Making Sense of It All in The Age of Big Information; A Simple Methodology for Structured Thinking
First Edition: Published with the support of Brandspire Digital Limited, United Kingdom.
After some 10 years of thinking and writing about ‘Frameworks’ – to ‘self-publish” an introduction to ‘Frameworks’; with some of the ideas around ‘Frameworks’; with a description of the ‘Frameworks’ Methodology and the Prototype Tool; with some discussion of the context of the current generation of gadget-led consumers of computing technology, the chaotic digital infosphere, and the need for new thinking about Foundational Education for the Next Generation of Citizens of the World who will need to think straight in the Age of Information Overload (Daniel Levitin, 2015) and become aware of complexity and how to deal with complexity in the digital world through structured thinking and the modelling of structured thinking (Peter Ward, 2025).
To publish ‘Frameworks’ as a Book and on the Magic Browser Website – in the first instance, to target Foundational Education, Primary Teachers and their Pupils. To convert the ‘Frameworks’ Methodology into a Simple, Small, Easy-to-Use Tool – for the modelling of thinking and understanding (independent creative thinking); for the Sharing of individual models of thinking and understanding.
To situate the ‘Frameworks’ Prototype Tool (“The Intelligent Frame”) on the Magic BRowser website. To facilitate and explore its use by Teachers working with their Pupils.
To Evaluate its use and usefulness – to inform ETC ETC ETC
Second Edition?
To iron our errors in the First Edition; to evaluate reader and “user” feedback. To inform further development.
To discuss at greater depth and length – the ideas around ‘Frameworks’