wadah khanfar

we found new ways to express our feelings and beliefs.. no violence...
their propoganda.. told parents to bring kids home
these kids who are idealistic enough to imagine a different future
but idealistic enough to not use violence
instead, parents went to the streets and supported them

internet and connectivity has created a new mindset
before we thought change was imposed on us
change should spring from within - but open with universal values

it is happening now
fortunately - people right now can be decieved

at this point in time - the youth are the wisest for making change

when asked what can we do in the west...
connectivity is letting people know that people care


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via @jhagel on his revolution from the edge

Roger Ebert Tells TED of Battle With Cancer and Computers | The Wrap Media

Roger Ebert Tells TED of Battle With Cancer and Computers | The Wrap Media

soccer passion

whoa. this is - beautiful. brilliant.
absolutely.
life is too short to not..


thank you @tomaltepeter via @azjd via @maggieswitz


we can.

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john wooden

thanks to @rmbyrne

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adora svitak

ah.. love this Adora:
continue to be naïve and impulsive; because impulse should be the drive to achieve great things."


and this:
"We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion," she said. "Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical."

"A lot of negative words adults call the young, like naïve, impulsive and way too connected online, are all things we can turn into strengths to help us," she said. Her message to her youthful audience in Dubai was to take it as a compliment next time someone calls them naïve.

all from Adora in Dubai

 another bravo sweet...
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david mangene

what a cool site...
what a cool way to show english and dutch at same time

love what these guys are doing..



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seth godin on acumen

Seth's Blog: Ten years of changing the world

That a small band of talented, driven people could make this happen isn't surprising to me. What surprises me is that we still wonder whether change like this is possible.

noam kostucki

tedxwarwick 2011



how to go from dreams to reality.. how to get what you want
generally - people
combo of making money and doing what you love.
generally - charity
combo of making money and doing good

take the challenge of evolution and adapt
charities are aneorexic, companies are obese, govt is big flat clogged artery, last financial crisis was a stroke

why is making money from doing good the cure
if evolve as a species - how will it look
what can you do about this global evolution

how could you expect to not do good when your job is to make the world a better place

if you do what you love, you'll get great at it, and start sharing value to others
not for profit or non profit but for purpose

last century was focus on perfection
the perfect solution to every problem is that there isn't one but many, that need to evolve all the time
so biggest fear - is acceptance of the way things are..

wireless tech has given us the ability to evolve as a species - one world - one organization
if all of us don't fulfill our purpose - we will die

diversity is king
we need chaortic systems - that can evolve all the time
we need transparent communication - so every part knows what's going on
we need system that allows individual and collective both to survive

democratic 2.0 - all the laws
all projects like kiva - vote with taxes

organization and people become accountable for what they do
repeating human revolution at the organization level

harness the good and the inevitability of evolution

edmond burke - all that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

wikipedia as a sharing place

sweet spot between cooperation and collaboration

our obsession with money is like our obsession with food, too much and too little are both bad

we don't have to choose between doing good and making money


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An Anti-College Backlash? - The Atlantic

An Anti-College Backlash? - The Atlantic

tim brown

we fear the judgment of our peers
it's this fear that keeps us conservative in our thinking..
same exercise with kids (drawing neighbor) no fears
but as become adults, much more sensitive to opinions of peers
if in a trusted environment.. most free to play

before founding ideo - david kelly said - he wanted to form a company where all his employees were friends.. friends are a pathway to play

symbols in the workplace to remind us to play

thinking through your hands.. through play

how to play.. when to play.
play isn't an anarchy - there are rules

divergent modes - more playful
convergent modes - more serious
but not absolutes... not an either or - it's an and

we need trust to play and we need trust to be creative
there are a series of things we did as kids that would behoove us as adults:

• exploration - going for quantity
• building and thinking with hands
• role play - adds empathy - and authenticity

some more great videos - and ideas of play via http://icatsrevolution.blogspot.com/

off to bed..


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simon sinek

the importance of a declaration


Working to pull something down may achieve the stated objectives, but what inspires great nations is when people join forces to work to build something up.

It is amazing to watch them inspire each other to rise up. But it will be more inspiring when we see them chant, in loud choruses, the foundation upon which they hope to rebuild their nations -- for each nation to declare its independence based on its own vision of a peaceful and just future.

Before you build your nations, declare your independence.


