I like it. I think it could serve as a great tool for helping board members understand technology. I think you should write a piece for the School News using these concepts.
Yes, yes, yes, but Finland is largely homogeneous, is the geographical size of Minnesota, has little transiency, and has a significantly different national poverty level (with less range of haves and have-nots).
It's a great statement about how a country values education. I think teachers in Finland are compensated very well and are also respected like our teachers were about 30 years ago. It will be interesting to see how their system changes as their population becomes more diverse.
What a great graphic to ponder. Apparently, email is not instantaneous enough for generations new to technology. Michael Wesch often quotes Marshall McLuahn who said, "We look at the present through a rear-veiw mirror. We march backward into the future." This is a perfect example of how older age groups adapt to new technologies, which is through their understanding of the past.
I think this connects to your post about the youtube "cheating" video. We have to understand how the world is changing and, even if we do not like it, adapt to these changes. Just as email has become outdated, so has multiple choice tests from test banks developed by book publishers. I'd be inteersted in Michael Wesch's thoughts on the "cheating" incident.