tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188743962024-03-13T16:18:38.641+01:00Life, Learning and Handheld Devicesabout life, technology and how the latter transforms the first.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353655485817123347noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-51799096525413727572015-05-16T13:50:00.004+02:002015-05-16T13:57:03.540+02:00A vision for the newSchool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have for a while worked on articulating a vision for the future school. This vision is inspired by great thought leaders as Sir Ken Robinson, Sugata Mitra, Graham Brown-Martin, John Hattie, Salmar Khan, Seymour Papert, Jean Piaget, Neil Postman and probably many more.<br />
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The format is inspired by the <a href="http://agilemanifesto.org/">agile manifesto for software development</a>.<br />
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How the connected society is transforming learning</h3>
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For anyone interested in the future (and current state) of education this is a must read. Graham Brown-Martin has traveled around the world and visited schools in US, Dubai, Africa, Europe and documented stories in words and pictures. He has also had conversations with many of the thought leaders in educations, and share his own reflections. The book is beautifully designed and is a masterpiece both in content and form. This book is also a tribute to the good old paper format :-)<br />
Also check out the books <a href="http://learning-reimagined.com/">website</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353655485817123347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-53337664433701485742014-12-11T13:19:00.000+01:002015-05-16T13:31:45.036+02:00The Educators - the people whose ideas are challenging the future of education.<br />
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If you are interested in the future of education, and the people whose ideas are shaping that future I strongly recconmend listening to the great BBC radio series the educators. Sarah Montague interviews great thinkers and doers like Sir Ken Robinson, Salmar Khan, Sugata Mitra and John Hattie.<br />
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As a rural school in Uganda, we have a very long way to go in getting connection, equipment and teacher training, but this was a good starting point in getting inspiration, connections and ideas.<br />
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<li><b>A lot of innovation is taking place in the Afcrican content right now. </b> Both in terms of developing new technology and content, as well as deploying solutions in schools.<a name='more'></a></li>
<li><b>Content must me localized</b>. Standardized content from US or Europe is not sufficient. The richness of African languages and culture, must be considered an asset and not a problem. For students to connect with the content, it must relate to their lives.</li>
<li><b>Connectivity is essetial</b>. Internet connectivity in Uganda is crap and very expensive - although minister of ICT Hon. Nyombi Thembo tried to argue otherwise. I guess the fact that we only had internet connection on 1 out of 50 attempts on the conference Wifi says it all. Offline solutions are required, but there is a huge job to be done with connectivity in Uganda - I think many other African countries (e.g. Kenya) are better off.</li>
<li><b>Technology itself does not solve any problems. </b>Studies show that implementation of technology does not increase learning compared to taking same actions without technology. However technology has the potential to scale things, and make things more efficient - the potential lies in scaling up things that are good.</li>
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<li><b>Give more people access to internet and technology</b>. In this category there is a span from the cool small scale operation of <a href="http://www.studytech.com.au/content/view/35/53/">StudyTech</a> who brings iPads and internet connectivity to rural schools for a day of two; to the large scale providers of platform and connectivity via satellite communication (<a href="http://africa.ses.com/6854664/africa-en">SES</a> from Luxenburg, <a href="http://www.yazmi.com/">Yazmi</a> from India and <a href="http://www.yahclick.co.za/homepage">YahClick</a> from South Africa). Mark East from Microsoft also mentioned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spaces_(radio)">TV white spaces</a> as an promising technology for providing the "last mile" connecectivity.</li>
<li><b>Digital curriculum on tablets to support teachers delivering the content</b>. The <a href="http://www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com/">Bridge international academies</a> from Kenya is pretty extreme here- they script every lecture and have their teachers follow this script strictly via a <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook/379003208/">Nook</a> eReader. Their mission is to bring education to everyone and does this by setting up extremely standardized and efficient school at large scale with school fees at $6 pr month. <a href="http://ischool.zm/">iSchool</a> from Zambia also provides a standardized curriculum on tablets both for supporting teachers and student comsumption.</li>
<li><b>Digital curriculum on tables for student consumption</b>. iSchool as mentioned falls into this category as well. The educational authorities of South Africa has done a huge project in <a href="http://www.dbecloud.org.za/web/learners/learner-home">digitizing the books and content</a> for their curriculum. A lot of the content looked entertaining and interactive. "We are tired of paper behind glass - we want engaging content" stated Henry Kavuma from mini try of education , South-Africa. Kenya has also made the complete P1-P7 curriculum available on a single USB dongle, and are in the process of rolling out 1.2 million laptops to the school children of Kenya</li>
<li><b>Co-creation of content</b>. Creation of digital content as part of the learning process.<br />Dr. Eric Hamilton from Pepperdine University are working on a very interesting project focusing on content creation as a core learning process but also a way to change the traditional teacher-student relationship. Read more about the project at <a href="http://www.teacherscreate.org/projects/africa/">www.teacherscreate.org</a>. It is also worth noting that Microsoft has launched <a href="https://mix.office.com/">Office Mix</a>, which is a free plugin to office for simple creation of eLearning content.</li>
<li><b>Using mobile technology to make administration and communication at schools more efficient.</b> The Bridge academy is a very good example here as well. All payments are done using mobile Money; no cash transactions are taking place. <a href="http://www.peas.org.uk/home/what-we-do">PEAS</a> - a network of secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia is another example of smart use of technology in school administrations. Plan Uganda has also done an <a href="http://plan-international.org/where-we-work/africa/uganda/about-plan-in-uganda/news/text-messaging-increases-parent-student-engagement-at-school-in-uganda">interesting project</a> using a SMS platform to improve communication between all school stakeholders</li>
<li><b>Tablets and self-learning as as an alternative to schools. </b><br /><a href="http://www.dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php">What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs</a> to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they'll start teaching themselves English while circumventing the security on your OS to customize settings and activate disabled hardware. Very interesting to hear Michael Girma Mekonnen talk about the "one tablet pr child" project and the results of MIT´s research.</li>
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It was a great inspiring conferenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353655485817123347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-8147664031715889372014-04-09T06:47:00.000+02:002015-04-09T07:12:33.446+02:00Antifragile Things That Gain From Disorder<h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reflections on reading Antifragile </b></span>by Nassim Taleb</h3>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXehvxg2pJ0/VSYEUZ7AzRI/AAAAAAAA1qQ/SxqUhXKRHuI/s1600/18594641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXehvxg2pJ0/VSYEUZ7AzRI/AAAAAAAA1qQ/SxqUhXKRHuI/s1600/18594641.jpg" height="320" width="208" /></a>Nassim Taleb who wrote <a href="http://www.harloff.no/2012/05/nassim-taleb-black-swan-impact-of.html">Black Swan</a> brings his thinking a step further by introducing the concept of Antifragile.<br />
