Posts Tagged ‘notes’

Book Notes – DIY U by Anya Kamenetz

Here are my book notes for Anya’s latest book. This book is definitely worth a read. You may also want to view Anya’s talk with Steve Hargadon over at Learning Central.
“Any time you are learningĀ  established information—names, facts, figures, ideas thunk by thinkers before you—that’s scholastic learning. Empirical knowledge, on the other [...]

Cognitive Surplus – Book Notes

Booknotes for Clay Shirky’s latest book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. This book is certainly worth a read. (My notes in red, text in black are direct quotes.)
One thing that makes the current age remarkable is that we can now treat free time as a general social asset that [...]