Posts Tagged ‘ individuality ’

Bulgarian students dream about future schools

8/17/2011

As we shared earlier, Project Dream School started with a simple question: If you could build a dream school, what would you do?

This morning, I received some inspiring ideas. [...]


Ken Robinson on standardized testing

3/21/2010

Ken Robinson goes on the offensive against standardized testing in a post-industrial society … and hits the issue on the head:


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On “keeping America competitive”…

Norman Augustine, former chairman of Lockheed Martin Corp. and lead author of Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box last Friday: From the report’s description: So where does America stand relative to its position of five years ago when the Gathering Storm book was prepared? The unanimous [...]


Ken Robinson on the fast food model of education

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.


Arthur Benjamin: Drop calculus, mainstream statistics

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.


Siftables: A promising future for toys

Wow-oh-wow, oh wow!!!! From TED earlier this month: MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning? More elsewhere: Siftables at MIT D. Merrill, [...]


Yes, we can!

I’m in Mexico until late this election night. I voted absentee, and I hope you’re voting, too. (Sí, se puede!)


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