and published their discussion as a new article titled “Refreshing the ISTE Technology Standards” on the District Administration website. This update to…
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Humanizing discussions about immigration and borders
I have been thinking about issues relating to immigration, the politics of borders and walls, the importance of international relationships and friendships, and the responsibility we all have to tangibly promote the causes of understanding and cooperation in our own contexts and spheres of influence. Several events have influenced my thinking lately and precipitated new…