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Bring on the learning revolution

Steve Lissenden — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:23:41 +0000

“Everyday, everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet and we should tread softly.”

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.

This Is How We Dream

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:18:21 +0000

Richard E. Miller and Paul D. Hammond, The New Humanities Collaborative, tell the story of how reading and writing have been transformed by the web.

What does it mean to write? to read? to publish?

The answers to these questions, once obvious, must now be reimagined.

Can the educational system rise to the challenge of preparing students to live, work, think, and thrive in an environment of ceaseless change?

This is How We Think: Learning in Public After the Paradigm Shift

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:49:49 +0000

In “This is How We Think,” Richard E. Miller and Paul D. Hammond explore how education must change now that we live in a world where information abounds, where reading and research have moved from the library to the laptop, and where the act of learning itself is now making its way out of the shadows into the public eye.

In this collaborative presentation, Professors Miller and Hammond discuss their efforts to invent new media teaching practices that encourage students to engage with the most pressing problems of our time.

“This is How We Think” continues the line of thinking begun in Miller and Hammond’s “This is How We Dream,” which is currently posted on YouTube.

This is How We Think: Learning in Public After the Paradigm Shift from From Text to Cloud on Vimeo.

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

Steve Lissenden — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:30:04 +0000

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson asks how do we make change happen in education and how do we make it last

Here is Ken’s presentation in full.

Sharing

Steve Lissenden — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:31:19 +0000

Sharing: The Moral Imperative

From the K12 Online Conference 20, Dean Shareski’s 2010 PRECONFERENCE KEYNOTE

This keynote looks at the new obligation of sharing for educators. With stories from the a variety of sources, the fact that we now have the ability to teach and share beyond our classrooms is moving from “nice to do” to “necessary to do”. See if you agree.

Here is Karl Fisch’s response.

Pay attention

Steve Lissenden — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:08:41 +0000

A message from T4 – Jordan School District
Transforming Teaching Through Technology

Myth busting through data visualisation

Steve Lissenden — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:00:19 +0000

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen…

and here is Hans Rosling’s new insights on poverty…

and here is the tool to play with…. Enjoy.

Dreaming, curiosity and connecting the dots.

Steve Lissenden — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:16:45 +0000

I’ve been cleaning up my RRS reader Bloglines and came across these videos. I find them both truly inspiring.

The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch

A very moving and inspiring “last lecture” from Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007.

Find more videos like this on Centraler Toastmasters Club

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

Love what you do, don’t settle.

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:55:21 +0000

I saw this a while back before I started this blog and then forgot to include it. Better late than never I say…

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity