by Derek Morrison, 23 February 2010 Developments in the digital world may have increased choice but sometimes at the cost of increased and unnecessary complexity. Good examples of this unncessary complexity are to be found in the plethora of online “players” offered by each and every broadcaster – each with its own interface, limitations, and […]
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Click in the Classroom
June 26th, 2011
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by Derek Morrison, 26 June 2011 The first 6 minutes of the BBC’s Click program for 25 June 2011 contains an interesting item about how some schools have taken radical decisions about the role of technologies in their classrooms and whether “the cheque is worth the tech”. Featuring New York City’s Hudson High School (Twitter […]
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
June 17th, 2011
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by Derek Morrison, 22 May 2011 updated 27 May, 31 May 2011, 3 June 2011, and 17 June 2011 Adam Curtis describes himself modestly as “a documentary film maker, whose work includes The Power of Nightmares, The Century of the Self, The Mayfair Set, Pandora’s Box, The Trap and The Living Dead” but that understates […]
Ebooks in the ‘e-filling station’?
May 20th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 20 May 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. Today’s posting is an addition to my de facto segue on ebooks, words and techno-anxiety a topic I’ve addressed at […]
Technology to Enhance Learning in 2015?
April 26th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 26 April 2010 (updated 30 April 2010) Any views expressed in this posting are those of this author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing those of any other individual or organisation. I recently gave a presentation on the future uses of technology to enhance students’ learning experiences at a […]
Ebooks what ebooks?
February 21st, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 21 February 2010 (updated 24 February 2010) Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. In a fairly detached way I’ve been interested in the trajectory of the ebook concept and […]
Apple iPad expectation management challenge
January 28th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 28 January 2010 (updated 30 January and 4 February) I’ve got a serious ebooks posting in the works which I’ve been delaying until Apple launched what some in the geek community called the Messiah Machine or what we now know to be its official name iPad. That posting is for the future […]
iPhone, iTouch, iTunes, iNewsagent, iNfinity?
January 3rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 3 January 2010 N.B. The following online essay represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. In my posting Tensions are prelude to virtual space and e-publishing wars? (Auricle, 6 December 2009) I wasn’t convinced that the […]
Quote: J.G.Ballard on the dangers of “inner space”
September 27th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 27 September 2009 Wilf Self’s review of the life of J.G.Ballard on BBC R4 last night (Archive on 4 – Self on Ballard) contained some direct quotes from the late author whose works included Myths of the Near Future and whose 1984 novel/auto-biography was the engine behind Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. […]
