Archive for November, 2010
Pink Floyd-the Wall and the Education Revolution
Closed Published November 27th, 2010 in UncategorizedFor those of you who may remember the classic Pink Floyd Album The Wall that came out in 1979 (yes, that long ago), one of the key themes of that song, blatantly embedded in its lyrics was the homogenized, stultifying, and oppressive approach to education and socialization of the British educational system and the soul crushing […]
Avatar: An Adventure in Emergency Preparedness Training
Closed Published November 22nd, 2010 in UncategorizedAnders Gronstedt, of the Gronstedt Group, and I will be co-presenting CUNY SPS’ Emergency Shelter Course developed in conjunction with the New York City Office of Emergency Management in the platform of Second Life (see www.secondlife.com). The presentation is titled Avatar: An Adventure in Emergency Preparedness Training. Both Anders and I will be in Second Life […]
Why the title “Tragedy of the…. Commons”? Because I think we are living and experiencing the “tragedy of the commons” today more frequently than in the past, both with our use of natural resources, physical space, and, more importantly with our own attention spans. In a world of information ubiquity the only limitation is the […]
