<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Papert on Continue</title><link>https://2009f00d.continue-nz.pages.dev/tags/papert/</link><description>Recent content in Papert on Continue</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-nz</language><copyright>Tim Kong. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:15:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://2009f00d.continue-nz.pages.dev/tags/papert/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Technology doesn't do anything. People do.</title><link>https://2009f00d.continue-nz.pages.dev/technology-doesnt-do-anything-people-do/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:15:43 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://2009f00d.continue-nz.pages.dev/technology-doesnt-do-anything-people-do/</guid><description>&lt;blockquote>
&lt;p>We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us. - Marshall Mcluhan : Understanding Media, 1964&lt;/p>&lt;/blockquote>
&lt;p>The Ministry of Education is starting their &lt;a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Ministry-initiatives/Getting-connected2/Learning-without-Limits-seminars">roadshows about the Network for Learning&lt;/a>. I&amp;rsquo;ve been reading a few things about this new initiative, and reading frustrations expressed by some in schools about the ongoing UFB initiative and the issues around implementing that technology. I&amp;rsquo;ve also heard some ugly stories of demanding educators harrassing providers. As a friend in the industry said, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t the complaint itself, it was the sense of demanding entitlement from said educators.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>