Category Archives: Education

The problem with the “future of education”

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

There’s been a lot of interest in the future of education in recent years. We see this in the “schools of the future”, “classrooms of the future”, funding opportunities to develop “Education for Tomorrow” and numerous foresight programs focusing on … Continue reading →

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Who will help me make-up the future after Iain Banks is gone?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

Iain (M.) Banks, creator of one of the grandest and most provocative contemporary visions of the future, has announced that he has terminal cancer. Banks is a well-known Scottish writer who publishes under both Iain Banks (his own brand of … Continue reading →

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Seamless technology integration in a program designed by and for high school students

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

I came across a video recently about a program offered at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, MA, a public school where high school students have the option of completing their final year with an independent study program. The … Continue reading →

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How 3D printing will change everything – including education

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

Edit: This article is getting a lot of attention so I’ve decided that some more background info on 3D printing is in order since I only briefly describe the technology. For more info see these TED Talks on 3D printing: … Continue reading →

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The ‘best educational systems in the world’?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

An article published on the BBC News website yesterday on “successful” educational systems introduces the topic in a very odd and misinformed manner. The article takes a very brief look at educational systems in Finland, Hong Kong, and South Korea, … Continue reading →

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Filter Bubbles: A challenge for information literacy in the 21st century

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

The future is a strange beast. We’re always actively constructing it but we never know what the future will actually be. A seemingly insignificant occurrence in the present can emerge as the essential foundation of a future construct and, what’s … Continue reading →