The Knowmads (NL) are launching an interesting social entrepreneurship experience in Western Asia. I’m sharing their release in its entirety because I believe this is a worthwhile learning and praxis opportunity for developing Knowmads: Theme: Social Entrepreneurship This summer course is all about experiencing the Knowmads way of working. We will work with you, in [...]

Remember Knowmads in Society 3.0? Something amazing is brewing in Europe. And, they’re looking for thirty candidates from around the world. Knowmads is a new school for the world of tomorrow, starting in January 2010 in The Netherlands. After two years of learning with and from KaosPilots (International School for New Business Design and Social [...]

The month of November promises to be a remarkable series of boundless conversations on the intersections of creativity, technology and innovation in education. First and foremost, I owe many thanks to Fons van der Berg for organizing Education Futures NL at the Creative Learning Lab in Amsterdam, November 2. The event will feature talks by [...]

Roberto Balaguer notes that a book we are collaborating on has captured the attention of the president of Uruguay: The website of the Presidency of the Republic [of Uruguay] takes the news. On Tuesday, in connection with the [Montevideo International] Book Fair, we held the pre-presentation of the book on Ceibal Plan and the OLPC [...]

About an hour ago, Maya Frost tweeted something utterly disturbing: Not So Global: Share of US public elementary schools teaching foreign language classes drops by 40% in last decade http://tinyurl.com/ak4at9 From the linked article (via Public School Insights): The share of U.S. public elementary schools teaching foreign language has fallen by almost 40% over the [...]

How do we convince professional development programs that leaders need a 21st century, global mindset? Are there models of higher education that are consistently, proactively, and effectively building school leaders who are prepared to compete in a knowledge economy? More accurately, are there higher education programs that are producing school leaders that create a school [...]