"i" Time is Now: Looking way back to go forward.

I said in a previous post that I would look back to find my "alphabet" predictions.

I started this blog on 26 July 2007, I was doing a little web 2.0 research project.

On 9 November 2007, I made a presentation all about the rise of "alphabet" change - e, m. i

With the passing of Steve Jobs, it seems appropriate to remember this post.

Apple has been in my life since the late 80s.

Companion blog: More about me - retrovintagecollectables

I just noticed that the "About Me" information on this blog is the one I wrote for my hobby blog, retrovintagecollectables

This blog is as it sounds, about my collections, I call them "flash trash".

Visit and check out the "rest of me".

I am going to start a second hobby blog, soon.  This one will focus on my retro clothing collections.

Maybe a retirement activity ... who knows.

Are m and ilearning concepts whose time has finally arrived??

My last post was on 19 March 2011.  It has been a long time between motivation and inspiration to write anything.

Early adopters would argue yes, it's about time.

But where are the late majority?

Time for some reality therapy if the answer to this question is to be honest, I believe.

Bring your own - device, technology is becoming a bit of a theme.

I'm still pondering this and hope to return soon ...

I want to go back and check one of my first posts ever.  I recall I had some "alphabet-related" predictions or musings then.

COSN - AUP Guide

AUP Guide: "Acceptable Use Policies in Web 2.0 & Mobile Era

A Guide for School Districts
Information and communications technologies (ICT) policies in schools have two dimensions. One is to ensure that students are protected from pernicious materials on the Internet. The other is to enable student access to the extensive resources on the Internet for learning and teaching. While these two dimensions are not intrinsically in conflict, in actuality, such can become the case."

Read online or download.

USA Education - Rally against Education Budget Cuts

Developments in Wisconsin - mass teacher lay-offs

This release stated: Governor Walker creates state of chaos for schools.

"The state of chaos that has been created by Governor Walker in Wisconsin took yet another turn for the worse this week, as several school boards were panicked into issuing non-renewal notices to their entire teaching staff or large portions of them."

Thousands headed to Wisconsin for rally

Larry Ferlazzo's collection of resources to learn about - Attacks on teachers and other public sector workers in Wisconsin.

Laptop Learning Programs and Online Safety

This is my first compilation post since September. It has been in DRAFT since January. So, some of the "stuff" is a bit old.  The newspaper links can also disappear as they archive copy.

Yes, this type of post is the lazy person's approach to blogging.  Better put my mind to something than nothing, I say.

These references are related to the topics of laptop learning and responsible online behaviour.

Online behaviour:

Social networking sites new arena for bullying
UK kids online behaviour
Fighting bullying in schools and online


On laptops:

Six years of 1 to 1 learning in Floydada, Texas
When going 1 to 1 isn't exciting
Laptops open new doors to learning
Laptop programs are an important aid to learning

These topics remain pretty hot around the world.  I usually tweet them and that may mean I will not blog them anymore.

Revitalising anti racism programs and strategies.

With a renewed focus on the pros and cons of multiculturalism.  I was reminded of some of Martin Luther King, Jr's most powerful quotations.  Here are some I found during a search.  The first one is the best of all.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes American Baptist Minister and Civil-Rights Leader. 1929-1968

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.