Stepping Away from the Buzz
For the past two years, we had an Emachine desktop computer with a fan as loud as…well, as loud as a fan (ceiling fan?). Given that we have a couple of kids who have been exercising their vocal chords...
View ArticleNeil Postman and Media Ecology
Here is an older lecture from Neil Postman, presenting to the faculty and students at Calvin College. It is part 1 of 7. If the first part catches your interest, you can view the rest of them on...
View ArticleThe Luddvocate: Why Your Convictions Matter in the Digital World
At Educase 2006, Georgia Nugent, the then president of Kenyon College gave a talk on “The Tower of Google.” You used to be able to listen to the entire talk here, but the link on their site stopped...
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A Coming Luddite Rebellion Among Educators?
In the early 19th century, textile artisans in England became displaced by new machinery and low-skilled workers. Groups rebelled by burning mills, damaging machinery, sending death threats, even...
View ArticleThe Luddites Lost, Workforce Development, and Man Versus Machine
Perhaps you’ve been in a room where someone is called a Luddite. Or, maybe a person proudly or sheepishly self-identifies as one. You likely know enough about the term to understand that it has...
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