The opposite of fragile is not robust. A glass that breaks easily when subjected to outside pressure or stress is fragile. The opposite is not an item that can withstand the stress, but that is strengthened by it. It seems weird in the start, but after a slow introduction to the concept you reliase there are several systems and organisms that are strengthened by outside stress. Ourselves - humans are the best example. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Most vaccines are constructed based on this principle. By subjecting us to a small dose of the bacterias we become resistant. This principle can be applied to organizations and systems that we create. Nassim Taleb has again taken me on a journey to change my thinking, and the way I see the world around me. He Is one of the greatest current thinkers, who dares to move outside the box and criticize mainstream knowledge, even (especially) if its origin is from Harvard professors with a Nobel price in hand. He illustrates this with his street smart character "Fat Tony" whose success in business is caused by ignorance to academic knowledge.<br />
As a curiosity he references a Norwegian trader and researcher Espen Haug, whom he has written some <a href="http://upstart.bizjournals.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2007/11/08/has-nassim-taleb-killed-black-scholes.html">papers</a> with on Option Pricing, critiquing the Black-Scholes pricing formula.<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.20000000298023224px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><br />
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PS: Espen Haug has recently published a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unified-Revolution-New-Fundamental-Physics/dp/829997030X">book</a>, claiming to reveal a unified theory of the universe and everything. Must be an interesting read, but very expensive.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353655485817123347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-80388303793630976592014-03-12T13:27:00.000+01:002015-05-16T13:29:59.322+02:00Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns<br />
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Although a bit outdated in its references (2008), this book its still a valid analysis of the challanges and possible approaches to fix our current education system. Clayton Christensen applies his theory of disruptive innovation (developed for other purposes) on education.<br />
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Being in your element is when you feel the flow and nothing else is present. Finding that zone where time moves more quickly and fluidly happens mostly when you do something that you are really passionate about. Your element can be a medium of expression or a field of interest.<br />
Sir Ken Robinson is one of the sharpest critics of our educational system. He show in this book how important, and sometimes hard it is to find <i>our own Element</i>. Schools should help us find our true passions - unfortunately they very often fail, sometimes without an attempt . Each one of us has a unique personality and unique way t<br />
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o get in the zone. Thinking in terms of categories like the Meyer Briggs 16 personalities types, prevents us from finding our unique Element. I like his critic of the Myer-Briggs personality test; according to Robinson neither Ms. Briggs nor her daughter Ms. Myers had any qualifications in the field of psychometric testing when they designed the test, still used on millions of people every year. It limits our thinking of personalities down to categories. <br />
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This book is simply great and worth a read from anyone. It was for me a start on a journey to find my own Element - I have discovered interestingly enough that I am really passionate about learning and education. If you want a teaser check out Sir Ken Robinsons TED Talk <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity">How schools kill creativity</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353655485817123347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-52091203201892223722014-01-23T07:04:00.000+01:002014-03-21T08:05:45.017+01:00The books i Read in 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My reading in 2013 was to a large extent dictated by management literature from the course <a href="http://www.mtm.ntnu.no/">Master of Technology Management</a> at <a href="http://www.nhh.no/en/home.aspx">Norwegian School of Economics </a>and <a href="http://www.ntnu.edu/">Norwegian University of Science and Technology.</a><br />
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However there is always room something else...</div>
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<a name='more'></a><b>Managing & Organizations - an introduction to theory & practice</b>, S.Clegg, M.Kornberger, T. Pitsis, January<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b> Teamet – utvikling, effektivitet og endring I grupper,</b><br />
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<b>(The Team - development, efficiency and change in Groups)</b>, Endre Sjøvold, January<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
A very good overview of the different theories and myths related to team development. It introduced a richer model of team dynamics - using the metaphor of a whirligig. The idea is that there must movement (people shifting in and out of roles) and constructive confrontation (C2) in order to make the team highly productive. Team building actives are not worth the money and do not ever strive for harmony.<br />
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<b>Uncommon Sense Common Nonsense</b>, Jules Goddard Tony Eccles, Februrary<br />
The futurist speaker and author Patric Dixons never write book reviews on his web site, but made an exception <a href="http://www.globalchange.com/uncommon-sense-uncommon-nonsense-review-of-leadership-book-by-jules-goddard-and-tony-eccles.htm">after 16 years</a>. This pursuaded me to download the book on my kindle and read it. It kills many myths presented by management gurus. Tony Eccles was Professor of Strategic Management at London Business School for 15 years, and <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;"> </span>Jules is a Professor at several business schools, and consultant to many large corporations. Its both entertaining and provoking - I was not disappointed.<br />
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<b>Strategic management theory</b>, Charles W.L: Hill & G.R. Jones. February<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b> Kostnads og inntektsanalyse (Cost an revenue analysis)</b>. Knut Boye, read February<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>Finansregnskap, Vurdering og analyse</b></div>
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<b>(Financial Statements - evaluation and analysis) </b>, A. Tofteland, March<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>Understanding Media</b>, Marshall McLuhan, March<br />
I get the feeling that Marshall McLuhan was on drugs (speed) when he wrote this book. To him everything is connected. Its and extremely comprehensive analysis how how media and technology have shaped the evolution of our thoughts and behavior. From tribal man to man living in "The Global Village". I will probably spend the rest of my life trying to grasp the content of this book - I am far from finished with it. His definition of media is very broad - anything that remotely can be a medium of communication between humans; Books, clothes, light - you get the idea. Marshall McLuhan saw things that was not visible to others - he describes the invisible parts of our culture. Its invisible to us, because its has become a part of us. He was far ahead of his time in foreseeing the effects of global communication. If you watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeDnPP6ntic">this interview</a> from 1960 you would assume he was talking about internet and social media - the world anno 2014 !!. It will be part of my life project to grasp the thoughts of Marshall McLuhan :-)<br />
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<b>The Medium is the Massage,</b> Marshall McLuhan, March.<br />
