Kapp Notes

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Why We Believe in the 2KLearning Products

Kapp Notes

For centuries people learned by conducting simple experiments (if I drop an apple and a rock…what happens?) Yet, in the United States, learning has been boxed into scantron testing to “prove” competence and has been confined to the four walls of the classroom with memorization of content as the primary goal.

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Second Life CEO Resigns, Founder Back in Charge

Kapp Notes

Philip Rosedale, in a posting called Returning to the Lab stated: Our thinking as a team is that my returning to the CEO job now can bring a product and technology focus that will help rapidly improve Second Life. Not sure this change is going to be like Steve Jobs coming back to Apple but it should re-charge efforts on the consumer side.

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If Possible.Let's Eliminate Training

Kapp Notes

As an example, many software and/or hardware training programs, classes and manuals are necessary because the designers of the software or hardware did not take the time to think through how those using the product would be interfacing with it.

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Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Beyond iPoding

Kapp Notes

The wide spread adoption of MP3 Players like Apple's iPod products has lead to an entire ecosystem of tools, accessories and content providers. The most popular of which is Apple's iPod family. An experienced production employee may be able to hear when a machine is running out of spec.

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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

One of the few exceptions is Apple, they were awesome in the 1980′s, lost their way and then have come roaring back. Napster, one of the first file sharing applications, went away and has returned but its not the same. Technology pioneers don’t seem to weather the buzz, hype, anti-hype and comeback trail very well. Not typical.

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A Conversation with Warren Apel, Co-founder of Scholastico

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As an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator, he has given presentations, workshops and keynotes on educational technology at conferences around the world. Last year, I decided that these products were good enough to sell. Ecoballot was Scholastico’s first product. So that’s four solutions.