Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

I’m not good at math. I’m not very good at computers.

The personal computer has been around for about 30 years. For most of us, the Internet has been around for about 10 years. And yet we still have a sizable percentage of teachers and administrators who can barely work their computers. What does this say about us as educators? As employees of supposed learning organizations who purportedly are all about ‘life-long learning?’

Is saying “I’m not very good at computers” the modern counterpart to “I’m not good at math” (both typically accompanied by a chuckle and a c’est la vie hand wave as if it didn’t matter)?

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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

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

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a group of five matches on a pink background.

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Laurie Santos

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