Tag: Carl Sagan

Comment: Nasa ‘re-masters’ classic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth.

Feb 17, 2020

in Note, Science

Carl Sagan, pale blue dot

The bright dot in the sunbeam on the far right in the image above is the “dot” being referred to. “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The…
I enjoyed reading (July)

Jul 30, 2014

in Note

artificial intelligence, Carl Sagan, communication, connectivism, garr reynolds, learning, luddite, massive open online course, networked learning, open assessment, open education, open learning, open networks, personal learning networks, science, spirituality

Artificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How to Treat You (Daniela Hernandez) Artificial intelligence is still in the very early stages of development–in so many ways, it can’t match our own intelligence–and computers certainly can’t replace doctors at the bedside. But today’s machines are capable of crunching vast amounts of data and identifying patterns that…
Cultivating curiosity

Apr 8, 2013

in Learning

Carl Sagan, curiosity, quotes, science

Carl Sagan is one of my favourite people in the world. Not only did he have his own sense of delight in discovery, but he could express it in ways that cultivated that sense in others.
Are we preparing students for life?

Feb 18, 2013

in Learning, Teaching

Carl Sagan, change, content, learning, life, science as a candle in the dark, teaching, tom whitby, transition

The following is an excerpt from Tom Whitby’s post, Are we preparing students for life? Content in past decades was slow to change. Even as advances were made in science, history, geography, and literature, the world itself moved at a slower pace, so time and change were less critical. We had a print media that…
I enjoyed reading (December)

Dec 31, 2012

in Note

arming teachers, Carl Sagan, critical thinking, educational reform, mobile devices, mobile learning, open education, science, scientific thinking, shooting, social media, stephen downes, www

I’m going to try something new on this blog. At the end of every month I’ll write a short post highlighting the things I particularly enjoyed reading. I found that simply pushing them into a Twitter or Google+ feed would tend to obfuscate them among all of the other things that I wanted to point…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-28

May 28, 2012

in Digest

Carl Sagan, clinical teacher, daily maverick, ipad apps, learnist, pinterest, prison, snapplify

Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world | http://t.co/GDkbslLA # Grockit Launches Learnist, a Pinterest for Education http://t.co/LwHreNEx via @zite # Working with others in the real world is called “collaboration”. Working with others in school is often called “cheating” #authenticlearning # Carl Sagan on Mastering the Vital Balance of Skepticism & Openness…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-21

Mar 21, 2011

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academic publication, africa, audio, Carl Sagan, comments, discussion, Docs Turns Its Comments System, feedback, Firefox, Google, google body, Google Docs, graduation, html, Moses Sitati, mp, outcome measures, papert, pdf, presentations, prezi, RT, twitter, xml

@paulscott56 Agreed. Twitter doesn’t allow 4 extended explanations. Basically, I Remembered I’m a physio, not a coder 🙂 # Google Body – An amazing free addition to the science classroom http://ow.ly/1scftQ # Using Audio more http://ow.ly/1scft8. Nice range between perspectives # Scholarly HTML – major progress http://ow.ly/1scfps. I used to wonder about an XML variant…

Tag: Carl Sagan

Comment: Nasa ‘re-masters’ classic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth.

I enjoyed reading (July)

Cultivating curiosity

Are we preparing students for life?

I enjoyed reading (December)

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-28

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-21