A short video with a compelling argument from TED: Someone always asks the math teacher, “Am I going to use calculus in real life?” And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
"Life is not a multiple choice test,
it's an open-book essay examination."
-Alan Blinder
Archive for June, 2009
Ahhh, summer
6/22/2009
Again, Education Futures joins millions of educators and policy leaders around the world in taking a little time off this summer. We are not going to completely disappear, but we will have a reduced publishing schedule. When we fire up again in August, expect a few more enhancements, including an interview series with big thinkers [...]
TEDIndia fellowship deadline approaches
6/12/2009
The organizers of TEDIndia asked that I share this reminder that the application deadline for TEDIndia fellowships is June 15, 2009. What makes TEDIndia extra-special is, that the TED Fellows program will include a group of 100 innovators from India and South Asia who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage. These young world-changers will [...]
Design the teacher of the future
6/11/2009
What are the roles and qualifications for the Teacher of the Future? This is the question that Education Futures is asking participants of the Education 2020 unconference in Islay, Scotland on June 12, 2009. (Watch my greetings for the conference.) Whether you’re participating in the event or not, you are invited to share your vision [...]
Postsecondary innovation left behind
6/10/2009
Higher education has never been in greater need of innovation. So, why stop fostering it? Today, Inside Higher Ed published a chilling article: [...] the U.S. Education Department quietly revealed this week that the Fund for the Improvement in Postsecondary Education will forgo its main open grant competition. The main reason: The program’s funds have [...]
Thank you, Europe!
6/2/2009
(Photo by Sebastiaan ter Berg) I just returned from my talks at the Creative Company Conference, ITSMF Academy, and the University of Oxford. The themes of each presentation were different, but I was able to work from a common subset of slides that built from ideas shared in the Designing Education 3.0 series at Education [...]
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