Learning to Change

The Mindset List is not a chronological listing of things that happened in 1990, the year they were born. It is instead an effort to identify the worldview of 18 year-olds in the fall of 2008. Of course, our students come from many backgrounds and different traditions and these generalizations may not apply to all. The list identifies the experiences and event horizons of students and is not meant to reflect on their preparatory. It is also not deliberately designed to make readers feel really old! We welcome correspondence, suggestions, and requests regarding the Mindset List.

Revenue from music sold over the Internet, via mobile phones and in other digital forms, rose by 25 percent last year, to $3.7 billion, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said in a report set for publication Friday. Digital sales accounted for 20 percent of the industry's revenue, up from 15 percent a year earlier.

Teachers are often portrayed as being clueless about technology, but ever more of them are putting that stereotype to the test.

Chris Pirillo is right. It's time to move on. TECHTV is gone and will not be back; those who made the network great have moved on to other venues. Thankfully, the internet makes that possible. It is their example that helped me understand we can all support what we want on the Internet

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Por si alguien aún no ha oído hablar de él, Howard Rheingold es un importante escritor y crítico sobre los aspectos económicos y socioculturales de

Good-bye to work hours.

Out to change the world and doing it. Meh.

one of the most profoundly important articles I have read recently. "For educators and the schools in which they teach, the challenges of this moment are significant. Our ability to learn whatever we want, whenever we want, from whomever we want is rendering the linear, age-grouped, teacher-guided curriculum less and less relevant. "

explains how many of nature's information, including gene sequencing, etc are now OWNED by private croporations, ets

what people want; clear, quality information; online resources are chaotic and librarians are there to put the chaos into order

Have you ever had the nagging sense that there's something not quite right with the adulation that follows Malcolm Gladwell - the author of Tipping Point? But you couldn't quite put your finger on it? We're here to help, dear reader.

A K-12 Parent Portal connects parents and schools through the World Wide Web. This site is the home of the Implementation Guide. Add your voice to its development.

No doubt there's more current list but this one is still worthwhile for bogus websites.

Hotels are under such pressure to keep up with their gadget-obsessed guests that they are working with technology companies to regain their edge.

John Medina's principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school. Check out his new book at www.brainrules.net!

It's already hooked America's youth, and now Facebook is set on winning the hearts of two potentially lucrative demographics: Adults and the rest of the world. First, the adults: Facebook this week took on LinkedIn and other popular networking sites for working professionals with a new set of privacy controls that will give users greater control over who can see their profiles. Now a member can restrict who gets to see that drunken St. Patrick's Day photo - an important tool for working-age adults worried about a boss catching wind of their extracurricular activities. LinkedIn