The tabloid version of his core idea. Mostly images and little text. - You finish this in no time. Its weird.<br />
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<b>Finansielle emner</b> (Financial Topics); Knut Boye og Steen Koekebakker, April<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b> Management accounting for Business</b>, Colin Drury, April<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>Å Redde Liv (Saving Lifes)</b>, Terje Svabø May<br />
"One of the best disaster relief worker the world has seen" is Jan Egelands description of Halvor Fossum Lauritzen. The book is a biography of a man who has spent the last 25 years organizing humanitarian aid in all the places we have heard of in the news; Africa's Horn, Afghanistan, Darfour, Haiti, Rwanda and many more. He has lead some of the largest operations in the IFRC´s history. He has also led UN´s work on analyzing how the current system of disaster relief can be improved. Although not to well written, the book was fascinating because it gives insight into many of the conflicts that caused the disasters, and into a the life of an adventurer with a clear mission.<br />
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<b>Gjennferd (Ghost)</b>, Jo Nestbø, July<br />
You can't put i down - Im hooked on Jo Nesbøs crime novels<br />
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<b>Politi (Police)</b>, Jo Nesbø, July<br />
Say no more<br />
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<b>Thinking fast & Slow </b>Daniel Kanenberg, July<br />
Its been on the list for a while. The psycologist Daniel Kanenberg is one of several non-economist who has won the Nobel Prize in Economics. The book is an easy to understand description of most of his work - including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_theory">prospect theory</a> which nominated him and Amos Tversky for the Nobel Prize.<br />
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It gives a better insight into our brains flaws and potential. A core concept is the two modes of thought:<br />
<i>System 1</i>: is fast, instinctive, emotional - it acts upon the information <i>we have</i> without considering if that is sufficient. Its a kind of autopilot that kicks in almost immediately when we are facing decisions.<br />
<i>System 2:</i> is slower, more deliberate and more logical.<br />
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Based on many studies they documented peoples loss aversion - a bias that makes us treat losses and gains with a different rationality. Human choice are not symmetrical when dealing with equal probability for loss versus gains. This points out a obvious flaw in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_utility_hypothesis">utility theory</a> that has been the foundation of behavior economics.<br />
Kanenman suggests that we place to much confidence in human judgement and System 1 thinking :-)<br />
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<b>Hypnotisøren</b>, Lars Kepler, August-September.<br />
In this psychological thriller, grotesque murders are linked back to psychiatrist Erik Maria Bark´s questionable practice of hypnosis many years ago. Once you have started - your on the rollercoster, you can't get off.</div>
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Behind the the pseudonym Lars Kepler, is the couple Alexandra and Alexander Coelho Adndoril who live and write in Sweden. The Hypnotist is set to appear in thirty-seven countries, </div>
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<b>Markedsføring på bedriftsmarkedet</b>: Biong & Nes, August<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>Participative Transformation</b>, Roger Klev Morten Levin, August<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>The Social Employee</b>, how great companies make social media work, Oktober<br />
A really up to date book on social media in business. Great examples of how big brands like IBM, AT&T, Dell embarked on their social media transformation, to empower employees and engage customers using social media. Highly recommended, if you have the slightest interest in how social media can and will transform business.<br />
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<b>Strategic Management of Technological Innovation</b> by Melissa A. Schilling<br />
Curriculum litterature.<br />
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<b>Blue Ocean Strategy</b>, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Harvard Business Press, October<br />
Curriculum littérature.<br />
I love Blue Ocean Strategy. Its all about thinking outside the box- removing existing boundaries in terms of customers, marked, value-creation.. Rather than being focused on how to compete, we should focus more on how to make competition irrelevant. I think there is too little Blue Ocean Thinking in Norwegian companies, although its already a classic textbook at business schools. Most of the case studies did not have the notion of Blue Ocean, they are simple put into this category in retrospect, because they share some characteristics in their strategy. Some of the cases in our time are<br />
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<a href="http://artistic entertainment">Cirque the soleil</a> - The Canadian company who reinvented Cirqus, by eliminating expensive animals and the adding a new forms of artistic entertainment and cool music. By thinking outside the frame of what circus are, the can attract a new audience, and make competition with other circuses irrelevant.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yellowtailwine.com/">Yellow Tail</a> - the Australian wine maker that entered the overcrowded, low profit U.S. Wine marked with great success, by targeting beer drinkers and the huge proportion of the population that does not drink wine (yet)<br />
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Core tools from Blue Ocean Strategy are the <a href="http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/concepts/bos-tools/4-actions-framework/">four actions</a> framework and the very simple<br />
<a href="http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/concepts/bos-tools/errc-grid/http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/concepts/bos-tools/errc-grid/">Eliminate, Reduce, Raise, Create Grid (ERRC)</a> - simple tools to make you focus on change.<br />
<a href="http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/concepts/bos-tools/strategy-canvas/">The Strategy canvas</a>, maps current and future customer value of your product.<br />
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Finally the 6 paths to a Blue ocean are<br />
1. Look across alternative industries<br />
2. Look across strategic groups within industries<br />
3. Lool across the chain of buyers<br />
4. Look across complementary products and service offerings<br />
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During Christmas we had a coding workshop in our local code club. I had a Raspberry PI session with 9 kids for the first time. It was fun and we all learnt a bit :-).<br />
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The programming was mainly scratch, but I had equipped the Raspberries with Googles <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4837">coder</a> OS that is an nice way to learn web programming.<br />
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The Google coder, works fine when you have one person using the same raspberry, but once two ore more people started to access the same Rasperry, it hang and I had to reinstall the image.<br />
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I am fairly new to scratch myself so it was fun to see all the cool stuff the kids made. I must admit that coding Schratch is much better in the <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">online</a> version than on a Raspberry. To justify having a Raperry PI session I think we need some Gadgets to connect to it. Learning programming is probably better done with online resources.<br />
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<i>Mange kunne tenkt seg en papirløs digital skolesekk, men hva hva skal den fylles med?</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Skolens
største utfordring er at visjonen er for vag. Vi trenger kunnskapsløft uten
reformer og krangel om timeplanen.</span></i></blockquote>
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DN skriver om Khan Academy som starten på en revolusjon i fjernundervisning.
