Tying it all together

Making a final post is difficult. At least thats what I found out. And how much of a final post could you do with the summary that Denis had done. He wrapped it all together quite nicely. but I will do this anyway.

My presentation on the Pencil vs. The Computer just got broader and broader as I explored the linkages. Didnt know it would become this broad when I started the exploration. I finally settled on the history bit. I realised it provided the context for future comparisons.

Talking about comparisons, it does provide a certain aspect to learning - questioning, like Heidegger would call it. But Plato would do the same thing, comparing sunshine with darkness, knowledge with ignorance, of course in relative terms. And in the process of questioning, comparisons, we will seek to understand globalisation or globalism and why it has made its way into education, or is it education that has made its way into globalism/globalisation. How much of a viscious cylce is it? And why does one want to eat the other up? While we figure this out Madden would add to the equation by seeking answers to why the city does not want to leave him and why it has this strong hold on him. Answers, answers, we seek answers to age old instructional videos - the Jap zero and what it means to education, education spend, budgets, the whole spectrum of educational technology. But do answers come? As we tied them up in TED conferences? Slide rules, pencils, PLEs, PLNs, holograms, etc.

And then we come back full cycle. Do we have more questions? Yes. Have there been answers to some? Yes. Is our questioning more intense and can we talk with more facts with the intensity of the Innis mode? Yes. So it never stops.

See why its hard to make a final post?