links for 2010-04-30

Are you meeting the challenges of a 21st Century Education?

This publication presents the initial findings from a joint project between SSAT and NESTA in which groups of students identify some of the key challenges facing education in the 21st century, particularly in the context of a globalised economy, and how they think education should best respond to these.

The WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) is the world’s oldest virtual community. Howard Rheingold has found some BBC archive footage of one of the monthly parties that the community used to hold at the WELL offices. It’s a charming evocation of a vanished age. One of the nicest things about it is that Howard and Stewart Brand (one of the co-founders) are still going strong.