BT´s Sjur Holsen beskriver den norske
skoledebatten som irrelevant.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jeg kan programmere, jobber med digitale medier, har 3 barn
i skolen og en kort karriere som høgskolelektor i bagasjen. Jeg tror på det
uforløste potensialet i å bruke teknologi til læring.</div>
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Digitale lærebøker?<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Elever fra Langhaugen skole fikk i fjor Holbergpris for sin
forskning om Hordalands mest digitaliserte skole, Nordahl Grieg. Resultatene
var ikke oppløftende. Elevene krevde å få tilbake papirbøker, og fikk det.
Leseforsker Anne Mangen sier vi lærer mer av å skrive med blyant fremfor
tastatur. Håndskrevne bokstaver er bedre enn digitale. Lesing og skriving er to
sider av samme sak – innpust – utpust, læringens åndedrett. Et stikkord i
hennes forsking er <i>haptikk</i> – læren om
berøring. Digitale lærebøker er et sparetiltak som ikke er tuftet på innsikt. Matte,
lesing og IKT har fått flere timer på bekostning av estetiske fag, men Polen,
Slovakia og Tjekkia er bedre i matte sier de i Pisa. Forskeren Anne Bamfjord mener
vi heller skulle satset på estetiske fag. Digiutvalget vil ha flere mattetimer
og er <o:p></o:p>” .. bekymret for befolkningens digitale kompetanse”.</div>
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Vi er på krypestadiet i å bruke teknologi til læring. I
beste fall har vi noen digitale spaserstokker.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Blir vi dummere?<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Vi har alle erfart de negative sidene Thomas Hylland Eriksen
beskrev i <i>Øyeblikkets Tyranni. </i>Facebook,
mobil og e-post fyller mellomrommene vi skulle brukt til å tenke. <i>Langsom tid</i> uten mobil, internett og TV
er mangelvare for meg og mine barn. Mer deprimerende er det å lese <i>The Shallows</i> av Nicholas Carr om hvordan
internett har ødelagt vår evne til fordypning. Min hjerne får spor, som kun
over tid kan gjenopprettes og motvirkes. Mer informasjon har gitt mindre
kunnskap. Kortversjonen finnes i essayet <i>Is
Google making us stupid</i>? min hjerne har tatt skade av 20 års digital eksperimentering. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Amazon og norske bokforlag.<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Jeg var skuffet første gang jeg så en Kindle. Den hadde verken
berørings skjerm, farger, eller nettleser. Nå vet jeg at nettopp <i>dette</i> gjør den til en god avtager for papirboken.
Amazon skjønte at lesing handler om sinnsro. Å lese når spill, e-post og Facebook
kun ligger et klikk unna fungerer dårlig. Papiret og Kindle er fri for fristelser.
Det fysiske mediet former innholdet til et budskap. Medieforsker Marshall
McLuhan uttrykte at ”Mediet <i>er</i> budskapet”. Tenk på ordet tabloid - en idé om at formatet
påvirker innholdet. Norske bokforlag har ikke denne innsikten. De befinner seg
i en digital pubertet; usikker på egen identitet og mer enn middels selvopptatt. </div>
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Gamification<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Mange av oss fortviler over tiden barna bruker på dataspill.
Vi mangler kontroll og har dårlig samvittighet - <i>barna får vel hjerneskade de også? </i>Hvorfor fenger spill mer enn
skolearbeid? Tenk hvis vi var trygge på at spillingen skapte læring.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gamification er å bruke spillelementer i andre sammenhenger.
Stikkord er umiddelbar tilbakemelding, belønning og konkurranse - ikke ukjent i
pedagogikken forøvrig. Et dataprogram gir respons på under sekundet. Khan
Academy trigger instinktet som driver oss videre til neste nivå. Selskapet
WeWantToKnow viser hvordan spill kan gi læring. Last ned Appen DragonBox på din
iPhone eller iPad og du lærer å løse likninger uten å være klar over det selv.
Utrolig smart og annerledes.<br />
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Trenger vi skoler?<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Jeg har to nevøer på 10 og 15 år som ikke går på skole. De
får undervisning av min søster, godt hjulpet av Khans digitale akademi og andre
ressurser på internett. Jeg er selvfølgelig skeptisk til hva dette gjør med deres
sosiale utvikling. Hun utfordrer vår idé om at skolen er stedet barn får sosial
kompetanse i samvær med andre. Jeg ser ingen tegn til at de har dårligere faglig
utvikling enn mine egne barn. De er tilknyttet en virtuell skole Florida der de
bor. I et globalt perspektiv er det interessant at vi kan gi barn utdanning
uten skolebygg. Det gir grunn til refleksjon rundt skolens og lærerens rolle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is it Learning?<o:p></o:p></h1>
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It’s Learning har gjort internasjonal suksess med sin
IT-plattform for skoler. Har har de skapt mer læring? Jeg stiller meg tvilende fordi innholdet
mangler. Uten godt digitalt pedagogisk innhold, blir It’s Learning et skall
eller en kommunikasjonsplattform. Sistnevnte
har vi nok av allerede. Min svoger som er lærer krøp nylig til korset og
opprettet en Facebook gruppe for klassen. I løpet av 10 minutt var samtlige
koblet på. Lærerens tilnærming til It’s Learning blir å laste opp Word
dokumenter eller å peke mot nettsidene til bokforlagene. Jeg gir forlagene får honnør
for innsatsen, men Salmar Khan er flinkere.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Digital Sløyd<o:p></o:p></h1>
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I Påsken fikk jeg en melding om en <i>Meetup.</i> Vi møttes i Oslo og Bergen til en tankesmie om å lære barna
programmering. Digitalt innhold er ikke bare bilder og tekst, PowerPoint og
Word. Barna må lære å programmere. Digiutvalget peker på at skolen har for lite
fokus på digital skaperkompetanse - utpust. Seymour Papert ved MIT utviklet programmeringsspråket
Turtle Logo som et pedagogisk verktøy, inspirert av psykologen Jean Piaget. Han
så barn utvikle intuitiv forståelse for geometri og fysikk gjennom kommandoer
som flytter en skilpadde på en dataskjerm. Skilpadden bygger bro mellom den fysiske
verden, og den abstrakte geometrien. Hans visjoner om en annerledes bruk av PC i
skolen var forut for sin tid, og er fremdeles urealisert. <i>Lær kidsa å kode</i> ble på få uker en nasjonal bevegelse gjennom <i>Meetup</i> og <i>Twitter</i>. Det gir håp om kunnskapsløft uten reformer og krangel om timeplanen.
