A Whole New Mind - Book Summary and Resources

 Daniel Pink: Abundance, Asia and Automation in 1 minute.

To get a quick overview of the key concepts see these mind maps here

View the slideshow below for a presentation about the book:

Whole New Mind Techtuneup

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To download a superb pdf complete summary of the whole book click here

A video summary of the book with key quotes and concepts

A great playlist of Daniel Pink's quick tips on everything from choosing a major to career advice

The World is Flat - Book Summary & Resources

This book inspired this blog and changed the direction of my career and teaching philosophy. An absolute must read for any educator or parent in the 21st century.

Read

For a chapter by chapter summary click here

For Friedman's overall summary click here

To buy the paperback on amazon click here.

Watch

Thomas Friedman's 48 minute videoat MIT: The World is Flat 3.0

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Check out some of my favorite presentations on slideshare

Caution: Friedman’s concepts will keep you up at night.

Leaderhsip + Technology = Tribes

Tribes is a book about new leadership form using technology to connect people and ideas.

Watch the TED presentation

Check out the mind map

Interview with a mind map of a lot of his concepts.

Check out his blog

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

Read the Book

To buy his book click here

100 Most Inspiring Innovative Educator Blogs and Podcast

100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators Useful index of the leading educational innovators.

Reflections on the Digital Divide

I like Wikipedia 's definition

"The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no access at all."

Because of that key word "effective" access. I am glad to see that we are not simply looking at whether or not all have access.

I also agree Jacob Nielsen's Digital Divide: Three Stages framework.

Stage 1: Economic

However with the One Laptop Per Child $100 Laptop and Walmart & Google partnering to make a $200 desktop , I don't foresee this to be as big of a problem as time brings the price of hardware down and software becomes free with the rise of free and open source software and cloud computings free Web 2.0 Apps.

Stage 2: Usability

Design principles like Ben Shneiderman's Universal Usability have helped made it easier for averages to access and use the web but there is still more work to be don. Nielsen also argues literacy skill also should be considered. I would add digital literacy skills are another area that prevents users to maximize effective use of the web.

Stage 3: Empowerment Divide

I think this is the most critical area. It is not just an access and usability gap but I think the greatest digital divide is in the participatory gap. It is sad when we have all this power at our fingertips and most don't use the web in ways that can really empower and enhance their lives. Web 2.0 has begun to transform the web from a read only to a more read write web .

Final Thought:
I see education as our only hope to break this digital divide. Schools need to start looking at digital literacy as just as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic.

More about on Digital Divide

Click here for a great collection of Digital Divide writings
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Connectivism Learning Theory

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Image Source: http://www.visual-mapping.com/2008/03/connectivism-learning-theory-for.html

Click through the presentation below:

Connectivism - Personal Learning Networks for 21st Century Teachers

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Read Siemen's 2004 piece Connectivism: Learning Theory for the Digital Age where he first introduced this new theory

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

Check out, download, and read the evolution of the classic Bloom's Taxonomy into the Digital Bloom's Taxonomy  at http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy

Mind Mapping: A Guide & Resources

What

Image Source

Why

Must watch video below by the father of mind mapping Tony Buzan

Read about the right and left hemisphere brain thinking

Bottom line it is the natural way the brain thinks, learns, and remembers.

How


Watch another great video:

Click on the image above to zoom in. From IQMatrix.com

Listen to an excellent podcast about mind mapping.

Download XMind a free concept mapping software

For more videos on mind mapping see http://blog.iqmatrix.com/videos

For some examples of mind maps see http://blog.iqmatrix.com/mind-map-image-gallery