Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Fight the fearmongers

One of the biggest things standing in the way of student technology usage in schools is adults’ fear.

Over at the Blue Skunk Blog, Doug Johnson posted a message from our mutual friend and Internet safety guru Nancy Willard that described all of the fearmongering that she’s seeing as she travels the country. In the comments to Doug’s post, John Pederson said that there’s no ‘sticky’ message to counter the fearmongering.

So Doug’s sponsoring a contest. Come up with the best ‘sticky’ message and win a prize from Doug. All submissions are due November 1 so get yours in soon!

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

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Laurie Santos

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