As we work to reimagine our classrooms, I found this short video full of interesting questions from Reid Wilson: What won’t we be teaching 10, 20, 30 years from now?” What don’t our students need to know to become successful global citizens? What’s now dead in education? What do we take out? What gets cut? […]
Archives for October 2015
Transform, not reform – A transformational vision for education in the US
This past September, the non-profit Convergence released A transformational vision for education in the US, the outcome of Education Reimagined, an initiative of Convergence dedicated to the realization of learner-centered education in the US. Founded in 2009, Convergence has an interesting mission: to convene people with conflicting views to identify solutions for action around national […]
4 steps to deeper conversation
Last month I shared a post on the lack of deep conversation, primarily on social media – mindlessly retweeting content and reading blog posts without connecting to the writer or ideas. At the time, I shared the hunch that a lot of surface level conversation is driven by a lack of focus, but I didn’t […]