Snart kommer det programmeringskurs på en skole nær deg. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tverrfaglige tankesmier<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Skolens problem et at visjonen er for vag. Den blir ikke
tydeligere av rundskriv og reformer uten involvering. Den neste offentlige
utredningen gir oss neppe mer gåsehud. Kunnskapen om <i>mulighetene </i>er fragmentert.
Strategiene spriker.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hva med å ta en <i>Meetup</i>
i bånn der vi forener perspektiv? Lærere, kunstnere, antropologer, arkitekter,
programmerere, psykologer og foreldre i dialog om muligheter og hvordan de kan
visualiseres. Den svenske kunstneren Mikael Genberg jobber med NASA om å
plassere et rødt hus på månen. Du trenger kun 3 ting sier Genberg: Visjoner,
Mot og Kompetanse. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why should we teach the kids to program ? <i>I think there are two main motivations for this. </i><br />
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I guess a third motivation is that <i>its fun. </i>Kids already spend a massive amount of time in front of computers playing Minecraft and other games, and may well be motivated by understanding how these programs are created.<br />
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The meetup in Bergen was coordinated with a meetup in Oslo, and here are my takeaways from some of the contributors.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/beathe" target="_blank">Beate Due</a> - member of <a href="http://digitutvalget.org/" target="_blank">Digiutvalget</a> talked about their findings :<br />
Norway score good on Digital user skills, but less on digital creation skills - hence they want kids to learn how to code. Kids must learn whats behind the screens.<br />
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/112819716730874642717/posts" target="_blank">Jens Christian Brynildsen</a> - shared his experiences from a game programming course with school kids<br />
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<li>Minecraft is a great motivator, kids like to be able to modify a universe.</li>
<li>Better flow when parents join in, text editing is time consuming.</li>
<li>Scratch works well for the younger kids.</li>
<li>Games are always motivating.</li>
<li>YouTube takes over where you stop the teaching.</li>
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<a href="http://www.kidsakoder.no/author/tskauli/" target="_blank">Torbjørn Skauli,</a> shared his experience from teaching and organizing <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch</a> programming coursers at schools. He has also translated Scratch to Norwegian.<br />
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He had good experience with using Comprehensive School students to teach kids programming at SFO. By using School facilities and paying them a reasonable amount for teaching, this is possible to scale at a very low cost.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/olvemaudal" target="_blank">Olve Maudal</a> shared his experience and reflections on what tools fit best based on <a href="http://www.papermasters.com/jean-piaget-stages.html" target="_blank">Piaget's learning states</a>.<br />
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Preoperational stage (2-7 years)<br />
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<li>Chess (computer based ?)</li>
<li>Talking Tom </li>
<li>Mindcraft</li>
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Concrete operational Period (7-11 years)<br />
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<li>Scratch</li>
<li>Lego NXT - very good because its tangible and real world</li>
<li><a href="http://www.computercraft.info/" target="_blank">ComputerCraft</a> </li>
<li>Rubik's Cube</li>
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<li>Lego NXT - replace OS</li>
<li><a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/" target="_blank">Rasperry pi</a></li>
<li>Commodore 64 :-) Still great, maybe because its a closed world</li>
<li><a href="http://www.arduino.cc/" target="_blank">Ardunio</a></li>
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"Sometimes wrong assumptions are our greatest learning opportunities"<br />
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He told us the story of how someone took the time to believe in him, before he believed in himself. He was headhunted to the board of Pepsi.<br />
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His main messages is:<br />
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"The world is changing fast and we are never going back to the old times, we need to reconsider our assumptions" - times are volatile, uncertain and complex - its the times of the entrepreneurs.<br />
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We have seen now was the first ever inflation lead recession and it was digital, it happened simultaneously. Every CEO have restructure and and cutting cost as pro one<br />
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"Old Europe is suffering from groupthink".<br />
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"Leadership is how to energize people to your vision"<br />
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"Culture is what happens when the CEO leaves the room"<br />
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He told us how Marks & Spencer and Cadbury changed the game 100 years ago, by providing their workers with free meals.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-82213895763889116952013-01-14T12:44:00.000+01:002013-04-13T09:35:19.877+02:00The books I read in 2012Many of the books I read this year, gave me new perspectives and changed the way I think. Following up on the "<a href="http://hvasajeg.blogspot.no/2012/01/the-books-i-read-in-2011.html" target="_blank">Books I read in 2011</a>"<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d1MTCTxlriI/UQtmAbwAimI/AAAAAAAADPU/dAQg0ASA8Y0/s1600/B%C3%B8ker20121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d1MTCTxlriI/UQtmAbwAimI/AAAAAAAADPU/dAQg0ASA8Y0/s320/B%C3%B8ker20121.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Raushetens tid</b>, Kathrine Aspaas, read Dec 2012<br />
An inspiring book by the finance journalist who put her personal transformation in becoming a more open and sharing person into a bigger context. We are moving into times where openness - fueled by social media, change the way we do business and live our lives. A very eye-opening analysis of the zeitgeist anno 2012.<br />
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<b>Language intelligence: lessons on persuation from Jesus, Shakespeare, Joseph J Romm</b>, read August 2012<br />
A real handbook in rhetoric that is understandable for most of us with great examples from Lady Gaga, George Bush, Obama etc.<br />
I stumbled upon a review of this book on <a href="http://realclimate.org/">realclimate.org</a>. The author, a climate activist is blogging on <a href="http://climateprogress.org/">climateprogress.org</a>. His motivation for writing this book was having larger impact in the climate debate.<br />
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<b>Open Business Models: How To Thrive In The New Innovation Landscape</b>, Henry Chesbrough, March<br />
New ways for companies to innovate by involving partners, suppliers or customers in their innovation process. Not only create business models that increase your innovation, but also capitalize on your innovation inventory (ideas) that maybe other companies can bring to marked.<br />
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<b>The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, </b>Nassim Taleb, read May 2012<br />
The random and improbable events <i>have</i> shaped history and <i>will</i> shape our future to a much larger extent than we think. This book removes the blur and misconceptions that prevents us from seeing this. See my review <a href="http://hvasajeg.blogspot.no/2012/05/nassim-taleb-black-swan-impact-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>The four hour workweek</b>, Timothy Ferris, read June 2012<br />
This guy is extreme, and I stumbled upon his <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> when i did some googling related to my blog post <a href="http://hvasajeg.blogspot.no/2012/05/todo-or-not-todo-is-that-real-question.html" target="_blank">Todo or Not Todo is that the real question</a>. Outsource your life with a personal assistant in India ? I was so fascinated that I downloaded the book on Kindle. Tim work only 4 hours a week and spend the rest of his time pursuing his dreams. His idea of rich is not about the money but imagining what you would do if money was not a restriction. Provoking, but still important lessons to learn about personal productivity by being hyper focused when you work, go on a strict media and e-mail diet, and alot minimum time for the task. This insight is based on Parkinson's law: "A task will swell in importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion". Pareto´s law is also an important idea behind Tim Ferris thinking. And finally; "goals that seems almost impossible are most motivating".<br />
