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THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010




           Wednesday, July 7, 2010
       The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
  By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010


              OMG!




           Wednesday, July 7, 2010
       The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
  By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010


       OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
   AT THE GATE!




            Wednesday, July 7, 2010
        The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
   By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010


       OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
   AT THE GATE!




            Wednesday, July 7, 2010
        The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
   By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010


       OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
   AT THE GATE!
. . . . OH, WAIT, IT MIGHT
        BE THE MESSIAH




             Wednesday, July 7, 2010
         The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
    By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
We are going to talk about
 the continuing revolution
  in literacy and media . . .
and what new/digital media
   means for society and
      especially for you
     (teachers, students,
           schools)
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Before we tackle how one
  Egyptian diety created
   written language . . .
Before we tackle how one
    Egyptian diety created
     written language . . .

 . . . and how that led to literacy
       and ultimately to Instant
Messaging and Twitter and what
       looks like the end of the
literate world as we know it . . .
Before we tackle how one
     Egyptian diety created
      written language . . .

 . . . and how that led to literacy
       and ultimately to Instant
Messaging and Twitter and what
       looks like the end of the
literate world as we know it . . .

. . . let me establish my bona fides
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Three decades in media:
Three decades in media:
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
      Editorial writer at the
      Boston Globe;
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
      Editorial writer at the
      Boston Globe;
      Creator of AOL’s Digital City
      in Boston, other cities
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
      Editorial writer at the
      Boston Globe;
      Creator of AOL’s Digital City
      in Boston, other cities
      Launched my own new
      media consulting company
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
      Editorial writer at the
      Boston Globe;
      Creator of AOL’s Digital City
      in Boston, other cities
      Launched my own new
      media consulting company
      Launched more free dailies
      than any U.S. editor;
Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:

      Editor of an international
      newspaper group;
      Editorial writer at the
      Boston Globe;
      Creator of AOL’s Digital City
      in Boston, other cities
      Launched my own new
      media consulting company
      Launched more free dailies
      than any U.S. editor;
      Plus, I hold a teaching degree!
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater
More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater
More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater




I’ve played “Mother Ginger” (the big gal) in The Nutcracker in Boston for 15 years.
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
OK, back to that
blasted Egyptian diety
OK, back to that
blasted Egyptian diety
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
His name is Thoth,
and it’s all his fault . . .
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
According to the Egyptians
and Greeks, the god Thoth
  created hieroglyphics
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
            of critical information) has been in constant flux
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
From tablet . . . to tablet
From tablet . . . to tablet
From tablet . . . to tablet
From tablet . . . to tablet
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Every new development along the
  way was met with critics who
decried the latest “advance” as the
 end of the world as they knew it
Every new development along the
  way was met with critics who
decried the latest “advance” as the
 end of the world as they knew it


     What if critics got their
     wishes and the literacy
        revolutions never
           happened?
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
What if Charles Babbage never
 invented the first computer
What if Filo Farnsworth never
invented the first television?
What if Guglielmo Marconi
never invented the first radio?
What if Johannes Gutenberg never
 invented the first printing press?
Finally, what if the Egyptians never
invented papyrus and Thoth never
       created hieroglyphics?
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
We’d still be using tablets . . .
We’d still be using tablets . . .
We’d still be using tablets . . .




   . . . just not iPad tablets
We’d still be using tablets . . .




   . . . just not iPad tablets
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
  “Reading List” on a tablet
Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
  “Reading List” on a tablet


          A real one
Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
  “Reading List” on a tablet


          A real one


           Here it is
Just for fun, I tried recreating
     Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
       “Reading List” on a tablet


               A real one


                Here it is


And here it is as a new media document
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Recommended Reading/Viewing for Leadership Summit 2010
We came across much of this in the process of preparing The Summit, particularly the new-media session. Some is fun.
Some is serious. All is thought provoking. Try to review most of this before July 6. Enjoy and please feel free to add to
our list! Why not start a discussion “Forum” of favorite books, YouTubes, blogs Twitters, etc. on our Ning site?



