alison gopnik

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/inquiring-minds-alison-gopnik-baby-einsteins

3D Printed Prosthetic Hand

George Lange at TEDxBoulder

The Education Apocalypse #opened13

The Education Apocalypse #opened13

The Avalanche That Hasn't Happened #opened13

lawrence lessig - 2007 ted

we can't make our kids passive - we can only make them pirates

from 2007 - and we're not yet awake..
and yet ..too many deaths later..

tweets

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/05/a-hunger-expert-explains-what-happens-now-that-food-stamps-are-cut/

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/01/secrets-worlds-happiest-cities-commute-property-prices

Audrey Watters (@audreywatters)
11/4/13 7:58 PM
I disagree w/@anya1anya plenty but this argument that she's beautiful but ignorant of edu is misogynist BS schoolsmatter.info/2013/11/anya-k…

Jazzcode (@jazzcode)
11/5/13 7:17 AM
Brilliant post by @dscofield at Harvard Business Review´s blog where she talks about the need to let go …lnkd.in/b7zNh2X

ninethousandone (@icpchad)
11/5/13 10:04 PM
Players require the Machine's permission to get into the game, but no one needs permission to quit playing.

Salon.com (@Salon)
11/6/13 6:35 AM
The wonderful and absurd story behind the creation of "Minecraft," the "game that changed everything" slnm.us/C8JbTM2 via @koxinga21

