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Author Archives: colinfraser
Lagging behind our cleverness!
A friend of mine asked me what did I mean by this passage: [NOTE: The computer is similar to the motor car in this, we are still trying to come to grips with that technology as well. …] in a … Continue reading
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Goodbye DER and hello BYOD!
DER funding to Australian schools is coming to an end. So what is next? I was asked to review the options of a school at the start of this year and this is what I found. I thought I would … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
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Perspectives in Time
I know this seems like a grandiose title, but there is something I wrote a little while ago about the Villians of the piece. The last of the three villians named has died. Ronnie Reagan went first, then Milton Friedmann, … Continue reading
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Society – pursuit of a myth
More random thoughts. Why do we have a society? We clump together to do things for ourselves, to and for each other. We claim it is for mutual protection. What? Are we like schools of sardines on their annual migration … Continue reading
Chaos out of time
Well, it has been a very busy Xmas period and it is not stopping yet. New job, new rules, new ideas, new people, and lots and lots of new things to get used to. Pity there is only 24 hours … Continue reading
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Insanity, thy name is “gun”.
Ah… just another in a long string of anti-firearms blogs. Well, I hope not, but it probably will be. Here are some comments I have heard or read, and my responses: “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” How inane … Continue reading
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Schools are in trouble everywhere.
Winston Churchill once remarked that the deeper you look into the past, the further you can see into the future. Well, you do not have to look too far into the past the see why public education in the Western … Continue reading
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Looking for eternity in Rome!
Paris and Rome are two of the great cities of the world. (London, Beijing, Dehli, Damascus, Jerusalem, Berlin, Stockholm, Alexandra, Athens, Istanbul, Singapore are, IMNSHO, the others. Tokyo, Saigon, Bangkok, Cairo, Mumbai, Jalalahbad, Kuala Lumpur, Manilla, Zurich are high up … Continue reading
Eating myself thin!
The food in Europe is great. Not really large portions, but of high quality compared to our normal fare. Compared to each others, it varies. Believe it or not, I weighed less when I came home than what I did … Continue reading
Learning the World!
Two weeks, almost, in Europe. Flying around is the only way to do it, but from Oz, it is a long, long flight. Once again, I am struck by how remote we really are in Australia. Not just in distance, either. … Continue reading
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