by Dwayne Phillips We tend to ban the latest tools in school so that students won’t “cheat.” Today’s kids laugh at what prior generations banned. My granddaughter is in high school (I have to take a moment to comprehend how that happened so fast). We had a short discussion last night on tools for learning. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Generation Y'
A Short History of Banning Tools in School
September 21st, 2026 · No Comments
Tags: Childhood · Conversation · Education · Generation Y · Learning · Teaching · Tools
The Folly of the Birth Certificate
August 24th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Basing decisions on a person’s age is a bad practice and always has been. Individual persons are just that—individual persons. Groups have tendencies. Oh the horror of that statement, but it has some truth behind it. One of the greater follies of this post (post(post)) modern era is that of the “digital […]
Tags: Culture · Differences · Expectations · Generation Y
We’re Missing a Few Layers (and Adaptability)
October 13th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We have chased manufacturing out of America. We now have holes in our job structure and have lost the ability to adapt to a changing world. I read a few posts on the “Econolypse” lately. Here is one post, and here is another. We have chased the manufacturing jobs from the U.S. […]
Tags: Employment · General Systems Thinking · Generation Y · Ideas
Just In Time Technology
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Kids today. They do new things at dizzying speeds. Sometimes it is a big waste of time, but sometimes it is quite productive. They are entering the work force in droves, so be ready. Yesterday 6AM – I wake my son. He wanted to ask me something about headphones, so he left […]
Tags: Change · Generation Y · Technology