Carmen A. Medina (@milouness) 11/6/13 6:40 AM An unpleasant story. Wife of NRA top brass becomes anti-gun advocate.fw.to/MKOnqMm David Warlick (@dwarlick) 11/6/13 6:42 AM Now here's a flexible classroom "Traffic safety being taught in a Swedish school, 1943"flip.it/cJWMW Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) 11/6/13 6:45 AM “it’s useful to recall that many of the greatest minds planned to fritter away parts of their day” -@siobhanphillips text-patterns.thenewatlantis.com/2013/11/routin… Democracy Now! (@democracynow) 11/6/13 6:45 AM LIVE: "You can't treat the whole black & Latino community as if they are about to commit a crime," says NYPD officer. democracynow.org can/should we even treat anyone as a separate community. aren't we.. us.. us.. or a thumbprint.. hard to be prejudiced with that mindset... no? HuffPost Impact (@HuffPostImpact) 11/6/13 7:00 AM 600,000 children in Greece are malnourished and living in poverty huff.to/1b5nppC#globalmotherhood #jnj http://www.policymic.com/articles/71255/10-corporations-control-almost-everything-you-buy-this-chart-shows-how http://www.fastcoexist.com/3017309/this-impeccably-designed-20000-house-could-soon-be-yours Brad Ovenell-Carter (@Braddo) 11/6/13 7:12 AM @bjfr Thanks. I’ll context you early next week perhaps he meant contact.. ? but what a great line.. G. Stroumboulopoulos (@strombo) 11/4/13 6:43 PM In #RedDeer (& other Canadian cities), you can pay your parking ticket with donated toys. Awesome. tiny.cc/qbl15w shawn white (@swpax) 11/6/13 9:27 AM @Braddo @Nsousanis @rohdesign Just discovered Sketchnote Army as well. Exciting!sketchnotearmy.com Justin Stortz (@newfirewithin) 11/7/13 6:00 AM Science!™ Think about it. yeah. Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) 11/7/13 6:00 AM Blood test looks for early signs of pancreatic canceris.gd/TRUF8d Ann S. Michaelsen (@annmic) 11/7/13 6:00 AM @Ilotimo do you know any school leaders in Finland interested in this workshop? The networked leader! annmic.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/the… Timo Ilomäki (@Ilotimo) 11/7/13 6:03 AM @annmic tweet same again with#finnedchat hashtag he asked if she meant as presenters or as participants... Ann S. Michaelsen (@annmic) 11/7/13 6:03 AM @Ilotimo principals and school leaders to participate! ha. invited vs invented spaces... no? Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) 11/7/13 6:03 AM Publishing a video of detainee torture in Afghanistan with @RollingStone and @democracynowin a minute. Watch live at bit.ly/1bdbEKl Rich Kiker (@rkiker) 11/7/13 6:01 AM U.S. government pairs up with learning platform to offer free online classeszite.to/HL5dGs #elearning Jazzcode (@jazzcode) 11/7/13 6:01 AM Success: Not luck. The choices you make shapes the outcomes. You can become great by choice. Not big risk but buffers. @GreatbyChoiceMH Gates Foundation (@gatesfoundation) 11/7/13 6:02 AM Wir haben mehr als 200 Anmeldung bei #impatienoptimists. Danke! Bis Freitag mitmachen & Bill Gates in Berlin treffen: gates.ly/IOanmelden Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) 11/7/13 6:03 AM Student-Created Prompts As A Differentiation Strategy larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/11/06/stu… might ask them to create their own writing prompt using one of the higher-order question-starters so... not really...? I then gave them a copy of a list of question-starters from Bloom’s (it’s the third page) and told them that sometimes when there might be times when other students are doing one thing, I might ask them to create their own writing prompt using one of the higher-order question-starters. One example I used was if we were reading about tornadoes, they could choose the question-starter “How can you improve_________?” and they might fill in the blank with “tornado shelters.” They would then write a one paragraph response to that prompt using the “ABC” outline (Answer the question; Back it up with a Quotation; Make a Comment or Connection — you can read more about it at My Best Posts On Writing Instruction). It would have to be something in which they had genuine interest. I also told there might be times I’d ask them to create a prompt from the list of things they listed as interests  It would have to be something in which they had genuine interest. in this example... genuine interest within the topic of tornadoes. and then ..per scripted fill in the blank format.. Larry is author of self directed learning..., no? I’ve just tried it a little so far, and it’s gone well. I’d love to hear other ideas from readers about realistic differentiation strategies you’ve used to help your students who desire/need more of an intellectual challenge…. WAS (@warrenascherer) 11/7/13 5:58 AM really excited to see @joseiswriting tonight #DefineAmerican @UWMUnion@UWMSociocul Jazzcode (@jazzcode) 11/7/13 6:03 AM "The moment you are doing great is the moment to be scared. That is when hubris sets in." - Morten T. Hansen. @GreatbyChoiceMH Distance Education (@onlinecourse) 11/7/13 6:26 AM And the Best Paying College Major is.... -dedu.org/14jAfLO Computer science majors Not the same thing as computer engineering, computer science majors made an average of $64,000 in average starting salary. Computer science degrees involve the study of technical topics such as computer architecture and theory, artificial intelligence, data management and database administration, logic design, and network fundamentals, as well as programming languages. They also include a heavy concentration in algorithms, calculus, statistics, and other mathematical topics. nancyflanagan (@nancyflanagan) 11/7/13 6:27 AM “State-led initiative” wonderful sales pitch for those promoting #CCSS. But facts don't match marketing. crisismagazine.com/2013/the-feder… The Race to the Top grant applications had to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education BEFORE the standards were actually available to the states.  In January 2010 William McCallum, one of the authors of the Common Core Math Standards, spoke at a national mathematics conference in San Francisco.  In response to questions and concerns about the compressed schedule for developing the math standards, a schedule that did not allow for pilot testing or normal editing, Mr. McCallum told his audience that his “bosses,” the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers, were being “pressed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who was using the possibility of getting Race to the Top money as leverage to force states to commit now to adopting uniform standards.”  He told his audience that states were committing to the adoption of the standards “sight A visit to the web site for the Common Core State Standards, reveals that the standards are the copyrighted property of the NGA Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and may only be used if a public license is obtained.  The same web site states that every user of the standards must acknowledge this ownership, except states.  States are exempted from sharing this information with their citizens. So the money in the federal State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and Race to the Top were the carrots. What was the stick?  The stick was federal regulation. And it was a big one. An examination of ESEA flexibility requests from across the country reveals that even states that did not apply for Race to the Top money, such as Texas and Virginia, were required to show how their state’s educational programs were aligned with the Common Core State Standards in order to be granted flexibility.  So even the states that did not take the carrot found themselves confronting the federal stick. Federal regulations implementing No Child Left Behind required every state to prove that 100 percent of its students were proficient in reading and math by the end of the 2013-2014 school year, with substantial penalties for failure to demonstrate that it had attained this impossible go penalties already seen in increased suicide rate... et al... no? ginormous oh my to this article. to us... no? Michael Doyle (@BHS_Doyle) 11/7/13 6:27 AM @irasocol @pernilleripp If a goal is set, and if it is public, humiliation becomes part of the equation. Whitney Johnson (@johnsonwhitney) 11/7/13 6:30 AM "Every person holds a place in our brain. When you change their title, a new part of our brain opens up.” buff.ly/1grSrMi reminds of c davidson - if there were no standards (labels et al) would there be any disabilities.. Katherine von Jan (@kvonjan) 11/7/13 6:33 AM Epiphany: value of 12 yrs of art school was the art of iteration and embracing change. Oil painting fosters mental flexibility. #goart

