Last week, President Obama outlined his agenda to a joint session of Congress. He will tackle green jobs, health care, education, and will slash the budget deficit. I’ve spoken with a number of people who have watched the speech and I’ve heard mixed reviews. Some thought it was too broad, while others thought it was just right. Some said there weren’t enough specifics, while others reported feeling hopeful and inspired by rhetoric.
Whether you thought the speech was effective or not it doesn’t matter. Our new President has outlined a bold agenda for the next four years. I believe that by giving a speech – void of the minutiae – he appealed to our highest ideals. He was saying that we are on a journey for which there is no charted course. He was saying that while we may not know the territory, we do know the destination. Isn’t that what JFK did when he challenged America to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s? At the time he had no idea how we would get there, and in 1969 we landed a man on the moon.
Big dreams and high ideals make America great, and Obama’s speech left filled me with hope and optimism. I don’t quite know how we’ll get there, but I know that we will – somehow… someway.
What types of opportunities would one laptop per child in the world provide to those who couldn’t afford one otherwise? One laptop per child, access to the internet, healthy food and healthcare, combined with education is what everyone in this world needs. Nicholas Negroponte is plugging in one component that will allow all children and people to connect conversations and purposes with one another and begin to move the conversation of the world forward.
This is an incredibly interesting video. New Gingrich has an organization called American Solutions. This video is about e-government solutions. This is a really interesting website. It’s a non-partisan organization that is designed to provide real solutions to our country’s issues. You may not agree with everything, but what makes this cool is that you can send in your solutions to problems and organize around topics, themes, etc and then start being proactive to get things done. Very interesting and here’s the video…
Open-sourced materials for schools and educators. This is a fantastic idea. Watch the video below to see more about it or go to the Connexions website. It’s being developed by Richard Baraniuk at Rice University.
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