Friday, February 3, 2012
Ewan mcintosh
http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2012/02/making-a-creativity-friendly-school-timetable.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+edublogs+%28Ewan+McIntosh+%7C+Digital+Media+%26+Education%29
the less fresh you are the better it is for your ability to think and act creatively:
the less fresh you are the better it is for your ability to think and act creatively:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
genevieve bell
the value of boredom
via @petervan his post - the future rarely arrives when planned
via @cocreatr
via @petervan his post - the future rarely arrives when planned
via @cocreatr
idle and boredom are diff
boredom - state of tedium repetition, disengaged with surroundings.
in that disengagement, brain lights up. being bored allows brain and consciousness to reset themselves
boredom is a natural human state and
we should spend more of our time actively waking it up - heidegger
we might have traded boredom for overload..
are these devices warding off boredom?
her plea:
1) bring boredom back
2) make spaces to be bored
3) be bored together
devices work better when constantly connected
humans work better when intermittently disconnected
mark pesce
via @petervan his post - the future rarely arrives when planned
via @cocreatr
5000 times as much info, because rendered in 3d
- Identity is a function of community
- And not just identity > even TALENT is a function of and a recognized value of a community
- The social graph is the foundation of identity
how do we make people feel more secure in a world where evermore is being tracked
herefore, Mark’s thesis that “a group of well connected highly empowered individuals is a force to be reckoned with” is one of the biggest forces in place. It has always been, but now returning in force thanks to our hyper-connectivity and information abundance.
the art of hiding in plain sight
a redirection of the audiences gaze
only frightening if we deny ourselves agency
audrey watters
Interesting graph of the network of Twitter users who recently tweeted "#educon" bit.ly/Aq2M4A
Audrey Watters (@audreywatters)
2/1/12 12:13 PM
Compare what that graph looks like to this one: the network around the @gatesfoundationbit.ly/A1M2Ib
___________________
Zuckerberg's Hacker Way and Higher Ed bit.ly/xElaHS
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/facebooks-letter-zuckerberg-hacker-way-and-higher-ed#ixzz1lGOfMiJB
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it — often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.
We have the words “Done is better than perfect” painted on our walls to remind ourselves to always keep shipping.
Focus on Impact:
Move Fast:
Be Bold:
Be Open:
We believe that a more open world is a better world because people with more information can make better decisions and have a greater impact.
Build Social Value:
Instead of debating for days whether a new idea is possible or what the best way to build something is, hackers would rather just prototype something and see what works." This is an important lesson for us to heed in educational institutions, I'd argue, although I'm certain it's not one that a lot of folks want to hear.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
venessa miemis
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
2/1/12 6:16 AM
every age has its mythology, an overarching meta-narrative that defines it and guides its purpose. what is ours? #pondering#storytelling
Michael Feldstein (@mfeldstein67)
2/1/12 6:24 AM
Science decodes 'internal voices'zite.to/z6eo0p via @zite
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
2/1/12 6:13 AM
slideshow: 'building an ecology for transformative action' bit.ly/AaXBHZ by@HeleneFinidori
Kenneth Bernstein (@teacherken)
2/1/12 6:08 AM
international war on poor people dailykos.com/story/2012/02/… som jumbled thoughts after listening to morning news
Thomas Steele-Maley (@steelemaley)
1/31/12 8:32 PM
politics plurality, individuality and the world: globalciv.org/2012/01/hannah… #foundpol cc:@MaryAnnReilly @monk51295 @rogre@KornerstoneGuy
2/1/12 6:16 AM
every age has its mythology, an overarching meta-narrative that defines it and guides its purpose. what is ours? #pondering#storytelling
Michael Feldstein (@mfeldstein67)
2/1/12 6:24 AM
Science decodes 'internal voices'zite.to/z6eo0p via @zite
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
2/1/12 6:13 AM
slideshow: 'building an ecology for transformative action' bit.ly/AaXBHZ by@HeleneFinidori
Kenneth Bernstein (@teacherken)
2/1/12 6:08 AM