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<b>The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared,</b> Jonas Jonasson, read June 2012<br />
This is just a really funny, well written history about a hundred year old man that escapes from the celebration of his 100th anniversary at the old people's home. The "road movie"-like story, that takes place in the current, is blended with the retrospective story of his life. In incredible ways he is placed into many of the events that shaped the history of the last century like the making of the nuclear bomb, Second World War meeting Stalin, Churchill,Truman and Mao just to mention a few. A really entertaining book that will keep you chained to your favourite chair.<br />
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<b>Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?</b> A Novel by Johan Harstad, read summer 2012
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I found this novel about Matias who just wants to be invisible in life, sligthly depressive. After a mental breakdown, he finds himself in the Faroe Islands where he spends a decade trying to repair his life. It must have caught me somehow, since I did finish the book. It is well written, and describes physical and mental landscapes poetically in a way that evoked my slight depressive state of mind :-)<br />
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<b>Business Model You: A One-Page method for reinventing your career,</b> Clark, Osterwalder, Pigneur, read May 2012<br />
The ego version of the popular Business Model Generation book. My neighbor came with this book as I was in between jobs. If you are self employed its probably a great book, if you are not, it still gives you new thoughts on how to present yourself to future employers. What is your value proposition ?<br />
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<b>The Art of Thinking</b>, Ernest Dimnet, read April 2012<br />
Found this old book in the bookshelf, probably inherited from my grand-parents.<br />
Ernest Dimnet (1866-1954), was a French priest, writer and lecturer. The book was a best seller in the US in the 30´s. The knowledge of what constitutes and fosters deep thinking is absolutely relevant in times of "<a href="http://www.theshallowsbook.com/nicholascarr/Nicholas_Carrs_The_Shallows.html" target="_blank">The shallows</a>" were we all restlessly surf our way through social media and Internet.<br />
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<b>The Art of Living</b>, Jan Vincents Johannessen, read Feb 2012<br />
This Norwegian classic has been on my wish list since I read about it in a blog post. The author is just one of these rare multi talents that have achieved what the rest of us would need at least 5 lives to do. Professor Jan Vincents Johannessen, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.h.c., is a scientist, a bestselling author, a platinum awarded songwriter, a poet, composer, film worker, painter, designer, photographer, and glass and jewellery artist, as well as a public speaker, coach, columnist, and even chairman of major cultural institutions. He has been awarded several honorary memberships in medial and scientific societies, doctorates and professorships, and also been decorated by a large number of kings and presidents. This book gives us some insight into his very simple philosophy and lessons on how to live our lives.<br />
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<b>Autobiography of a Yogi</b>, Paramahansa Yogananda. feb 2012 To be honest I never read it - thought it would reveal some great insights since, according to the biography, Steve Jobs read this book once every year. Me and Jobs are on different planets. Did only manage to get through the first two chaptersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-82541386630201179922013-01-06T08:57:00.000+01:002013-04-13T09:00:58.482+02:00Kindle for Kids at Nyenga<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-1297478403752006622012-11-26T07:12:00.000+01:002013-04-13T09:36:15.320+02:00Planning for AfricaOur family have decided to spend Christmas in Africa. Our motivation is to see Africa of course, and escape from our well known routines focused on food and gifts. We want to experience something different and hopefully get a flavor of both some luxury and real life for most people.<br />
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I have decided to bring 2 kindle to Nyenga as they are opening a new school in February 2013. When ordering the kindles I came across and interesting project called <a href="http://www.worldreader.org/" target="_blank">Worldreader</a> on the Amazon site. They have rolled out kindles to so several schools in Africa. I followed their recommendations and ordered 2 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HZYA6E/ref=fs_kk3g" target="_blank">Kindle Keyboard 3G</a> with a cover and reading light. Unfortunately, I learnt that the 3G whispernet connection does not work in Uganda. In fact it only works in a very few countries in Africa (currently Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa) according to Amazons <a href="http://client0.cellmaps.com/viewer.html?cov=1" target="_blank">coverage map</a>.<br />
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The solution to the lack of 3G coverage from Amazon was a mini portable 3G WiFi router from Huawei. It is as small as a cell phone and contains a battery.<br />
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In addition, I invested in a solar charger "Solarmonkey Travveler", mostly for my own cell phone. It includes a 2500mAh battery a have very good reviews on Amazon. So this is my kit of gadgets for Africa.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-4267995111490247812012-09-06T23:13:00.001+02:002013-01-19T13:35:59.869+01:00Phone on Fire, Kindle and a Kettle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was with great excitement I unpacked my new <a href="http://www.biolitestove.com/campstove/camp-overview/features/" target="_blank">BioLite</a> camp stove today. It was ordered 5 minutes after reading about it in <a href="http://www.popsci.com/popularscienceplus/" target="_blank">PopularScience+</a>. 10 days later it was delivered on my door. For a camper this is good news - it´s a great camping stove (It boiled 1 litre of water in less than 10 minutes), and it has a USB outlet. As we all know - most modern phone batteries does not survive 2 days of tent life.<br />
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We headed for wonderful Læsø in Kattegat - the third summer in a row. For the first time - I also had to sail the boat back to Bergen. The first week I sailed the boat alone to Kristiansand together with my two youngest kids Emma(9) and Jonas (7). Down there my wife Lene and Emil (13) joined us.<br /><br />4 weeks in a boat is an adventure and the days were packed with new happenings. Læsø was as beautiful as always and rewarded us with clear water and blue sky enough days - so we felt it was worth it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-79728419605991076482012-06-21T22:12:00.001+02:002012-06-22T00:29:07.848+02:00iPad 3 harnessed for sailing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My iPad 3 is now prepared for summer holiday at sea. After some research, the choice landed on Griffins <a href="http://store.griffintechnology.com/survivor-ipad-3" target="_blank">Survivor</a> case. Both because it is reasonable priced and it fits the iPad 3 (even if not stated explicitly on the package). An alternative - the <a href="http://www.lifeproof.com/shop/cases/ipad-2/" target="_blank">Lifeproof</a> case, not available for iPad 3 yet , looks pretty good, but is slightly more expensive.<br />
