Throughout all sectors of society, including education, we are feeling, in 2022, the tensions between two worldviews. One worldview is systems-centered, emphasizing order, standardization and hierarchy; ambiguity is the enemy. Another worldview is human-centered, emphasizing the individual as part of the whole; ambiguity is expected. I wonder how the work our journey toward transforming education […]

Yesterday’s post was about focusing on the human. Today, I’m wondering how our use of tech in schooling is working against our human focus. The question was sparked by this article in the MIT Technology Review: Eliminating the Human The author, David Byrne, isn’t specifically talking about education, but about life in general. While technology […]

I texted a couple of friends this quote from Jeff Bezos yesterday… “I very frequently get the question: “What’s going to change in the next 10 years?” That’s a very interesting question. I almost never get the question: “What’s not going to change in the next 10 years?” And I submit to you that that […]

We can all agree that we are in the midst of exponential change, largely driven by technological innovations. Check out this short video on the Fourth Industrial Revolution to get a sense of the change we are dealing with. Some further evidence… …how rapidly vaccines were recently available, significantly exceeding expectations. …how we can connect […]

Our reading group is currently reading Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World. The authors propose that a new technologically advanced planet needs a new purpose of schooling and that it should be… …thriving in a transforming world. (Yes…we haven’t seen anything yet.) And with a transforming world comes challenges that can only […]

I have mixed thoughts about the World Economic Forum…I love some of their stuff, and then there is some that kind of falls short with a too narrow focus.  That narrow focus of the economic/jobs context. BUT… …they recently released a number of resources on what young people see as the challenges facing society, government […]

The pairing of those words piqued my curiosity. I suppose in some sense we are a library..a collection of life experiences…. Unique experiences that make us the individuals we are… And also shared experiences that make us part of identity groups, communities, nations….humanity. I pursued my curiosity about the Human Library and watched this short […]

The role of teacher is no longer to disseminate knowledge to passive learners.  An alternate way for the teacher might be to co-design memorable experiences that acknowledge the identities, experiences, knowledge and wisdom each person brings to growing in the learning environment. The role of leaders is no longer to dictate a vision and command […]