Tag: Technology
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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…
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Creating a Sense of Urgency for Our Economic Future
According to their web site, the Milken Institute “is a publicly supported, nonpartisan, independent think tank whose work makes a difference in the lives of people worldwide by helping create a more democratic and efficient global economy.” They recently published their “2008 State Technology and Science Index” which ranks states on their ability to take…
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States Competing for Creative Dollars
An interesting article from Business XPansion Journal highlights how states are competing with each other with tax credits to draw the lucrative film and media industry to produce within their borders. As more regions wake up to the growth potential, the competition is heating up. “It has taken a while to embrace these industries as…
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Jamie Miller is the Creative Economy!
createwv.typepad.com Several West Virginians recently were generous enough to share their personal stories and perspectives with Create WV. Such profiles are great tools for illustrating what we mean by a new economy for our state — who populates this workforce and how they see the world and West Virginia’s place in it. Look for more…
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West Virginia Stereotype: Embracing Technology in Practical Ways
Growing up, I guess I had the impression that West Virginia was advanced in the area of technology. My reason for thinking so? As a kid I learned about the giant radio telescopes at Green Bank. I also lived in Morgantown briefly while the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system was being built. The National Radio…
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West Virginia Stereotype: Ready With a Warm Welcome and a Helping Hand
As I drove down Washington Street in Charleston yesterday, I saw a prototypical West Virginia scene. A driver’s car had conked out in the middle of the intersection. As the light turned green, the driver had to hop out of his car and desperately try to push it out of the way as cars lined…