Are you mesmerized by a generation of post-millennials who figure out their new electronic gadgets faster than you can install child safety settings? Do you think this must be unique to the generation growing up today, also dubbed the digital natives? Do you think younger generations are more tech savvy because their brains are ‘wired differently”? They might indeed be…
In I’m Gonna Pop Some Tags I referred to an article indicating that toy innovation has been sluggish since the recession. But even if the average consumer might not feel the effects of an improving economy (yet), an increasing number of economists believe we are on our way out of the abyss. At the same…
I keep turning back to a scenario project I did with a group of 1st graders in 2011. This was a regular class at a public school in Austin where the goal was to inspire the children to think creatively about their own future and life in the year 2026. This session yielded some particularly…
Are you ready for Library 2.0? Hoopla is an app service that works with Android and iOS to deliver digital library material. The app connects with public libraries across the country via library pin numbers. Users can download content that ranges from ebooks, audiobooks, music, movies and TV-shows. They even provide educational material. And of course…
I like to think that I learned to code as a kid. Well, really I didn’t, but if you wanted your family’s Commodore 64 or Atari to do anything, you actually had to use some sort of commands and know basic programming language. This was back when Bill Gates was in his 30s, when Wham churned…
Most personal insolvencies these days are caused by expenses related to the two service industries we depend on the most in our modern society – healthcare and education. And not surprisingly some of the most disruptive technological and social innovations are happening in these two areas as well. Much of the skyrocketing healthcare costs in…
Your already born Homelander/ Generation Z/ New Silent child might still follow the 20th century educational model through elementary school. But that is not because we don’t have newer, better and more efficient ways of educating children. It’s because social change and educational reforms move sloooowlyyy. But change is coming. Maybe for those who are…