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<b>And finally the route</b> ? From Bergen we will head of south towards Denmark and hopefully return to our favorite islands Læsø and Anholt. Weather and time will show.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-38612235100130198912012-06-03T00:21:00.000+02:002013-04-13T09:25:01.218+02:00Nassim Taleb: The Black Swan - the impact of the highly improbable<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb" target="_blank">Nassem Taleb</a> born in Lebanon (1960), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">focuses on problems of randomness and probability. He has been a wall street trader, hedge fund manager and professor at several Universities.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">The book have been on my wish list for a while and it suddenly stared at me in a bookstore - I decided to finally read it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">It is one of these rare books that is important not because </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">of what you learn, but because of what you un-learn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Humans are in love with the thought that there is a casual link </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">between all historical events and that that most things are possible </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">to predict given the right models.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Economists and social scientists are also in love with simple</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">models based on Gaussian curves where the mediocre is the centre and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">everything else is considered deviations from it. Very few real life </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">phenomena actually fit this nice abstract mathematical model. If you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">are dealing with risk and the magnitude of one single event far from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">the norm is so big that it changes the whole game - you might be in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">trouble. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">We have a strong bias towards building models based on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">the knowledge and information we have, and to a far less extent </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">consider the possible impact of knowledge we do not have. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">This lead us to create models that nicely accounts for every </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">single grass in the field, but rules out the possibility of a tree.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">What we unlearn is a way of thinking that is so deeply rooted in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">us that Nobel price winners in economy also are trapped into it. Nassim Taleb is not afraid to pull several of them down from their pedestal.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Randomness is basically lack of information. An event that may </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">appear random to one person may not appear so to another. Black Swans </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">are random events with an extremely high impact. 9/11 and the tsunami </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">was a such Black Swans. Nassim Taleb make a convincing case that the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">events that shaped our history; wars, inventions catastrophes etc are </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">such BlackSwans. So maybe the most important lesson to take home from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">history is that the future is highly unpredictable. But the way we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">rationalize around and teach history, is strongly biased towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">predictability. So history hides the Black Swans from us.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Taleb splits domains of randomness into two categories;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Mediocristian</b>: when your sample is large, no single instance will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">significantly change the aggregate or total. The largest observation </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">will remain impressive, but eventually insignificant to the sum. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Mediocristian is non- scalable. distribution of weight in a population</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">fits such a model.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">In <b>Extremian</b>, inequalities are such that one single observation </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">can disproportionally impact the aggregate or total. Say you lined up </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">1000 random people and looked at the their net worth, then you added </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Bill Gates to the sample. How much of the total wealth would he</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br clear="none" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">represent. All the 1000 others worth would probably just represent 0,1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">% of the total. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Distribution of wealth is scalable in a completely different way. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">The more you have - the more you are likely to get. It will not fit a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Gaussian curve.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">In his book he is referring to a huge list of literature and <i>inspirators</i>, amongst these are:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Vardi" target="_blank">Yossi</a></span> Vardi and entrepreneur from Israel, and the mathematician <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot" target="_blank">Benoit Mandelbrot</a>, mathematician and theoretical physicist <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 30px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9" target="_blank">Henri Poincaré</a>, and economist and philosopher </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 30px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek" target="_blank">Friedrich Hayek</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 30px;">It is probably not correct to say its a simple read, but it is a very important book that changed my perspective on several aspects of life.</span><br />
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rather than <i>what is my Todo list today ? </i>Anyway, I did some googling and stumbled upon The <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/" target="_blank">four hour work week blog</a> by <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/about/" target="_blank">Tim Ferriss</a>. I was so curious that I downloaded his book on my Kindle. At first I was very sceptic (and I guess still am), but I must admit he has some very provoking and interesting thoughts on personal productivity and personal creativity.<br />
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He convinced me to give <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8" target="_blank">Evernote</a> a new (and real try), and I must admit it has more or less all features I have been looking for.<br />
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<li>Capture documents like PDFs</li>
<li>A tagging systems - that allows you relate items along several dimensions and escape hierarchies</li>
<li>Instant Cloud based synchronization between all devices</li>
<li>Possibility to create lists</li>
<li>Sharing - by allowing shared notebooks.</li>
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The only thing I miss (a bit) is OCR recognition. It may be available in the premium edition I´m not sure.<br />
After less than a moth of usage, I have already stored tons of data and I use it everyday. So my quest for a personal creativity app has ended - I will stay with evernote, and most likely turn into a premium customer very soon. I will dump my brain into this trusted external storage - naive as I amUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-25627962056364891472012-05-13T14:13:00.002+02:002012-05-13T23:13:49.949+02:00ToDo or not ToDo - is that the real question ?<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tkDEbneJuY/T64bT7vMgNI/AAAAAAAADHk/JCcYr6R_mSY/s1600/Annex+-+Chaplin,+Charlie+(Modern+Times)_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tkDEbneJuY/T64bT7vMgNI/AAAAAAAADHk/JCcYr6R_mSY/s400/Annex+-+Chaplin,+Charlie+(Modern+Times)_01.jpg" width="400" /></a><i>David Allen´s GTD promise of <b>stress-free productivity</b> suggest that lack of productivity is our main source of stress.</i><i> </i><i>Too much focus on productivity is stressful by itself. </i><i>Are we trapped into thinking about intellectual work using old models inherited from Adam Smith and manufacturing ?</i><br />
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<i>I will rather go for plain creativity.</i><br />
