There’s a lot of debate in the UK about the next generation and their use of technology. France has banned smartphones in schools, and now philosopher Julian Baggini is arguing in The Guardian that we should ban children from…
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A collection of 16 posts
LeWeb: From incremental to disruptive innovation
What does truly disruptive innovation look like? The opening session of LeWeb 2014’s third and final day set out to explore that in series of talks. Here’s some liveblogged notes: Brian Solis – Innovation as an ecosystem What is…
#leweb - The robots are coming for our kids...
Liveblog of Bruno Maisonnier, Founder & Director, Aldebaran Robotics at LeWeb 10 Can robots make the world of education better? Can universes benefit from robots? Can autistic children improve through a robot companion? Can children start enjoying maths when taught…
Learning, emulation and voice
How unexpected was that? A Bank Holiday weekend, and beautiful weather the whole time. Gorgeous. At least, that’s what I hear. Personally, I was stuck inside marking, a result of having spent part of the past nine months or…
Like Minds Exeter 2012 Liveblogs - day one
Links to my liveblogs of day one of Like Minds Exeter 2012**Morning session:**- [Russ Lidstone: Why what you do matters](http://wearelikeminds.com/like-minds-2012/russ-lidstone-why-what-you-do-matters) – Russ kicked off the “ideas festival” with a talk that played straight to…
National news media? Yeah, right.
So, today the (allegedly) British media goes into its annual frenzy of exam-results celebration, in predictable style. First we have the pretty girls celebrating. Tomorrow, inevitably, it’ll be all about how A-levels have been dumbed down But that’s…
Le Web: Queen Rania of Jordon
 And now, possibly our most high-profile speaker, [Queen Rania of Jordan](http://twitter.com/queenrania). Genuine royalty, rather than the metaphorical tech royalty…It’s…
Facing The Future of Journalism (and liking it)
I’ve gone a bit quiet, haven’t I? Sorry about that, but I’ve been busy, holidaying and sick, but not necessarily in that order. One element of the busyness was this: Yes, I was back in Cardiff to…