Unfair comparisons…

Fruits at the Outdoor Market, originally uploaded by VancityAllie. I’ve now seen this NY Times article mentioned once on Facebook, twice on Twitter, and again on WordPress. Yet, I can’t tell if anyone actually read the original article. Is it just me? I don’t understand how they come up with the byline, “Technology Schools Faces [...]

Convergence

  San Francisco – Golden Gate Bridge, originally uploaded by Olivander. BY-NC-SA, Oliver Hammond The last several posts have focused on how sustainability can be used as a model for the selection and adoption of learning technologies. One indicator of a sustainable technology is convergence – to what degree does the emerging technology support (or [...]

The Tablet as Sustainable Learning Technology

The iPad 2 and Motorola Xoom tablets were released in the past couple of weeks, both of which will likely bring new opportunities for mobile learning. What’s the Story ebook on iPad and iPhone, originally uploaded by shiftstigma. The first time I saw an iPad I thought “what’s the difference between that and my iPod [...]

Sustainability and Mobile Technology

Blackboard Mobile Learn, originally uploaded by jrhode. According to the New Media Consortium’s annual Horizon Report, mobile learning continues to be one of the fastest growing emerging technologies for teaching and learning. Smartphones and tablets are becoming the preferred method for accessing the Internet. You may find the majority of your students already have smartphones [...]

How’re ya holdin up?

We define “sustainable” as that which has the capacity to endure. In other words, it holds up over time – like this bronze statue of Atlas I found on Flickr. Bronze has been around since – well, the bronze age – and continues to be the medium of choice by sculptors wishing to have their [...]

Sustainable Sustainability

Yesterday I finally took all of the cardboard boxes from the garage to the recycling center. After only four months (since moving here) I somehow managed to fill half of one bay. Arriving at the recycling center, I found ten or so large dumpsters with sliding doors in the lids. Looking to see which one [...]