Carolyn Fox

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Carolyn Fox is an educator, librarian, historian, and an un/homeschooling mother. She lives in Massachusetts with her UK husband and son.

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Does lyric-sharing contribute to a more open music industry?

This February marked the 50th year anniversary of the "Please Please Me" single in the US and the start of a year-long program of events to celebrate the Fab Four (The Beatles…

Open source eliminates lack of resources at inner city schools

Fifty years ago, on January 17, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, DC. And it is worthwhile to reflect on how much or little…

Leveraging 21st-century education with open source

How one parent fosters open source at home through DIY projects

This year I made a New Year resolution to foster a more open education at home by joining a growing subculture of society. To start, I began replacing some commercial…

Is open source the missing building block to improved nutrition for schoolkids?

At the start of every new year resolutions on diet and health abound. Yet there seems to be little discussion on schoolchildren's health and nutrition, and taking a more open…

Open Math: An argument for spatial and visual learning

A hole exists in primary and secondary education that open math can fill. Visual mathematics, spatial or visual reasoning, or the application of mathematics to nature is…

On open educational resources -- Beyond definitions

A lesson from 2012: Open education brings power of knowledge to the masses

The end of 2012 is here and over time I think it will be considered a revolutionary moment for open education and open source. A tipping point. A seismic shift. The world has…

Authored Comments

wivenhoe

28 Oct 2013

Digital technology and creativity in the classroom prepares kids for the future

It's possible in time that Android will win out because the costs are high as you've mentioned. Apple has not released the numbers on how many schools are using their tablets or laptops or how many schools are iPad partners; and the US Department of Ed doesn't track the numbers either according to a recent NPR article (http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/10/25/240731070/a-schools-ipad-initiative-brings-optimism-and-skepticism). But there are a lot of issues with using these devices in a classroom regardless.

wivenhoe

26 Oct 2013

Digital technology and creativity in the classroom prepares kids for the future

Yes! Sir Ken Robinson rocks!