Lots of good stuff has either slid through the podcatcher or across the TV screen lately. Thought you’d be interested in these two.
Frontline is looking very seriously at the future of news as well as what it means to keep secrets in a four part series called NewsWar. A teacher’s guide is in the works and you can already view some of the show online. (Frontline also keeps a collection of episodes online for viewing. I love PBS. And WGBH.)
Open Source the radio show recently did an hour on the One Laptop per Child program. I’m wondering how to get one of those machines in hand so that I can fiddle a little bit — but I’m guessing that won’t happen anytime soon. One concern I have about the program is the notion that the computers are a magical solution. I hope no one expects that simply distributing laptops will create a better educated world.
