DEMOletter Weekly Edition, July 25, 2007

DEMOletter Weekly Edition
July 25, 2007
Volume 12, Number 24

CHRIS SHIPLEY: HOW WILL TECH AFFECT TOMORROW'S CLASSROOM?

Earlier this week, I found myself engaged in a fascinating discussion with researcher Daniel Erasmus about the Future of Education.

As part of a research project backed by Finnish textbook developer Sanoma WSOY, Daniel is talking with people around the world with an array of perspectives about what learning environments will be like in the year 2020. "The industrial, "one-size-fits-all" model of education is no longer seen as the most effective way of transferring knowledge," he writes. "The way that children absorb information has changed significantly in the last 20 years. For example, they are now much more likely to make use of video technology, such as YouTube, to find out more about something instead of through books. The Internet has also transformed how students interact and communicate with each other. Information is more easily shared on the Internet, and group discussions are as likely to take place in instant messaging virtual conferences, social networking sites, or 3D virtual worlds as in physical locations."

Over a 4-hour conversation, Daniel took me through his "scenario planning" method. Scenario planning is, more or less, a fancy way of saying "imagine the future" but with an interesting twist. "We operate under the premise that what we expect to happen tomorrow dictates what is done today." In other words, we create the future we expect. So Daniel's research is all about figuring out what a lot of people think might happen.

Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/how_will_technology_affect_tomorrows_classroom.php

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KEITH SHAW: YOUR BOSS IS PROBABLY READING YOUR BLOG

Can the world of Web 2.0, with its social collaboration, information sharing and openness interoperate in a corporate world, where the first order of business is to make sure that critical data doesn't leak to competitors or others?

Outbound communications continue to grow as a source of risk for companies, according to the fourth-annual content security survey from Proofpoint (DEMO 2004). The study found that almost one-third of companies with 1,000 or more employees hire staff to read or analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. At companies with more than 20,000 employees, 38.8% employ staff for this purpose. And 16.9% of companies surveyed employ staff whose primary or exclusive job responsibility is to read or analyze e-mail content.

Other communications tools, including Web-based e-mail, peer-to-peer networks, instant messaging, blogs and message boards are new concerns for companies worried about data leakage. The survey showed that over the past 12 months, 21.4% had investigated the exposure of sensitive information via a blog or message board post, while 19.2% disciplined and 9.1% terminated an employee for such infractions. Nearly half (48.7%) of companies surveyed said they are very concerned or concerned about Web-based e-mail as a "conduit for exposure of confidential or proprietary information." At the largest companies (more than 20,000 employees), the top concern for information leakage other than e-mail is peer-to-peer networks.

Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/your_boss_is_probably_reading_your_blog.php

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DEMOTRACKER: The latest from DEMO alumni

* Ugobe (DEMO 2006) says its online Pleo pre-orders have sold out for 2007.

* Six Apart, Palm team up to allow blogging services on new Foleo mobile device.

The complete DEMOtracker archive is located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.php

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DEMOletter Weekly Edition is written by Chris Shipley <mailto:chris@cshipley.com> and Keith Shaw <mailto:kshaw@nww.com>

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