I remember back in my McGill days, there was this guy who had an interesting gesture - he would tap his two index fingers together and say "connect" with a wistful, almost devious smile, seeming to imply something like a combination of "grok" and "get it" and "pull it all together for yourself" and "read my mind", what I sort of interpreted as giving us a hint like "hey can't we create some great thoughts if we just connect our brainwaves?"
That was back in the mid 80s, I think before Nokia took up its "Connecting People" mantra, definitely before mobile technology and right at the first nascent phases of internet. He was a visionary. I imagine he still his.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I should look him up again sometime. Rafa, if you ever read this, hello!
This all whipped through to my mind when I was looking at Paul Kim's Stanford SMILE technology - wifi clouds for classrooms. SMILE Plugs - what a great concept.
I was once talking to a company in Turku - Sanako (then Teleste Educational) - about how they might use their classrom technologies for the benefit of students in areas where there may not be such reliable internet connectivity, maybe not much reliable electricity. At that time they said that they are a relatively small company with limited research resources, so could not pursue that sort of exploration. I wonder if they might utilize the SMILE Plug. Just a thought.
But about connecting - what Dr. Kim has moved towards with the SMILE Plugs is framed within an essential basic premise - that students should be at the center of their exploration of learning.
This is part of the Seeds of Empowerment initiative. I'll try to explore this as things move forward.
That was back in the mid 80s, I think before Nokia took up its "Connecting People" mantra, definitely before mobile technology and right at the first nascent phases of internet. He was a visionary. I imagine he still his.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I should look him up again sometime. Rafa, if you ever read this, hello!
This all whipped through to my mind when I was looking at Paul Kim's Stanford SMILE technology - wifi clouds for classrooms. SMILE Plugs - what a great concept.
I was once talking to a company in Turku - Sanako (then Teleste Educational) - about how they might use their classrom technologies for the benefit of students in areas where there may not be such reliable internet connectivity, maybe not much reliable electricity. At that time they said that they are a relatively small company with limited research resources, so could not pursue that sort of exploration. I wonder if they might utilize the SMILE Plug. Just a thought.
But about connecting - what Dr. Kim has moved towards with the SMILE Plugs is framed within an essential basic premise - that students should be at the center of their exploration of learning.
This is part of the Seeds of Empowerment initiative. I'll try to explore this as things move forward.
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