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Five minds for the future? The latest from Howard Gardner

15 October, 2006Steve Moore

To a fascinating - and rare - London lecture delivered by Howard Gardner at the RSA last week. Gardner is one of the 'big beasts' of education in the past two decades and his influence is as manifest as ever in the UK Government's emphasis on personalised learning in schools. Gardner was previewing his latest ideas that will published in book form early next year. The latest additions to his traditional focus on discipline and creative intelligences is the respectful and ethical minds.A Classic liberal ideas all, but who can doubt their relevance given the challenges we face in the world today and all delivered with a lucidity and modesty that was refreshing...


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You Tube,Obliquity and user generated content workshops

12 October, 2006Steve Moore
'Strange as it may seem, overcoming geographic obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting global business targets are the type of goals often best achieved when pursued indirectly. This is the idea of Obliquity. Oblique approaches are most effective in difficult terrain, or where outcomes depend on interactions with other people I have long been taken with John Kay's theory of obliquity But has there ever been a better example of how you achieve your goals without directly explicitly pursuing them than the You Tube sale to Google this week? It appears that this is a seminal moment in the early history of the Web and a sure sign that 'user generated content' - whatever your views - is going to be the very essence of the future of the web. In the 10th anniversary issue of Wired last year Kevin Kelley prophesised that 'in the near future, everyone alive will (on average) write a song, author a book, make a video, craft a web log, and code a program. This idea is less outrageous than the notion 150 years ago that someday everyone would write a letter or take a photographWell we are getting there...But what does all this mean in terms of Education.Who is experimenting in this space? Is there a role for Channel 4? Two workshops this month will explore this further. Come along if you can. Click here for more


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Janey Walker in The Guardian

11 October, 2006Steve Moore

Janey was interviewed in The Guardian on Monday and raised the issues of access and distribution, future content and the need to innovate in how it is generated that featured prominently in last week's conference.


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