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wikipedia

how to create a sandbox


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roger schank

for homeschoolers, education reformers and open minded individuals..
paraphrase from JSMIll

joe bower

for the love of learning: Interview with Mona Knudslien & Joe Bower: "Here is a 12 minute interview featuring my past principal Mona Knudslien and me. Together, we discuss how a school can innovate and improv..."

the brooklyn free school

great site
i love most all of their wording ... esp in faq on - what about the basics, etc.



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patricia ryan

languages today: 6000
in 90 years: 600

a language dies every 14 days

teaching english has morphed from being a mutually beneficial practice to becoming a massive international business
the best ed, is to be found in the uni's of the UK and the US, so everyone wants an english edu
but if you aren't native english and you want it you have to pass a test

if i met a monolingual dutch speaker who had the cure for cancer, would i keep them out of our uni's?
but.. all the research is in english..
well - what about translation?

love having a global language, but against having it as a barrier..
this system equated intelligence with a knowledge of english, which is quite arbitrary

the shoulders on which we stand did not have to pass an english test.. ie: einstein

toefl test costs - $150 - very prohibited to pour people

when a language dies, we don't know what we lose with that language

some children cannot pass our exams. and so we'll never know what they know. let us not keep ourselves and them in the dark.
mind your language... use it to spread good ideas.

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rachel botsman

tedxsydney:

technology is enabling trust between strangers
social networks and real time technologies are taking us back
ie: power drill - used 12-13 min in its lifetime... what you need is the hole not the drill

car costs $8000 a yr to run.. yet sits idle for 23 hours a day.
zipcar and goget

site

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sal khan

interesting in q&a -
doesn't see crowd sourcing on video based lecture
 possibly but would have to be consistent with their brand

to get people to do the homework - best way is to track it or to gamifying it
1000's of people's behavior has changed with badges
5th graders went into code to find out how many pts needed to get badges

could you make this work for grammar, writing or competition
sal thinks grammar is perfect for it
writing and competition is much more activity based, so doesn't see it as much

another asked how to help -
and they all agreed - can't have everyone doing videos... they might not be good
so how can they help..
money
modules on grammar, etc, translations

how much prep:
try to prepare my brain, but not script my lecture

currently khan is in families where one parent is in ed.. or google families
he thinks once khan exists.. catalyst for laptops and broadband

cool that he says no grade levels..

how do you dance around copyright?
i have a very loose interpretation of fair use
listed places he has taken something from and then said...
i wouldn't take something from mcgraw hill and do it..

motivation problem
allow them to do it at their own pace - no embarrassment, allow them to get badges for motivation...
learning styles are a myth, there's actually good instruction and bad instruction  (?)
making sure there's enough material out there that responds to different types of learners (?)

how have you been able to tap into unschoolers, sadbury schools, because general concepts are not new
mastery-based learning, mastering something before you move on..

when people watch a lecture they zone out after 10 min...

huge amount of research, just didn't exist because it wasn't practical until now..
[how is this practical? seems like people using it are using it just to get the curriculum done..]

khan academy - finally we have something that is something to do with the tech in the classroom... (?)

encountered any resistence? no.

now 5th graders who aren't doing the chain rule, and parents are getting worried

can college be disrupted - google could play a big role in that
best students are already using khan academy, so spend 6 mos at google, or wherever, do a series of projects, they are essentially your transcript, instead of paying tuition, we'll pay you
(interesting there - like our - college is quasi career, hatcheries)
faculties become the ceo's, kids don't pay to go to school, they get paid to go..

how do you do the next level of deep understanding
simulation based - ie: some unlock
maybe oral exams - to get to next level, have a skype oral exam... -

clear how this helps at elementary level, but worried about curriculum at higher levels..

you've cut the feedback loop here... is that a problem?
that would get closer to the peer to peer writing thing
i'm scared that this is going to be so successful it is going to dumb down the curriculum. so easy for teachers..
for bad teachers - they will at least get better at tests
for good teachers - khan has your back on that - we can go deeper in class

changes the convo at the dinner table when parents are doing the same math problems

is there a chance kids are gaming the system... just figuring out the game? are they retaining?
yes - but we are watching them... they sight the gaming and they continue to ask previous questions
have to add more modules to make sure people are understanding rather than just getting the mechanics

how do you assess, label kids, because people are expecting that?
khan thinks it's a good idea to have standardized tests, but do them when you are ready for them
a lot of people, when you say no grades, it's touchy feeling, the opposite is true, everyone should want 100% mastery... if you go through all of it and still don't know when to use it, what good is the non-mastery
if we say you know this... you know it at the A - level.


very interesting...

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will richardson

at bendigo hashtag: #bendigo11

his slideshare

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