Comments for The FordLog http://fordlog.com Peter Ford's Organised Chaos Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Passing the technology baton… to grassroots networks. by Peter Ford http://fordlog.com/?p=599&cpage=1#comment-20741 Peter Ford Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:48:28 +0000 http://fordlog.com/?p=599#comment-20741 Chris, Thanks for your comment re. home connection to the internet. I agree that we must continue to look for ways of narrowing the digital divide. The Home Access programme and other such schemes have certainly helped. I worry though that if home access was the main hinderance to future progress, why hasn't there been a massive measurable transformation of learning in the two-thirds that already enjoy it? I suspect that the brightness of the future is not wholly dependent on access, or finance, or technology itself - and rather more on the ability and capability of society to make the cultural shifts required to embrace the educational potential of ICT. Thanks! Really got me thinking:-) Chris,
Thanks for your comment re. home connection to the internet. I agree that we must continue to look for ways of narrowing the digital divide. The Home Access programme and other such schemes have certainly helped.
I worry though that if home access was the main hinderance to future progress, why hasn’t there been a massive measurable transformation of learning in the two-thirds that already enjoy it?
I suspect that the brightness of the future is not wholly dependent on access, or finance, or technology itself – and rather more on the ability and capability of society to make the cultural shifts required to embrace the educational potential of ICT.
Thanks! Really got me thinking:-)

]]> Comment on Passing the technology baton… to grassroots networks. by mike mcsharry http://fordlog.com/?p=599&cpage=1#comment-20739 mike mcsharry Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:23:36 +0000 http://fordlog.com/?p=599#comment-20739 very positive article - just -re-tweeted it to my lists definitely worth a read Mike very positive article – just -re-tweeted it to my lists definitely worth a read
Mike

]]> Comment on Passing the technology baton… to grassroots networks. by Stuart Sutherland » Blog Archive » Grassroots leadership of learning and technology http://fordlog.com/?p=599&cpage=1#comment-20736 Stuart Sutherland » Blog Archive » Grassroots leadership of learning and technology Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:49:29 +0000 http://fordlog.com/?p=599#comment-20736 [...] Ford makes this case very persuasively in his blog post ‘Passing the technology baton? to grassroots networks‘ and Martin Wheeler did likewise in his post ‘The sun sets on [...] [...] Ford makes this case very persuasively in his blog post ‘Passing the technology baton? to grassroots networks‘ and Martin Wheeler did likewise in his post ‘The sun sets on [...]

]]> Comment on Passing the technology baton… to grassroots networks. by Stuart Sutherland http://fordlog.com/?p=599&cpage=1#comment-20732 Stuart Sutherland Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:57:49 +0000 http://fordlog.com/?p=599#comment-20732 Peter, this is a really strong and persuasive blog post that I think gives us real grounds for optimism about the future leadership of learning via technology. great comments too on how we should be harnessing technology for more impactful CPD too. Your post has prompted me to write something similar on my own (and new) blog here: http://stuartsutherland.com/2010/07/influencing-beyond-the-echo-chamber/ Thanks for the encouraging and reassuring stimulation. Peter, this is a really strong and persuasive blog post that I think gives us real grounds for optimism about the future leadership of learning via technology. great comments too on how we should be harnessing technology for more impactful CPD too.

Your post has prompted me to write something similar on my own (and new) blog here:

http://stuartsutherland.com/2010/07/influencing-beyond-the-echo-chamber/

Thanks for the encouraging and reassuring stimulation.

]]> Comment on Passing the technology baton… to grassroots networks. by cyberdoyle http://fordlog.com/?p=599&cpage=1#comment-20729 cyberdoyle Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:23:11 +0000 http://fordlog.com/?p=599#comment-20729 The future will never be bright until all schoolchildren have home access of a reasonable and affordable connection to the internet. At present a third of them don't. the final third. Until we get fibre to the homes of these children they can never access the levels of connectivity they will experience at school and university. Home learning and communication with educational establishments is key, and to do that we need ubiquitous comms infrastructure. just sayin. chris The future will never be bright until all schoolchildren have home access of a reasonable and affordable connection to the internet. At present a third of them don’t. the final third.
Until we get fibre to the homes of these children they can never access the levels of connectivity they will experience at school and university.
Home learning and communication with educational establishments is key, and to do that we need ubiquitous comms infrastructure. just sayin.
chris

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