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Scottish net feminist seeking digital enlightenment, geek fulfilment, promotion of Scottish women on the world map and, oh aye, global harmony. The quest to re-engineer Quine Online. (www.quine.org.uk)

Updated: 18/10/2002; 23:29:16.

05 October 2001

Nicholas Negroponte: Digital Visionary
"Q: How do you see technology affecting how we think about and deliver education? Is it a catalyst for transforming traditional teaching or more of a strategy to do what we've always done, only a little better?

Learning is not taught.

The biggest impact will be to change the point of view that education is something we can and should deliver. Education comes from learning, not teaching. The world's best teachers are not repositories of knowledge, but skilled navigators who lead young minds to discovery and understanding. Learning is about reinventing the wheel, and may all children have the opportunity to do so..." [Converge Magazine]  9:13:05 PM    

Humour from an unexpected source. Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid was on the Late Late Show in Ireland and said about his love life something like "I've been very lucky with the women in my life...I've never met Patsy Kensit". :-) 12:12:59 AM    

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