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September 28, 2005
Edward Tenner to close DUX 2005
As referenced on the conference website, Dr. Edward Tenner -- acclaimed writer, speaker, consultant, on technology, culture, and the history thereof -- will be the featured speaker of the closing plenary session of DUX 2005.
Clark Dodsworth, DUX 2005 Program Co-Chair, shares the best links he has found on Edward Tenner:
His home page, with a great deal of info, several interviews, his books, and a bio at the bottom: http://www.edwardtenner.com/A good educational technology website with two Dr. Tenner articles, a review of his book, "Why Things Bite Back," and links to both that book and his other, more recent book, "Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology": http://www.edtechnot.com/nottenner.html
David Gergen, editor of "U.S. News & World Report," interviews Dr. Tenner on MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/september96/bite_9-5.html
Excerpt from "Our Own Devices": http://www.wnyc.org/books/17968
Article by Dr. Tenner in the Washington Post, August, 2003": http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34960-2003Aug23¬Found=true
Letter at Slate by Tenner regarding Malcolm Gladwell's book, "The Tipping Point": http://slate.msn.com/id/2000154/entry/1004849/
Excellent quote from Dr. Tenner's column in Technology Review: http://aaronland.info/weblog/2001/11/28/3667/
Review of "Our Own Devices" in the Boston Review, by Carl Elliott, Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton: http://www.bostonreview.net/BR28.5/elliott.html
We are delighted that Edward has agreed to close our 2005 conference.
Posted by richard.anderson at September 28, 2005 08:23 AM