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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?

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.

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.