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Do schools kill creativity?

By Melanie, on September 4th, 2007

Sir Ken Robinson, from his TED talk on creativity

If you haven’t done so already, you must watch Sir Ken Robinson’s wonderful TED conference talk “Do schools kill creativity.” He’s got the timing and wit of a comedian combined with the uncommon insights into future of learning and business. View it here.

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Participatory Media Literacy 101

By Melanie, on September 3rd, 2007

Ross Mayfield and Howard Rheingold’s Participatory Media Education Resources offers the most thorough and succinct overview of participatory media I’ve found. From the introduction:

“Recent technological changes have made much wider social changes possible: Until the end of the twentieth century, only a relatively small and wealthy fraction of the human race could broadcast television [...]