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The world is talking. Are you Listening?

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The world is talking. Are you Listening?

Milton Ramirez March 03, 2010

Global Voices = Global Learning. Many interesting things are coming in Global Voices ( GV ). Certainly, we found it useful to share the short but ve…

Is Google/Internet Making Us Stupid?

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Is Google/Internet Making Us Stupid?

Milton Ramirez March 02, 2010

Last year, pundit Nicholas Carr made the case saying Google was making us stupid. And that happened about a year. Since then, other authors had pit…

Why PPT Seems to Be So Widely Used in #eLearning

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Why PPT Seems to Be So Widely Used in #eLearning

Milton Ramirez February 27, 2010

Instructional design does not influence people's use of new technologies. Industrial designers, Software engineers, UX Designers, they are the o…

Firing All Educators Is Ineffective

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Firing All Educators Is Ineffective

Milton Ramirez February 24, 2010

At this point, you are familiar with what is happening in Central Falls, Rhode Island, where 74 teachers were set on fire after the school committee …

Why Do Schools Need Instructional Technology Integrators

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Why Do Schools Need Instructional Technology Integrators

Milton Ramirez February 22, 2010

Edutwist We’ve run out of room in our schools for the clunky technology of yesterday, both figuratively and literally. We need to get rid of the old …

Che: The Fleetingness of his Dead

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Che: The Fleetingness of his Dead

Milton Ramirez February 20, 2010

Over 40 years transcended since the assassination of El Che. I was born in the 60's and the first Milton grew up comparing capitalism and social…