Will they walk the talk?

We sure hope they do. These brief inputs (see clip) from the panel sound promising. They seem to be calling for a very different approach to knowledge, than the current institutionalized one, which continues to be reproduced via the usual channels. In Europe we need to walk the talk.

There seems to be an urgency to inform, revamp and disseminate quality stuff "bottom-up", fostering business and innovative learning communities. They underscore the need for quite a different "operating system" to approach knowledge as such, to prevent the historical protection of "status quo"... that we know so well.

Check their pledge: here is the transcript.

Where is the comma!

Let's look at the whole iPad buzz from another perspective: this or any other similar tool can allow a 99 year old woman, to enjoy reading and writing as she did, before suffering glaucoma.

The clip (it) shows how fast she learns how to interact and look for items on the touch screen, by just tapping. She's even started writing again, so she came up with this:

"To this technical-ninny it's clear

In my compromised 100th year,

That to read and to write

Are again within sight

Of this Apple iPad pioneer"

(Virginia Campbell; Lake Oswego, 99 yrs old)

The original video was posted on YouTube, one of Virginia's daughters told OregonLive.com and the rest is just well... viral story... (kudos to the apple marketing guys... )

Original clip on YouTube - Article on the Unofficial Apple Weblog - Article on Mashable