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I´ve been a sucker for productivity and ToDo apps and tried many of them (Gtasks, Omnifocus, Evernote, OneNote, GoogleTasks including the yellow notes on my iPhone that is still a dear friend). I have read David Allens <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280" target="_blank">Getting Things Done</a>, and it introduces some very useful ideas, but there is still something with this whole ToDo paradigm that gives me a <i><b>creepy</b></i> feeling.<br />
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First of all it suggest a premise that productivity is all about getting things done. If I cannot tick of my lists I´m not productive. Secondly and more important, it does not deal with other sources of stress; lack of autonomy, aggressive managers or colleagues, lack of job security etc. (I assume David Allen have been self-employed for the last 20 years). Anyway, my point is not to denigrate Dave Allen and GTD - I do use it to some extent, and it introduces some powerful concepts.<br />
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Personal productivity using GTD or To Do lists is not the holy grail - it is just one tool that <i>may</i> help you reduce stress. It assumes that it <i>is</i> possible to keep up, and that you <i>can</i> do your own priorities. You may work in an organization where it´s not possible to keep up - no matter how productive you are. You may have a boss that is never satisfied with your work. <b>Some stuff will stress you - regardless of where you put it</b>; on a piece of paper, inside an App or simply in your brain. Just opening the App will induce the negative feelings.<br />
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My own well-being is more boosted by a sense of creativity rather than productivity. So my search for tools have shifted focus from personal productivity to personal creativity. The key to creativity is<br />
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David Allens core idea still rules - you cannot rely on your own brain to remember the stuff, you need a trusted repository. The cell phone is of course vital because it is with us at all times. The alternative is to always bring pen and paper - most people don't do that anymore.<br />
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Although some of the Apps I mentioned do address the domain of creativity, (e.x Evernote and Springpad ?), I am still at a level where ideas and information is scattered around my own phone : In yellow notes, photos, Gtasks - in a fairly unsystematic way. In addition I use Instapaper to keep track of the URLs I need to store. My next post will contain my wish list for a <i><b>Personal Creativity</b></i> App.<br />
Are you focused on productivity or creativity - or none ?<br />
How do you capture your own ideas ?<br />
Let me know.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-88672490506879279742012-05-07T09:26:00.000+02:002012-05-12T09:34:44.433+02:00The season of contrasts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In Bergen we do have four seasons, but we never know <i>when</i> we get them. In April and May we can get all in one week; snow, rain, warm and sunny. Sometimes I even have the feeling of getting several of them in the same day. On May 1st it was 17<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">°</span>C, first day of barbecue & shorts. Three days later it was snowing - and I was skiing. I just wanted to post some picture from last week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-71519618257359560312012-05-06T09:56:00.000+02:002012-05-12T09:25:20.825+02:00Retro cab experience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday we took a cab to the city centre to listen to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/goldenboybergen" target="_blank">Goldenboy</a>. Just as I was about to leave the taxi and looked at the taximeter, my eyes stopped immediately at this phone that should have been on a technical museum. According to the proud taxi driver, it is 14 years old and still working. This phone was released 1996 so that may well be true. I asked if a could take a picture - and of course I could.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-19490616518649072242012-04-18T18:40:00.001+02:002013-04-13T09:41:48.705+02:00SVG on mobile - The next big thing<br />
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I just submitted a talk to <a href="http://jz12.java.no/news" target="_blank">JavaZone</a> before the deadline April 16.<br />
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Scalable Vector Graphics is a mature standard that have been around for a long time, but have lived in the shadow of Flash and suffered lack of browser support. Today SVG has gaining rapidly support in browsers and authoring tools. Its fully integrated with, and part of the larger html5 umbrella. SVG has a huge potential for creators of interactive graphic content. One of the great advantages is the inherent scalability, that makes the graphics crisp on any screen size without conversion. <br />
The talk draws on findings from <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=146708742&locale=en_US&trk=tyah" target="_blank">Ruben Havres</a> master thesis “The use of SVG as a
dynamic graphic on mobile devices” at <a href="http://www.hib.no/english/default.asp" target="_blank">Bergen University College</a> that I
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<i>Other conferences interested in this talk ? </i><br />
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<li>Demos of cool things you can create with SVG</li>
<li>What the code looks like.</li>
<li>Short overview and history of the SVG standard</li>
<li>How to animate and transform graphics with declarations.</li>
<li>How to animate and transform graphics with JavaScript</li>
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<li>various techniques for inline SVG in your html pages</li>
<li>fallback solutions</li>
<li>standalone svg files </li>
<li>referenced content in <img> tags</li>
<li>as overlay mask in CSS </li>
<li>as background images in CSS </li>
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Fredrik Harloff has 19 years experience from software development in various positions ranging from developer, assistant professor, chief architect, product owner and CTO. He is the Co-Founder of Mobiletech, a global provider of mobile internet solutions. For the last 6 years, he has focused on mobile internet technologies, striving for the seamless user experience in a rapidly changing technology landscape. He loves hiking, mountaineering and sailing adventures with his wife and 3 kids.<br />
Blogg : http://hvasajeg.blogspot.com<br />
Twitter @harloffUnknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874396.post-25630957478751293152012-03-26T22:23:00.000+02:002012-03-26T22:23:03.124+02:00House on the moon and opera in the fjordsMarch 15th I attended the <a href="http://www.brb.no/page/205/program-2012" target="_blank">GROW</a> innovation conference in Bergen for the second year. It was a day for inspiration and new perspectives.<br />
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Most refreshing I found the <a href="http://www.brb.no/publish_files/mikael_genberg_-_grow_2012.pdf" target="_blank">talk</a> of the Swedish artist <a href="http://www.mikaelgenberg.com/" target="_blank">Mikael Genberg</a> whose project is to build a little red house on the moon - Luna Resort. The project seems more likely to matrialize than I thought at first. In 2008 NASA gained interest in the project and invited him for a meeting. You can read about the project in his <a href="http://themoonhouse.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> (swedish). Other interesting projects of his are the <a href="http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/HotelDetails.aspx?HotelID=408&src=search&ClassID=&Keyword=&LocationID=&RatingId=&PageNo=0&CountryID=166" target="_blank">Woodpecker Hotel </a>located in a tree in the central park of Stockholm, and a <a href="http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/utterinn" target="_blank">underwater hotel</a> <span class="textalign arial_12" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder2_lblFeatures">3m below the surface of Lake Mälaren near Stockholm.</span> He also has a underwater hotel project at Zanzibar in progress.</div>
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The lesson to take home from his talk is that you only need three things:<br />
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Steinar Sørli held another very inspiring talk. He and his male partner and their dog, are the hosts of one of the most excotic tourist
attractions in Norway - <a href="http://www.operagarden.no/" target="_blank">Åmot Opera Farm</a>.<br />
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have managed to book the superstar soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and are rated as one of the most exostic destinations in Scandinavia by CNN.
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