   General
        •   TED TALKS: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
        •   Dan Pink: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
            http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395
        •   A white paper/manifesto community – readers approve proposals (on a mission to spread important ideas and
            change minds)
            http://changethis.com/page/show/frequently_asked_questions

   New Media Trends & Implications
        •   YouTube: Search for Flutter: The New Twitter
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
        •   Feeling the Heat: The Brain Holds Clues
            http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395
        •   Our ‘Deep Reading’ Brain: Its Digital Evolution Poses Questions
            http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102396
        •   Fortune Magazine ((Feb 11, 2010): The Future of Reading, by Josh Quittner
            http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/technology/tablet_ebooks_media.fortune/
        •   Epicenter Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated
            http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/reading-expands-study/
        •   Roll-Up Computers and Their Kin
            http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/weekinreview/27bilton.html?_r=2

   New Media & Education
        •   National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) & Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
            http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/future/2020learning
            (Also see IDA Perspectives, Vol 36, No.1, “2020 Learning Landscape: A Retrospective on Dyslexia”)
        •   140 Characters Conference (April 20-21, 2010) Social Media & Education: (Jeffpulver.com; nyc140conf.com)
            You may not have time for all these, but they’re worth dropping into and sampling to get an idea of h some
                                                                                                                 ow
            educators are using and thinking about Twitter. How much value? You be the judge.
                       1. Social Media & Education: Principal at a school in Philly that focuses on new media
                       http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1aecd658a6cd39eb2362
                       2. Real-Time Communication & Education: Panel
                       http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f1ce381cf1f9184a807a
                       3. Real-Time web & Education #2
                       http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=076c0ed5e054e2c3ed94
                       Kyle B. Pace: Teaching K-12 teachers about technology infusion (@kylepace)
                       Steven W. Anderson: Technology educator, blogger, co-creator of #edchat (@web20classroom)
                       Eric Sheniger: Principal of New Milford HS (NJ) (@NMHS_Principal)
                       Tom Whitby: Professor of English in Secondary Education (@tomwhitby)
                       4. The Twitter Kids of Tanzania
                       http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=098c3bdd707c30a687d7
                                                               th
                       5.twitter and Animal Farm (and some 8 graders)
                       http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=88d976ebce9d8fb3db81
                       George Haines, Technology Teacher, St. Philips and James School (@online73)
        •   World!s free virtual school – video university
            http://www.khanacademy.org/
   Books
        •   Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Forrester)
            http://www.forrester.com/Groundswell/index.html

        •   Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (Hubspot)
            http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470499311?ie=UTF8&tag=getfound-book-
            20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470499311




Cowen: Updated 7/2
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Enough
Enough

 I know I don’t have
to convince you that
progress in general is
    a good thing.
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
The real question is:
The real question is:
   Is new media
   a good thing?
NO!
NO!

Just kidding
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
The new digital
media could be
   the most
 powerful tool
ever created to
expand literacy
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
But new media
 could also be
  the greatest
 threat to the
 intellect that
   created it
But new media
 could also be
  the greatest
 threat to the
 intellect that
   created it
   EDWARD TENNER, 2006
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Like any new tool,
       new media’s success or failure
— its role as threat or benefit to literacy — 
             will be determined
               by how it’s used
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
Let’s look at another
  new “tool” as an
       example
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?
How about the internal combustion engine?




  Transforming tool or instrument of death?
How about the internal combustion engine?




   Transforming tool or instrument of death?