$20000 houses

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3017309/this-impeccably-designed-20000-house-could-soon-be-yours#1

trailblazer gathering

Trailblazer Gathering from Allen Ellis on Vimeo.

renisha mcbride - shot while seeking help

http://raniakhalek.com/2013/11/06/black-detroit-woman-shot-to-death-while-seeking-help-in-white-neighborhood-after-car-crash/

open ed conference 2013

http://openedconference.org/2013/

audrey..
and george..

shimi cohen - loneliness

if we don't know how to be alone, we're only going to know how to be lonely..

dan millman and sierra prasada

How you actually do what you do must remain consistent with what you recommend. 

http://www.sierraprasada.com/2013/11/06/dreaming-the-creative-compass/

matt mullenwegg

We try to orient not toward success or failure, but toward speed of iteration, which I feel leads to success in the long term. Since we can move quickly, something is only a failure if we didn't learn something from it or if it took too long.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/automattic-no-email-no-office-workers-2013-11#ixzz2juRINLGP

Marc-Andre Hamelin Plays Chopin's "Minute Waltz"

Seth's Blog: Victims of the Hollywood Paradox

Seth's Blog: Victims of the Hollywood Paradox

photos

http://www.boredpanda.com/must-see-powerful-photos/

robin nagle - garbage

Britain Is Experimenting With a Glowing, Seemingly Self-Aware Bike Path

Britain Is Experimenting With a Glowing, Seemingly Self-Aware Bike Path

tweets

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/magazine/how-do-you-raise-a-prodigy.html?pagewanted=6&_r=0&smid=tw-share

The parents of children with disabilities must be educated to see the identity within a perceived illness, but the parents of prodigies are confronted with an identity and must be educated to recognize the prospect of illness within it.
Half the prodigies I studied seemed to be under pressure to be even more astonishing than they naturally were, and the other half, to be more ordinary than their talents. 
Writing in Time magazine in 2007, the educator John Cloud faulted the “radically egalitarian” values underlying the No Child Left Behind Act, which provided little support for gifted students. Once again, it falls to parents to advocate for their children’s needs, often in the face of a hostile or indifferent educational system. Leon Botstein, president of Bard College, himself a conductor and a former wunderkind, remarked dryly, “If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.

Dont miss @JanetGunter of @RestartProject calling out circular economy balderdash & defining human version of repair http://t.co/0vd3o7DeXF

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jimmygreer/status/397649903523856384

TEDxYouth@TheSchool (@TEDxYTheSchool)
11/4/13 7:21 AM
Leo Liebeskind talks to 8th graders at @The_School about his social activism. He will talk at #TEDxYouth on 11/16. pic.twitter.com/5RFhC5ULZq