international war on poor people dailykos.com/story/2012/02/… som jumbled thoughts after listening to morning news
Thomas Steele-Maley (@steelemaley)
1/31/12 8:32 PM
politics plurality, individuality and the world: globalciv.org/2012/01/hannah… #foundpol cc:@MaryAnnReilly @monk51295 @rogre@KornerstoneGuy
why
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
2/1/12 6:16 AM
every age has its mythology, an overarching meta-narrative that defines it and guides its purpose. what is ours? #pondering#storytelling
kdwashburn (@kdwashburn)
2/1/12 6:22 AM
What should we be teaching? zite.to/A4WJod#education
Randy Turner (@rturner229)
2/1/12 6:08 AM
No one likes Jane Cunningham. KC Star columnist says her plan to destroy KC public schools may save them:rturner229.blogspot.com/2012/ 02/kc-sta…
Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann)
2/1/12 6:15 AM
Beyond Leveled Readers is a lovely, practical way to create a culture of reading in the k-8 class.amzn.to/wMvOmj #Kindle
Cathy Davidson (@CathyNDavidson)
2/1/12 6:26 AM
White House office studies benefits of video game--ones that get kids hooked on learning! USATODAY.comusat.ly/wdIq3W
Tony Baldasaro (@baldy7)
1/31/12 8:24 PM
“@willrich45: "Preparing Students to Learn Without Us" bit.ly/xmMzMM My new essay in Ed Leadership. #edreform#edchat #cpchat”
dcannell (@dcannell)
1/31/12 6:38 AM
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrongzite.to/xRKS0l via @zite
2/1/12 6:16 AM
every age has its mythology, an overarching meta-narrative that defines it and guides its purpose. what is ours? #pondering#storytelling
kdwashburn (@kdwashburn)
2/1/12 6:22 AM
What should we be teaching? zite.to/A4WJod#education
Randy Turner (@rturner229)
2/1/12 6:08 AM
No one likes Jane Cunningham. KC Star columnist says her plan to destroy KC public schools may save them:rturner229.blogspot.com/2012/
Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann)
2/1/12 6:15 AM
Beyond Leveled Readers is a lovely, practical way to create a culture of reading in the k-8 class.amzn.to/wMvOmj #Kindle
Cathy Davidson (@CathyNDavidson)
2/1/12 6:26 AM
White House office studies benefits of video game--ones that get kids hooked on learning! USATODAY.comusat.ly/wdIq3W
Tony Baldasaro (@baldy7)
1/31/12 8:24 PM
“@willrich45: "Preparing Students to Learn Without Us" bit.ly/xmMzMM My new essay in Ed Leadership. #edreform#edchat #cpchat”
dcannell (@dcannell)
1/31/12 6:38 AM
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrongzite.to/xRKS0l via @zite
We're almost there . . . toward meeting our 80% TCAP Achievement target for Grade 3 Reading, as a district.
The attached report shows individual school results and how they compare with the district average prediction of 79% (without our two charter schools and students with mobility within our schools). It also includes your favorite Quadrant Plot.
These predictions may not exactly match those on Acuity for several reasons. This report
1. is based on the actual "scale score" and "incremental proficiency (IP) score" of each student (along with the associated psychometric and instructional implications),
2. only includes students who tested in A, B, and C at the same school,
3. does not include a small number of outliers whose normalized gain (growth) was less that -100%.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
sebastian thrun
via @uncollege
prof thrun drops out of stanford - udacity
video
googles lab for wildest dreams
vie sagt mann. love it.
160000 students for ai via stanford
instead of lecturing we would quiz
principal way of engaging.. the student has to think
they prefer him on video (30000 a year) - because they can watch in lurk mode
volunteer - 2000 translators
these are not your typical stanford students
let them fail and i'd come to their rescue.
there was no purpose of weeding, no certificate to be earned
we don't set up kids for success but for failure
we don't help our students become smart
grades are the failure of the ed system
rather than grading, get everyone to a+
?
today, when kids get a c, we don't take the time to bring them up to an a
this medium is giving us the opportunity to do that
in response to comments - how can you teach with 160000
change the world with ed, free for world, core of a society
stop empowering the prof's and start empowering the students
in 7 weeks - anyone could build their own google. search engine..
part of this.. is getting rid of compulsion... esp in k-12.. no?
thank you sebastian, and dale and sal, and ...
love this via Sebastian:
his company 50% female.
classes 10% female.
