Wellington Sneak Peek – Dan Bishop

Software Freedom Day Wellington is being run as an unconference – but several of Wellington’s finest have already put their hands up for a speaking spot. We’ll be telling you about several of them to give you an idea of what to expect.

2 – 230 : Dan Bishop -  Giving children metatools to play with. Seriously.

We’re beyond asking whether some of the new free software offerings for children – like MIT’s “Scratch” platform – have any educational value. These are metatools, so stand back please and give the kids some room! This discussion will look at how tools are being used to build tools, and will ask, somewhat meekly “where does it stop?”.
Hint: it doesn’t.

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Dan Bishop swapped a career in road freight in Zimbabwe for the
then-new field of digital printing in London, then got swept up by the dotcom boom and bust, had a couple of great children, and landed somehow in New Zealand with one foot in education, the other in software development project management. Dan is a consultant on the practical application of emerging digital technologies.

Don’t forget to register for Software Freedom Day Wellington at our website!