From TED.com: In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.
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Ken Robinson on the fast food model of education
The politics of American anti-intellectualism
Nothing is more political than education. The Texas State Board of Education reminded us of the phenomenon this month, rewriting textbook guidelines to match their conservative, theological worldviews. Not since the Kansas Board of Education voted to restrict the teaching of evolution has an entire state backlashed so strongly against science and reason. In an [...]
Timeline
By John Moravec (Updated May 30, 2010) This timeline of the history of modern education provides not only a glimpse into the past and present, but plots out a plausible future history for human capital development. The future history presented is intended to be edgy, but also as a conversation starter on futures for education [...]
Games in the Classroom (part three)
Twenty years ago, playing games over a distance might have meant that you played turn-taking games like chess over email, and you were cutting edge. I remember people playing chess through snail mail! You would make your move and wait for a reply. What is happening now is taking place in real-time in virtual environments [...]
Creation wins, educators lose
Ei, chihuahua… University of Minnesota-Morris professor PZ Myers writes on the follies of a Christian science fair. The winner? “Creation Wins!!!” The losers? Ignorant parents, teachers and judges…
Left behind (in the Dark Ages)
I’ve refrained from commenting on politics up to now, but this is too absurd to be ignored any longer. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising [...]
What happened to Thinking Machines?
Technology Review has an interview with Danny Hills, cofounder of Thinking Machines. In the 1980′s the company sought to develop the world’s first real artificial intelligence. They failed. Why? We look to our own minds and watch our patterns of conscious thought, reasoning, planning, and making analogies, and we think, “That’s thinking.” Actually, it’s just [...]
Popular Mechanics: The upgradable you
Recognizing natural human evolution is likely over, Popular Mecanics is carrying a story on technological trends and advancements that will build better humans. Update – New Scientist is running a similar article.
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