Professions are changing. I know you’ve heard it, but if you have questions about it, know Daniel Susskind’s work (The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts. Oxford University Press, 2015). Why is there so much talk about artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain? What is Learning analytics and adaptive learning? What are active teaching and learning methods? Why is there such prominence in these respective areas of knowledge?
Some important skills for this century
It is likely that what you will read in the next few lines does not seem of immediate…
In one of the legendary scenes of a legendary movie (2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1968), the supposedly infallible HAL 9000 onboard computer attempts to get astronaut Dave Bowman to give up his intent: to turn it off. The crew decided this when HAL made a mistake and thus lost the mission’s credibility. The dialogue is:
I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help…
Já tive dezenas de chefes. Ainda me lembro de quase todos.
Alguns foram fonte de aprendizagem. Outros foram motivo de desgaste. Outros não fizeram diferença alguma.
E chefes têm relação com demissões. Vou contar minhas experiências com eles e com as demissões. Talvez você se reconheça em algum momento.
O cara difícil, mas com quem aprendi muito
Mr. Mean Guy (apelido que criei para ele) foi o que mais me marcou. Sujeito duro, sistemático, tipo deixa que eu chuto o balde, foi inicialmente um susto para a equipe. Veio para botar ordem numa casa desarrumada. Quando chegou, eu pensei que seria demitido em poucos dias.
Foi necessário definir…
Em meados da década de 1990 conheci a área de tecnologia aplicada à educação. O sistema Logo, as ferramentas de produtividade pessoal e profissional. Informática pessoal. Em 1997 tive a oportunidade de conhecer o MIT Media Lab, lar do próprio Logo e de seus descendentes: o StarLogo, os kits Mindstorms de robótica educacional, o Scratch e a promessa de comunidades de aprendizagem. Agora fala-se de STEM e de Espaços Maker.
Já escrevi sobre os kits de ciência da década de 1970. Marcaram fortemente muitas crianças e jovens que a eles tiveram acesso (como eu). Tento me lembrar, neste momento, de…
My first contribution to Medium
Just the other day I wrote a comment for a Medium article (which defended the idea that all of us must write, no matter the subject nor the professional level of the authorship). My words were: “Nice article. I was thinking of becoming an author, now I have decided to be one!”. Many applauses came just after :)
Welcome to the text I intended to write. Perhaps the first of a series. I hope. Over the past 30 years, I have thought and worked on subjects like technology, education, agricultural engineering, computer science. A considerable mix of knowledge areas and…
Renato Soffner
Renato Soffner (1962-) was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Grandchild of German and Lebanese immigrants, he was educated eclectically in education and technology.
