The preliminary program for the upcoming e-competencies event on October 31 in Mexico City is now available! Although this is likely to change a lot, I want to share it immediately to highlight the excellent minds (from nine countries) that will be joining us!
"Life is not a multiple choice test,
it's an open-book essay examination."
-Alan Blinder
Innovative Thinkers
E-competencies: Building human capital for the 22nd century
8/22/2008
Upcoming event: October 31, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Conference website: www.e-competencies.org The Knowledge Society demands that we leapfrog ahead in our education systems, build a new digital literacy, and improve soft skills (creativity, innovation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, among others) that could help all 21st century citizens become productive, effective knowledge workers. Educators, policymakers, [...]
eSN TechWatch: Preparing kids for 21st century success
5/19/2008
From eSchool News — Author Daniel Pink discusses what it will take for students to succeed in an outsourced and automated world–and how schools should change their approach to education accordingly:
If Shakespeare had been in my English class…
11/20/2007
I shudder to think. This notion came to mind as I watched this video, Do Schools Kill Creativity, delivered by Sir Ken Robinson at a TED Conference in Monterey, CA. where he again raises the concern that our educational system is about the business of educating people out of their creativity. Over the years, I’ve inspired many a [...]
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