Jonathan Fields (@jonathanfields) 11/4/13 7:21 AM Killed plans for Dominican Republic this week. Staying in Gotham to prep for very cool new offering. #ThinkRevolution #YesIAmATease dinesh michel (@dinesh_mich) 1/10/13 4:36 PM Your life can change today when u change ur attitude its the single most valuable thing in you no body can steal #thinkrevolution David Kernohan (@dkernohan) 11/4/13 7:22 AM @jimgroom getting the feeling that #opened13 is a multimedia arts festival spoiled by occassional chatter about MOOCs. @SUNY_Purchase is having a LIVE WEBINAR on Wednesday with MeetMyCollege high school students! Have you signed up yet? #dontmissout #college Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/MeetMyCollege/status/397532681686503424 Chris Wejr (@ChrisWejr) 11/4/13 7:23 AM Those Who are Different by @azjd - embrace and honour differences #cpchatjeffdelp.com/2013/11/03/tho… began a book entitled Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, by Scott Barry Kaufman ChristensenInstitute (@ChristensenInst) 11/4/13 7:23 AM "People have come to believe that only complex, expensive medical treatments will be effective" ow.ly/qt1YV Disruptive treatment? same with Ed.. no? or worse ... perpetuated by Ed... Zen Moments (@Zen_Moments) 11/4/13 6:55 AM Mastery is not perfection, it is journey, and the true master must be willing to try and fail and try again. ~ George Leonard edutopia (@edutopia) 11/4/13 7:24 AM Kick off your week with these 6 strategies that motivate all students to participate:edut.to/1b6K8hD #edchat #motivationmonday oh my. Rhett Allain (@rjallain) 11/4/13 7:24 AM This awesome dad 3-D printed a prosthetic hand for his son on-msn.com/1dnB7Ey via @msnNOW what maker/shared spaces can offer us - as a one world.. PatParslow (@PatParslow) 11/4/13 7:24 AM "pre-feasibility group" *sigh* Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) 11/4/13 7:24 AM Good piece by Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "Talk to Iran, It Works"nyti.ms/1hFWdRn Brian Solis (@briansolis) 11/4/13 7:25 AM The Experience Divideshar.es/IIIm1 shoot - was thinking this might be more about convo w cristian.. on choice.. and about the whole idea behind the experience institute  Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) 11/4/13 7:25 AM How do you get things done? @JeffGoins has a solution-ow.ly/qrmLr Why doing less results in doing more Productivity isn’t about activity. It’s about momentum, creating enough movement that gives you the confidence to keep creating. In other words, meaningful work begets more meaningful work. Productivity makes you more productive. I also began to simplify my life. What pointless decisions were taking up mental space and not leading to anything substantial? What if I just stop worrying about those decisions? What if I didn’t have to make them at all? The principle is simple: If we reduce the amount of nonessential decisions we have to make, what’s left is more time to focus on what really matters. simplify - talk to self Peter Vander Auwera (@petervan) 11/4/13 7:26 AM Workplace 2020 Keynote at Leadership Summit 2013 by @dhinchcliffe #bigdata#chro slideshare.net/dhinchcliffe/w… via @SlideShare Michel Bauwens (@mbauwens) 11/4/13 7:25 AM P2P Foundation Book of the Day: Cyborg Subjects blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-da… Jim Groom (@jimgroom) 11/4/13 7:27 AM @dkernohan i really hope so because corporate jingoism will sink us, but art will save us! #sucker4life David Kernohan (@dkernohan) 11/4/13 7:29 AM @jimgroom your introduction of the values of *art* to online education was probably the best internet moment in the last 10 years. #4life http://blog.okfn.org/2013/11/05/ethics-and-risk-in-open-development/ There is also the concept of transformative change: “things get worse before they get better. How do you include that in your prediction of what risks may be involved?  There is a pop culture of ‘admitting failure’ but admitting harm is different because there is a higher sense of liability and distress. “When I’m really scared shitless about what is happening in a project, what do I do?” asked one participant at the OK Con discussion sessions. “When I realize that opening data up has generated a huge potential risk to people who are already vulnerable, where do I go for help?” We tend to share our “cute” failures, not our really dismal ones.  As one person put it, “talk about failure is currently more like a ‘cult of failure’ and there is no real learning from it.