We don’t reject the car; we try to use it wisely
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
To give the new media critics
  their due, digital media is
 awash in bad stuff, offensive
    stuff, dangerous stuff
To give the new media critics
  their due, digital media is
 awash in bad stuff, offensive
    stuff, dangerous stuff

    Short stuff, mindless
     nuggets, a reading
        wasteland
New media and new literacy pt1 of 3
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New media and new literacy pt1 of 3

  • 1. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010 Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
  • 2. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010 OMG! Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
  • 3. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010 OMG! THE BARBARIANS ARE AT THE GATE! Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
  • 4. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010 OMG! THE BARBARIANS ARE AT THE GATE! Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
  • 5. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010 OMG! THE BARBARIANS ARE AT THE GATE! . . . . OH, WAIT, IT MIGHT BE THE MESSIAH Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
  • 7. We are going to talk about the continuing revolution in literacy and media . . . and what new/digital media means for society and especially for you (teachers, students, schools)
  • 9. Before we tackle how one Egyptian diety created written language . . .
  • 10. Before we tackle how one Egyptian diety created written language . . . . . . and how that led to literacy and ultimately to Instant Messaging and Twitter and what looks like the end of the literate world as we know it . . .
  • 11. Before we tackle how one Egyptian diety created written language . . . . . . and how that led to literacy and ultimately to Instant Messaging and Twitter and what looks like the end of the literate world as we know it . . . . . . let me establish my bona fides
  • 15. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including:
  • 16. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group;
  • 17. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group; Editorial writer at the Boston Globe;
  • 18. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group; Editorial writer at the Boston Globe; Creator of AOL’s Digital City in Boston, other cities
  • 19. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group; Editorial writer at the Boston Globe; Creator of AOL’s Digital City in Boston, other cities Launched my own new media consulting company
  • 20. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group; Editorial writer at the Boston Globe; Creator of AOL’s Digital City in Boston, other cities Launched my own new media consulting company Launched more free dailies than any U.S. editor;
  • 21. Three decades in media: 18 jobs in 38 years including: Editor of an international newspaper group; Editorial writer at the Boston Globe; Creator of AOL’s Digital City in Boston, other cities Launched my own new media consulting company Launched more free dailies than any U.S. editor; Plus, I hold a teaching degree!
  • 23. More importantly, I also have almost two decades of experience in “professional” theater
  • 24. More importantly, I also have almost two decades of experience in “professional” theater
  • 25. More importantly, I also have almost two decades of experience in “professional” theater I’ve played “Mother Ginger” (the big gal) in The Nutcracker in Boston for 15 years.
  • 27. OK, back to that blasted Egyptian diety
  • 28. OK, back to that blasted Egyptian diety
  • 31. His name is Thoth, and it’s all his fault . . .
  • 34. According to the Egyptians and Greeks, the god Thoth created hieroglyphics
  • 36. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
  • 37. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 38. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 39. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 40. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 41. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 42. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 43. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 44. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 45. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 46. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 47. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 48. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . . . . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery of critical information) has been in constant flux
  • 50. From tablet . . . to tablet
  • 51. From tablet . . . to tablet
  • 52. From tablet . . . to tablet
  • 53. From tablet . . . to tablet
  • 55. Every new development along the way was met with critics who decried the latest “advance” as the end of the world as they knew it
  • 56. Every new development along the way was met with critics who decried the latest “advance” as the end of the world as they knew it What if critics got their wishes and the literacy revolutions never happened?
  • 59. What if Charles Babbage never invented the first computer
  • 60. What if Filo Farnsworth never invented the first television?
  • 61. What if Guglielmo Marconi never invented the first radio?
  • 62. What if Johannes Gutenberg never invented the first printing press?
  • 63. Finally, what if the Egyptians never invented papyrus and Thoth never created hieroglyphics?
  • 65. We’d still be using tablets . . .
  • 66. We’d still be using tablets . . .
  • 67. We’d still be using tablets . . . . . . just not iPad tablets
  • 68. We’d still be using tablets . . . . . . just not iPad tablets
  • 70. Just for fun, I tried recreating Carolyn’s Leadership Summit “Reading List” on a tablet
