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jean-francois · Feb 2, 01:04 pm
thoroughly enjoyed this video from tom haugomat & bruno mangyoku
Jean-François (2009) from tom haugomat & bruno mangyoku on Vimeo.
A short film directed by Bruno MANGYOKU and Tom HAUGOMAT
thanks to Louis TARDIVIER, Mathilde OLLITRAUT-BERNARD, Manuel TANON-TCHI, Vincent MAHE, Alexandre POIRIER, Hélène VAYSSIERES, ARTE FRANCE, COMPTOIR DU SON, CUBE COMPUTER CREATIVE COMPANY.
Received the "Jean Luc Xiberras de la première oeuvre" award in ANNECY FESTIVAL 2010
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does technology have a place in education? · Oct 23, 12:41 pm
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html
The NYT published this article about some people who are educating their kids in a technology-free environment.
I’m a huge fan of the basics – I work with my 5 year old on spelling, reading, math – all with a pencil and paper, but I also appreciate that he’ll spend more time and more focus working through a game on my iPad then he will with a pencil and paper at the kitchen table.
The story has a quote from Alan Eagle who’s daughter attends the school: “The idea that an app on an iPad can better teach my kids to read or do arithmetic, that’s ridiculous.” And I heartily agree – if you expect your iPad or your Television to teach your child to read – you’re not going to be successful. But if you only used pens, and not pencils – because pencils can’t teach your kids to read – that seems short sighted. Technology is a tool, and if you use it to widen the opportunities of your children, and widen their experience then I think it’s useful. If you expect the tool to do the work – you’re a poor craftsperson.
Also, while I appreciate that for some families and kids this makes sense, I think one of the audiences that would be left behind is anyone with a disability that would need adaptive support. Something as simple as a visual impairment would mean that a child may need a supportive device (iPad, laptop) to experience the same learning as the rest of the class. Some kids with cognition issues, or focus issues would also required some additional support.
I think there is definitely something to be said to have “quite days” or reduce our current dependancy on technology, and for some students this may make sense. However, I see a lot of value in technology, and think it’s a good tool in an educational toolbox.
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the most awkward 404 page on the internet · Jul 12, 01:25 pm
goes on.
and on.
to hilarity.
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bikey interview · May 25, 08:41 am
love the 3 year old perspective of bikes.
and the best bike shop on the planet
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one hour translation · May 12, 05:05 am
i didn’t think this speed of translation was possible. while it’s not cheap – one hour translation seems to have a good business model, enough languages to beat out google’s current auto-translate option and real people behind the translation. they’re centered in cypress and put their entire infrastructure on amazon’s cloud. if your website or project needs multilingual support – thiswould be a service to explore.
if you’ve used them already – drop me a comment and let me know how it went.
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