Back to Boston and the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

It is wonderful to return to my roots as a technology-maker-stem-integrator at BB&N – the apex of my career in Art and Technology. Many old friends are here, and new ones being made. Learning so much!

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Technology is Expensive …

Is it always the best solution? At the end of the day one needs to review the total technology budget of any school and divide it by the number of students. This gives you an benchmark to  compare to the effectiveness of technology between schools. The key questions to ask are what do we want the outcomes to be? When they go across the stage at graduation, what skills do we want the next generation to have with them? What will the workspace and community be like in 5 years? The world is flat and we are all connected across the planet in real time.

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Reading and Technology

This article about reading from today’s New York Times is very important. I read the Times and Economist without fail. I believe in the happenchance of reading things that you may not immediately find of interest. Somehow it all adds up.

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The Magic of Analog in a Digital Era

We have un-earthed old films from Millbrook. Using a projector I found in the trash years ago we are digitizing old films from Millbrook.

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Preparing for the Future …

What is the future workplace like? Let’s see the research

 

 

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Guiding Principles of Democracy in Cyberspace

A few years old but well worth a read … Leadership in technology only comes from trust and leading by example. internationalstrategy_cyberspace

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Programming Curriculum

Wouldn’t it be interesting to understand better how I think? Here are the details of a class I have put together over the past three years. Foundations of Programming Castell

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Testing Virtual Reality in the Arts …

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Technology Associates Program 2017

Keep on Trucking Ladies …

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Off to Mohonk and NEIT

A place to reflect and connect. What more can we do to support libraries as the gatekeepers of 21st century skills?

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