  • 71. Just for fun, I tried recreating Carolyn’s Leadership Summit “Reading List” on a tablet A real one
  • 72. Just for fun, I tried recreating Carolyn’s Leadership Summit “Reading List” on a tablet A real one Here it is
  • 73. Just for fun, I tried recreating Carolyn’s Leadership Summit “Reading List” on a tablet A real one Here it is And here it is as a new media document
  • 75. Recommended Reading/Viewing for Leadership Summit 2010 We came across much of this in the process of preparing The Summit, particularly the new-media session. Some is fun. Some is serious. All is thought provoking. Try to review most of this before July 6. Enjoy and please feel free to add to our list! Why not start a discussion “Forum” of favorite books, YouTubes, blogs Twitters, etc. on our Ning site? General • TED TALKS: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s • Dan Pink: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395 • A white paper/manifesto community – readers approve proposals (on a mission to spread important ideas and change minds) http://changethis.com/page/show/frequently_asked_questions New Media Trends & Implications • YouTube: Search for Flutter: The New Twitter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s • Feeling the Heat: The Brain Holds Clues http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395 • Our ‘Deep Reading’ Brain: Its Digital Evolution Poses Questions http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102396 • Fortune Magazine ((Feb 11, 2010): The Future of Reading, by Josh Quittner http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/technology/tablet_ebooks_media.fortune/ • Epicenter Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/reading-expands-study/ • Roll-Up Computers and Their Kin http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/weekinreview/27bilton.html?_r=2 New Media & Education • National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) & Universal Design for Learning (UDL) http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/future/2020learning (Also see IDA Perspectives, Vol 36, No.1, “2020 Learning Landscape: A Retrospective on Dyslexia”) • 140 Characters Conference (April 20-21, 2010) Social Media & Education: (Jeffpulver.com; nyc140conf.com) You may not have time for all these, but they’re worth dropping into and sampling to get an idea of h some ow educators are using and thinking about Twitter. How much value? You be the judge. 1. Social Media & Education: Principal at a school in Philly that focuses on new media http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1aecd658a6cd39eb2362 2. Real-Time Communication & Education: Panel http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f1ce381cf1f9184a807a 3. Real-Time web & Education #2 http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=076c0ed5e054e2c3ed94 Kyle B. Pace: Teaching K-12 teachers about technology infusion (@kylepace) Steven W. Anderson: Technology educator, blogger, co-creator of #edchat (@web20classroom) Eric Sheniger: Principal of New Milford HS (NJ) (@NMHS_Principal) Tom Whitby: Professor of English in Secondary Education (@tomwhitby) 4. The Twitter Kids of Tanzania http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=098c3bdd707c30a687d7 th 5.twitter and Animal Farm (and some 8 graders) http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=88d976ebce9d8fb3db81 George Haines, Technology Teacher, St. Philips and James School (@online73) • World!s free virtual school – video university http://www.khanacademy.org/ Books • Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Forrester) http://www.forrester.com/Groundswell/index.html • Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (Hubspot) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470499311?ie=UTF8&tag=getfound-book- 20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470499311 Cowen: Updated 7/2
  • 78. Enough I know I don’t have to convince you that progress in general is a good thing.
  • 81. The real question is: Is new media a good thing?
  • 82. NO!
  • 85. The new digital media could be the most powerful tool ever created to expand literacy
  • 87. But new media could also be the greatest threat to the intellect that created it
  • 88. But new media could also be the greatest threat to the intellect that created it EDWARD TENNER, 2006
  • 90. Like any new tool, new media’s success or failure — its role as threat or benefit to literacy —  will be determined by how it’s used
  • 92. Let’s look at another new “tool” as an example
  • 94. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 95. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 96. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 97. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 98. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 99. How about the internal combustion engine?
  • 100. How about the internal combustion engine? Transforming tool or instrument of death?
  • 101. How about the internal combustion engine? Transforming tool or instrument of death? We don’t reject the car; we try to use it wisely
  • 103. To give the new media critics their due, digital media is awash in bad stuff, offensive stuff, dangerous stuff
  • 104. To give the new media critics their due, digital media is awash in bad stuff, offensive stuff, dangerous stuff Short stuff, mindless nuggets, a reading wasteland

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  10. The Egyptians: author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. The Greeks: the inventor of astronomy, astrology, the science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory.
  11. The Egyptians: author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. The Greeks: the inventor of astronomy, astrology, the science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory.