1. Helene Blowers
Indianapolis Public Library
November 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drown/148206233/
2. "What matters here is technical capital, it's social capital. These
tools don't get socially interesting until they get
technologically boring. It isn't when the shiny new tools show
up that their uses start permeating; it's when everyone is able to take
them for granted.“
- Clay Shirky, Ted Talk 6/09
http://www.flickr.com/photos/milivoj/2166043959/
3. "Too much light often blinds gentlemen
of this sort. They cannot see the forest
for the trees."
- Musarion [1768], Canto II
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowmuse/309542801/
5. Reality ► The digital book revolution is forcing a massive evolution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndecember/2914192044/
7. Reality ► Mobile builds bridges faster
Six in 10 people around the world (60%) now have
cellphone subscriptions, signaling that mobile
phones are the communications technology of
choice, particularly in poor countries.
– UN Report, March 2, 2009
Up from 2002 – 15% Internet worldwide: 11%- 2002 >> 23% - 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wink/192265445/
9. Reality ► Augmenting is the new information window
http://blog.stratepedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/42A94156-89A4-4D61-84FA-FE426B647889.jpg
20. “As many newspapers struggle to stay
economically viable, fewer than half of
Americans (43%) say that losing their local
newspaper would hurt civic life in their
community "a lot."
Pew Research Study: Stop the Presses (March 12, 2009 )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gog/21039882/
26. It’s not the
death of the
book to
fear…
it’s our
dependency on
formats
as our community
(service delivery)
value!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilzosia/2585184283/
37. The Information Age, is an idea that
the current age will be characterized by the
ability of individuals to transfer
information freely, and to have instant
access to knowledge that would have
been difficult or impossible to find
previously.
- Wikipedia, 9/09
54. What is Play?
Play is the
highest form
of human
activity
- Nietzsche philosophy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnadi/18067074
55. “Play is the
highest form
of research”
- Albert Einstein
http://www.flickr.com/photos/devcentre/335708735/
56. “Play is the highest
expression of
human
development in
childhood.”.
-Friedrich Froebel
(1782- 1852)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madmetal/2208315035/
57. Play is the “free
expression of
what is in a
child’s soul,”
giving “ joy,
freedom,
contentment,
inner and outer
rest, [and] peace
with the world.”
-Friedrich Froebel
Father of kindergarten
60. What’s necessary for Play?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onegoodbumblebee/1444006597/
61. Name the toy?
Over 200 million sold each year
1st sold as a commercial toy in 1940
1st known image of toy – 1648 painting
Best selling toy worldwide ever !
http://flickr.com/photos/jupac/2675420204/
69. My Slides are @
www.slideshare.net/hblowers
Helene Blowers
heleneblowers.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/2961213279/
Editor's Notes
Rember I’m a trend watcher. So this is what I’ve noticed
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/02/un-telecommunications.html http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41586-113.html Two thirds of the world’s cell phone subscriptions are in developing nations, with the highest growth rate in Africa where a quarter of the population now has a mobile, a United Nations agency said on Friday. While just 1 in 50 Africans had a mobile in the year 2000, now 28 percent have a cellular subscription, according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The world has more than three times more mobile cellular subscriptions than fixed telephone lines, and in some countries in Asia and Europe people have more than one contract each, pushing the mobile access rate above 100 percent.
The story of the Phoenix is as old as time. The tale of a bird burning itself every 500 years in order to renew its immortality has been passed through all major civilizations since the ancients Greeks. Sensing old age and lackluster, the mystical bird collects kindling and fans its own fire while nesting upon the flames. From the ashes of the old Phoenix, a young and beautiful Phoenix is reborn. By overcoming fire, death, and old age, the Phoenix represents triumph over adversity and rebirth into glory, thereby providing hope and constancy.
he handprint to the right is a cave painting drawn 32,000 years ago and is the oldest portrait of man. On the walls of Chauvet Cave in southern France, the artist used the technology of his day, tinted charcoal dust blown through a straw, to create a simple, yet powerful icon of human-ness. This image captures the essence of human-centered computing. Much like the Paleolithic beings, we still use technology to relate to, understand and depict the world around us, still trying to say "I am here. I am human."
The People’s University The community’s Living Room The marketplace of ideas
The People’s University The community’s Living Room The marketplace of ideas
Friedrich Froebel created Kindergarten (1837 first school Kindergarten) 19 th century The name Kindergarten signifies both a garden for children, a location where they can observe and interact with nature, and also a garden of children, where they themselves can grow and develop in freedom from arbitrary political and social imperatives. In 1837, having developed and tested a radically new educational method and philosophy based on structured, activity based learning, Froebel moved to Bad Blankenburg and established his Play and Activity Institute which he renamed in 1840 Kindergarten ." The kindergarten was essentially tri-partite: toys for sedentary creative play (these Froebel called gifts and occupations ) games and dances for healthy activity observing and nurturing plants in a garden for stimulating awareness of the natural world It was a search for metaphysical unity , in which the potential growth to wholeness of the individual child within the natural world would fulfil an harmonious ideal within the mind of God. " Peter Weston in The Froebel Educational Institute : the Origins and History of the College Froebel's philosophy of education were based on the concepts of free self-expression, creativity, social activity, and motor ability and work.
Within 20 years of Frobeol’s death died in 1852 ( 1872) , Kindergarten was mandatory in western Eurpore for all childrem
Froebel developed a specific set of 20 "gifts" and "occupations" - physical objects such as balls, blocks, and sticks - for children to use in the kindergarten. Froebel carefully designed these gifts to help children recognize and appreciate the common patterns and forms found in nature. Froebel's gifts were eventually distributed throughout the world, deeply influencing the development of generations of young children.
Global Toy Sales Reached $71.96 Billion in 2007 and Expected to Top $86.3 Billion in 2010 Us = 30 billion 75 million children under 18 roughly $400/child