In a world where virtually any content is easily accessible online, why do we insist on the content-laden let-me-shove-it-down-your-throat-and-then-test-you system we currently have in education? How does the Independent Project tap into what schools should really be about – guiding students to find their passion? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmH1wS2NJY&w=560&h=315]
Archives for January 2012
Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges
Immunity to Change: Post #2 — Getting Started Too often when we think about change, we go for the easy – a technical challenge. The challenge with the most impact, however, will be the adaptive one – “a change you make in yourself that leads to real change and growth.” Kinds of challenges – Technical […]
Social Learning
This is a great stand-alone presentation (via RJ Jaquez) about social learning. My undergraduate class at Moravian College starts this week. One of my objectives is to challenge them to think about teaching and learning differently. I’ll have to work a viewing of this slide show into our work because I think it describes the […]
Learning Responsible Behavior Now
We are in the first year of a learning initiative (TL2014) that has as it’s goal the transformation of teaching and learning. As a part of this initiative, each student in grade 6-12 has been provided a laptop computer to use during the school day and after hours at home. Our filtering system during the […]
Steve Jobs Biography
I have acquired, but not yet started reading, the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. After stumbling across this First Friday Book Synopsis, I am intrigued by the “lessons” in the biography. They aren’t just “business lessons” but rather leadership lessons applicable to any field, especially education. My favorite: “Build a team of A Players […]
Be Creative and Bold
This post is the convergence of two items I’ve encountered through my RSS reader and Facebook stream. The first is this graphic about “creatives.” I really like this. It’s a list of nine things we should all live our lives by. I like it so much I’m going to share it with my department and […]