Historic Artifacts in the City of Steel

Last week I was back in Chicago for the workshop meetings of the Connected Learning Research Network. During two days members of the different research teams discussed some of the emerging themes we have been finding in our studies about youth, learning, and digital media. Besides having a great dialogue and feedback, experiencing the downtown [...]

Book review : The Victorian Internet

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-Line Pioneers

By Tom Standage. New York : Walker and Co., 1998. Pp. IX + 227. $9.56. The title of this book, in particular the words “Internet” and “On-Line,” reminds us that networked telecommunication systems are not unique to our contemporary times. [...]