O Tesli, a u stvari o…
Priča o Tesli i premeštanju njegove urne je najmanje priča o samom premeštanju urne, a mnogo više o tome ko to radi, zbog čega, i na koji način.
SAD 2012 – Disrupt Education
Dok mi čekamo da stigne novi obećani katalog zanimanja (koji će da promoviše zvanja koja lepo zvuče i navodno garantuje znanje iza tih zvanja), i dok se borba između studenata i Univerziteta vodi oko broja ispitnih rokova umesto ponude znanja, a političari dolaze na promociju nove školske godine da se fotkaju sa dugonogim sojkama i poruče da će biti na istim pozicijama i kad ovi diplomiraju (to je, valjda ohrabrenje), neko tamo daleko, preko bare, radi sa najvećim kompanijama na inovacijama i podizanju obrazovanja i edukacije na sasvim novi nivo.
MIT Media Lab names Joichi Ito a new director
MIT named Joi Ito as a Director of their Media Lab. Read on to learn what’s so special about it…
Share Conference 2011, Belgrade
What an extraordinary experience! And I’m not saying experience just like that… This was simply all but an usual conference. It’s so different (to anything happened so far in Belgrade) that I continuously struggled to explain people where the hell I am and what kind of a gathering that is.
Sir Ken Robinson trying to change education paradigms
Recently I saw his latest work – the most explicite and eloquent explanation of why our education systems need to be changed, and moreover why we need to completely change our way of thinking.
Notes and Neurons
Bobby McFerrin, famous author of “Don’t worry, be happy” song, participates at World Science Forum and shows the power of Pentatonic scale.
Emotions
It’s not easy to define emotions.
No, really, it’s not… Try to define an emotion yourself.
Is it a feeling? Nope, I don’t think so – you feel an emotion, so they are connected, but it’s not the same thing.
Internationalization
Apparently, this text is around for some time, but somehow it hasn’t reached me earlier until Sandra sent it via e-mail today… This speech is done by Cristovam Buarque (Professor of Brasilia University, ex-governor of Brasilia, D.F. and Brazilian Senator) at New York University back in 2000. After reading it, I immediately felt connected, as it …