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prof thrun drops out of stanford - udacity
video
googles lab for wildest dreams
vie sagt mann. love it.
160000 students for ai via stanford
instead of lecturing we would quiz
principal way of engaging.. the student has to think
they prefer him on video (30000 a year) - because they can watch in lurk mode
volunteer - 2000 translators
these are not your typical stanford students
let them fail and i'd come to their rescue.
there was no purpose of weeding, no certificate to be earned
we don't set up kids for success but for failure
we don't help our students become smart
grades are the failure of the ed system
rather than grading, get everyone to a+
?
today, when kids get a c, we don't take the time to bring them up to an a
this medium is giving us the opportunity to do that
in response to comments - how can you teach with 160000
change the world with ed, free for world, core of a society
stop empowering the prof's and start empowering the students
in 7 weeks - anyone could build their own google. search engine..
part of this.. is getting rid of compulsion... esp in k-12.. no?
thank you sebastian, and dale and sal, and ...
love this via Sebastian:
the real question is not, what's going to happen to the uni, but what's going to happen to the people...
his company 50% female.
classes 10% female.
____________
tedxfrontrange
Hi TEDx Fans! Employing a disciiplined and deliberate process, the TEDxFrontRange Steering Committe is proud to announce the entire lineup of speakers for the May 10, 2012 event. Below are the names, location and organization for each presenter:
More event information, including sponsor announcements, will be forthcoming. kool beans.. no? _____________ |
sue vanhattum
MaryAnnReilly 2 great posts by @suevanhattum Richmond #Math Salon http://t.co/jtK6Bwza & my ideal school Cc @monk51295
poem is lovely Sue.. grazie.
poem is lovely Sue.. grazie.
will richardson
Will Richardson (@willrich45)
1/31/12 6:29 AM
First read this LA teacher's story lat.ms/yEBCaO then, read the comments lat.ms/zQZDw2 Tests have no empathy #edchat #edreform
Will Richardson (@willrich45)
1/31/12 6:32 AM
And btw, you think this nyti.ms/x0fMml might have something to do with the edu "problem"? We learning this? #edchat #edreform
no forcing.. but that's what we're up to..
a quiet revolution.
1/31/12 6:29 AM
First read this LA teacher's story lat.ms/yEBCaO then, read the comments lat.ms/zQZDw2 Tests have no empathy #edchat #edreform
Will Richardson (@willrich45)
1/31/12 6:32 AM
And btw, you think this nyti.ms/x0fMml might have something to do with the edu "problem"? We learning this? #edchat #edreform
We need a program that would force members of the upper tribe and the lower tribe to live together, if only for a few years. We need a program in which people from both tribes work together to spread out the values, practices and institutions that lead to achievement.If we could jam the tribes together, we’d have a better elite and a better mass.
no forcing.. but that's what we're up to..
a quiet revolution.
douglas rushkoff
this book looks great. i love the interview.
currently reading quiet by cain..
thinking - everything that we think is a disadvantage is actually a super power.. we're just often coming from the wrong vantage point.
douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff)
1/31/12 6:02 AM
Interview: Douglas Rushkoff On Media Literacy and His New Graphic Novel huff.to/yLXJPx via@HuffingtonPost
currently reading quiet by cain..
thinking - everything that we think is a disadvantage is actually a super power.. we're just often coming from the wrong vantage point.
douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff)
1/31/12 6:02 AM
Interview: Douglas Rushkoff On Media Literacy and His New Graphic Novel huff.to/yLXJPx via@HuffingtonPost
Monday, January 30, 2012
john hagel
evolution of design to amplify flow
via @CoCreatr
rings of current convos and thinking on detox.
simply used as a template, in a model, of how this has worked for some.
and this - of our why.. setting people free:
again.. like a turtle, with a shell for protection. if we take away the shell (likening this to the school system, taking away self-directed learning) we need to return the shell (or for ed, offer up conditions of freedom, ie: detox, sabbatical, ...) before the turtle (or the person) can once again own/be themselves.
ramblings from an email i sent to adam about this issue. hosting it here for now.. so i can come back to it:
he was questioning the whole idea of setting people free, as opposed to them freeing themselves. as well as what detox is..
