Connections (Part Five)

Connection. When we find it, we often explore its meaning to us personally as being on the same wavelength, a flow of positive energy, a good vibration, or something that resonates deep within. These analogues to music, science, math, and art are not coincidental....

Connections (Part Four)

Education forms the basis of a consistent pattern of success that leads to great things from even the smallest of players. Like the flap of a butterfly’s wings in the jungles of Brazil that cause typhoons off the Japanese coast, the connections are not always obvious...

Connections (Part Three)

As I write this, my life is consumed by elements of transition. We see our lives as never changing and yet they are in constant flux. Consider for a moment the technology around you and then envision your life 10 years ago. Notice the change? We form new connections...

Connections (Part Two)

Connections is about trial and error. Life doesn’t come with an instruction book or an answer book. The tests of time are almost always pass / fail in that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. We can learn from our connections with others who have...

Connections

In his 1979 epic series, Connections, James Burke noted that “never have so many people understood so little about so much”. The innovation we take for granted has become a never ending process of change which everyone at some point is involved. One simply has to put...

VWBPE Welcome

The 7th Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference is very pleased to announce our opening keynote: Philip Rosedale, CEO of High Fidelity, creator and founder of Second Life. Ebbe Altberg, the new CEO of