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June 23, 2006
Ben Shneiderman on Making Education Ecstatic
Here's a podcast of Ben Schneiderman, computer scientist and author of Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies, speaking at the AALF conference. He talked about his work developing interactive visualization tools and learning experiences that result in positive real-world change.
He also offered a great quote from George Leonard on the purpose of education: "A large part of the answer may be what men (and women) of this civilization have longest feared and most desired: the achievement of moments of ecstasy."
Unfortunately, when was the last time most students had a learning experience that was truly ecstatic? -andy
Posted by acarvin at June 23, 2006 10:11 AM
Listen to a computer-generated podcast of this article