ongoing for sure.. infinite game..
via @CoCreatr
It is particularly interesting to see how the constructal law is used in a predictive manner – anticipating what the design of a particular flow system might look like and then empirically testing it in various natural settings.
rings of current convos and thinking on detox.
simply used as a template, in a model, of how this has worked for some.
and this - of our why.. setting people free:
Freedom enhances the evolution of design
This focus on the evolution of design also leads the authors to emphasize the importance of freedom. “A prerequisite, then, is for the flow system to be free to morph. . . . Freedom is good for design. Later on, the authors observe: “Freedom is what allows flow systems to configure and reconfigure themselves. It is what allows them to “get design” and get better. Without freedom there would be no design and no evolution.”
again.. like a turtle, with a shell for protection. if we take away the shell (likening this to the school system, taking away self-directed learning) we need to return the shell (or for ed, offer up conditions of freedom, ie: detox, sabbatical, ...) before the turtle (or the person) can once again own/be themselves.
ramblings from an email i sent to adam about this issue. hosting it here for now.. so i can come back to it:
im believing..there is no ultimate, no defined definition. a definition, to me, deadens, calls out a " game over" mindset. even if it didn't deaden things.. keeps people from that daily.. aliveness and searching, noticing, etc... it's different for everyone.. and within everyone.
so.. school, or detox, ... we're just offering ideas.. right?
this is just a preface, as I then attempt to share my current view of these ideas..
in my thinking, the concept of detox is "coming out" as a strong temporary jumpstart.. a template to follow even, because our intoxication has become so bad. it's like an external setting free, even as people go in to physically rescue human trafficked victims, take them to a safe place, to begin healing. and it's become bad because of an outside force, this schooling. schooling, not as something I'll intended, but as something gone a muck, and in it's own redefinition, manifesting as a type of imprisonment. it's perpetuating it's own dependency.
so a be you house, a detox place, rather than theorize, we offer a space to actually jumpstart that healing. currently, I'm thinking not everyone will need to go to such a physical space, but us physically modeling that, makes it easier for others to visualize how their own mind might take charge and set themselves free.
no doubt, this is personal, ongoing, daily.
again, i see detox (and the lab) as such, we are play acting... to free us from a temporary disaster. we are physically walking through the motions of a healthy mind. detox and the innovation lab as some outside rescue, for it to see success, is that it is no longer needed.. we're re-enacting something natural. success will be people free, because of their once again, owning their own curiosity...
he was questioning the whole idea of setting people free, as opposed to them freeing themselves. as well as what detox is..
ongoing for sure.. infinite game..
Sunday, January 29, 2012
festival of learning
Joi Ito (@Joi)
1/29/12 4:05 AM
Watch Festival of Learning 2012 | Day 2 on Vimeo!vimeo.com/user3515731/fe…
venessa miemis
9 personal capacities of authentic leaders
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
1/29/12 5:19 AM
Gifted People and their Problems [PDF] bit.ly/wX9J9z by Francis Heylighen
Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis)
1/29/12 5:19 AM
Gifted People and their Problems [PDF] bit.ly/wX9J9z by Francis Heylighen
peter vander auwera
Peter Vander Auwera (@petervan)
1/29/12 4:51 AM
The Truth: Creativity Comes From Blending Dissonant Goals Into Radical Harmony bit.ly/wz4EbH by @freegorifero via@jorgebarba
Peter Vander Auwera (@petervan)
1/29/12 4:46 AM
RT @dachisgroup Age of Disruption? bit.ly/x0LTfi via@jorgebarba
Pasi Sahlberg (@pasi_sahlberg)
1/29/12 4:07 AM
Finland's formula for school success:edutopia.org/education-ever…
why must we insist on classroom? what do we mean by regular.. and why insist on certain means of communication...
why must we know 2^3?
cathy davidson
Cathy Davidson (@CathyNDavidson)
1/28/12 3:00 PM
The Dartmouth: Davidson pushes for greater school reformbit.ly/AC75pu
1/28/12 3:00 PM
The Dartmouth: Davidson pushes for greater school reformbit.ly/AC75pu
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