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Khipu: Ancient Peruvian Computers

Posted on January 18, 2022 by geoffcain

What is a “khipu”? A khipu (also know as a “quipu”) is an ingenious Incan counting and record keeping system. According to the British Museum, it was first introduced by the Wari and further developed by the Incas. A khipu … Continue reading →

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The Future of Education: The Class of 1989

Posted on August 3, 2021 by geoffcain

This article is reproduced here for annotation purposes and is from an archived copy at www.archive.org. Basically what I would like to accomplish here is to apply some of the ideas that Audrey Watter’s applied to Skinner in her book … Continue reading →

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Engelbart: On Teaching Programming

Posted on February 20, 2019 by geoffcain

This is my expanded response to the Jon Udell video that is part of the Annnotating Engelbart project. I appreciate the time Jon took to participate in this work. In Jon’s discussion with Gardner, he wonders if it is practical … Continue reading →

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Seeing Ourselves Through Technology

Posted on August 20, 2017 by geoffcain

I just finished reading Jill Walker-Rettberg’s 2014 book Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves. There are so many things I love about this book, but because I am so passionate … Continue reading →

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Drones and Education: a view from above

Posted on October 11, 2016 by geoffcain

Now I am not going to pretend like I am doing anything right now with drones except having a lot of fun and taking some interesting pictures. But I am in the education field and I have been reading articles … Continue reading →

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Edu Tech Time Machine

Posted on January 16, 2016 by geoffcain

This should be filed under “the-more-things-change-the-more-they-remain-the-same” if I had such a file. I was waiting in the library for a faculty member to return from a meeting the other day and I took off the shelf the Jan. 1960 copy … Continue reading →

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Prisoner106: The First Week

Posted on July 4, 2015 by geoffcain

This week we are focusing on three episodes: “The Arrival,” “Free for All,” and “Dance of the Dead.” I love the episode “The Arrival” – I think McGoohan’s performance is electric: he is manic, brutal, pacing back and forth in … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of the Future of Education

Posted on December 5, 2014 by geoffcain

This is the presentation I did at DET/CHE on how the future is represented in media reflecting the promises and fears of technology with some of the implications for our vision of education: This is a subject I have been … Continue reading →

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