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Three Ways of Learning

January 9, 2011

Diana Laufenberg, a friend and teacher at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA, gave a great TED Talk that speaks directly to what learning is and what it is not. Specifically, Diana mentions that schools should not be repositories of information but rather opportunities for students to learn in the three ways mentioned above.

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Design as a mindset. Design as a methodology.

January 8, 2011

I recently joined the Be Playful team. After a year of transition, I have found an opportunity where I will help others understand the process of Design Thinking in order to engage our students and help them solve problems. The concept of Design Thinking is something that is not necessarily new, rather it is a [...]

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Just publish

October 21, 2010

I found the Do Lectures today. Similar to TED, these talks highlight great ideas and bring them to the public via the use of video. Unlike TED, each speaker is required to issue a “Do” statement, requesting that the audience take action. In his “Do” Talk, which can be found below, Craig Mod, focuses on [...]

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Thirty Conversations on Design

October 2, 2010

“Thirty Conversations on Design” documents what some of the most creative professionals think of design. While there were a number of great talks, and I suggest you take a look, there were a few that stood out to me This included a talk by Emily Pilloton, who describes how learning can be reshaped by using [...]

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Requirements for change

July 30, 2010

The word change has different connotations depending upon who you are. For some, it incites fear. For others, it is thrilling and the focus of their work. In my experience, leadership is about harnessing an ability to be visionary and anticipate change while also being able to understand your colleagues, their predispositions towards change, meet them where [...]

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Time Perspectives and Education

June 9, 2010

Yesterday I watched this talk given by Phillip Zimbardo, a psychologist and professor at Stanford University. In the talk, he focuses on how cultures are divided by perspectives of time and uses education as a case study. He broke it down the differences into being “past oriented” or “future oriented”. Past Oriented Zimbardo states that [...]

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Hacking Secondary Education

June 9, 2010

A great deal has been written about education reform. It seems as though there are as many approaches to reforming school as there are reformers. This is as true in secondary education as it is in higher education. To a certain degree, the principles behind reforming or “hacking” the educational system are uniform. In an [...]

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Starting with Education Futures

April 28, 2010

This is a week late but better late than never, right? I am starting the Open Course in Education Futures with George Siemens and Dave Cormier because I am not content with the status quo in education. While I consider myself to be ahead of the curve regarding implementing new practices or technologies in my [...]

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