The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... President of the Internet Age he needs to harness the web not just for elections but to govern. Don Tapscott is the Chaiman of the Texas-based think tank nGenera Insight. He has worked with government leaders around the world and is currently leading a $4 million syndicated program called "Government 2.0: Wikinomics Government and Democracy." He has written 13 widely read books on the impact...
allvoices (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Don Tapscott, author of ‘Grown Up Digital’, says that ‘we're in the early days of fundamental change in the nature of democracy itself." He was referring to Obama’s using the internet as a tool for his government. Google CEO and Obama adviser Eric Schmidt supported the statement and said, ‘An open system means more voices; more voices mean more discussion, which leads to a better decision.’...
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | yesterday
Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital , believes. Tapscott, considered by many to be a leading commentator on our Internet age, believes the age of learning through the memorization of facts and figures is coming to an end. Instead, students should be taught...
Remarkk! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rahaf Harfoush heard Will.I.Am’s call Yes We Can and decided to join the Obama campaign at Chicago HQ. Now Rahaf is no ordinary door-knocker. She is a Gen-Y social media maven, consultant and frequent collaborator with Don Tapscott, including on Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital. So now that everybody and their brother is looking to [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
SCHOOL children no longer need to memorise facts and figures because everything they need is just a mouse click away, an internet educator says.It would be better to teach children to think creatively so they could interpret and apply knowledge they gained online, said Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling book Wikinomics and a champion of the “net generation”.“Teachers are no longer the fountain...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Murray Wardrop Last Updated: 6:44AM GMT 02 Dec 2008For generations of pupils, learning key historical dates, places, and names off by heart has been the bastion of academic success.But for today's youngsters, tedious rote learning is pointless because such basic facts are only a mouse click away via Google, Wikipedia and online libraries, according to writer and businessman Don Tapscott.Tapscott,...
Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World HC by Don Tapscott is an insightful book on next ( greatest! ) generation and the impact. A must read. Useful links: http://grownupdigital.com www.ngenera.com
