Tag: Technology
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Making a New Generation of Innovators
One of the most exciting speakers at this year’s Create WV Conference is Dale Dougherty. You may not have heard of him, but those in the publishing and Internet worlds certainly do. He was the co-founder of O’Reilly Media, one of the earliest and largest publishers of computer and software manuals. Today, he is credited…
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Education Innovation
createwv.typepad.com Dr. Curtis Johnson, co-author of Disrupting Class, will bring many stimulating ideas to the 2008 Create WV conference in October on how West Virginia schools can begin delivering children with the skills they’ll need for 21st century success. The Charleston Daily Mail recently ran this story about his ideas on how schools need to…
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Global Challenges CEO’s Face
In a brief post on Harvard Business Publishing’s blog (thanks Rich Shaffer), Umair Haque highlights four major challenges that CEOs and other leaders face in developing growth and long-term prosperity. The short summary: To a certain extent, West Virginia’s long history of not being on the cutting edge of economic growth has shielded it from…
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Charleston Sparking Creative Class Growth
Have you visited the East End of Charleston, WV lately? If not, you should head in that direction and take your laptop with you. Enjoy the nice outdoor seating at Delish Express or view the artwork at Bluegrass Kitchen (http://www.eastendmainstreet.com/pages/restaurants.htm), while emailing your monthly report to co-workers or researching on the internet and enjoying a…
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Should State Governments Invest in Start-Ups?
How do small states or states not traditionally strong in vibrant high-tech industry sectors catch up? In some cases, they focus the resources of the state to provide an investment spark. Is this a good idea? West Virginia entered into an experiment in venture capital investment a few years ago by divvying up $25 million…
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Turning Learning Right Side Up
Must be the time of year when books about innovation and education are on everybody’s summer reading list. Here is a write up about the latest from Russell L. Ackoff, Anheuser Busch Professor Emeritus of management science at The Wharton School. (I want a title like this someday, Yeungling Professor Embarrasus) http://www.changethis.com/47.02.TurningLearning From the Back…
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Will Smaller Upstarts Fill the Broadband Gap?
Broadband coverage in West Virginia has been a source of frustration on all sides. Economic development advocates are frustrated that major providers won’t invest more aggressively to fill gaps in small towns and rural areas, effectively shutting off those communities from Internet-based opportunities in e-learning, ecommerce and online health services. Telco providers point to the…
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Disrupting Class = Chapters 4
Here is the Meat of the Disruption Chapter 4 – Disruptively Deploying Computers “The disruptive transiton from teacher-delivered to software-delivered instruction is likely to proceed in two stages. We call the first of these stages computer-based learning. In this stage, the software will be proprietary and relatively expensive to develop; and it will be monolithic,…
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Registration Now OPEN for Create WV Conference
A special, “early bird” discount price is available for the 2008 Create West Virginia (Create WV) Conference. The special price of $229.00 will only be in effect through August 31. This year’s conference, aimed at helping communities expand and improve their economies through cultivation of the creative and high-tech industries, is set for October 20-22…
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Disrupting Class = Chapters 1-3
Chapter 1: Why Schools Struggle to Teach Differently When Each Student Learns Differently Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner defines intelligence: -The ability to solve problems that one encounters in real life.-The ability to generate new problems to solve.-The ability to make something or offer a service that is valued in one’s culture. (That is not exactly…