Anya Kamentz on the Open Ed Movement
via Michael Feldstein
1. look at Ted talks - great way to find out what might be your passion
via Michael Feldstein
1. look at Ted talks - great way to find out what might be your passion
2. take quizzes online - myers/briggs
3. college navigator can help you figure out how to cut costs
2011 - shame list will be released - colleges going up the highest - and why
http://learningspaces.org/n/node/42
as i'm listening to anya - she tweets this
my response:
So glad I happened onto this. Great post, great video, great comments and links.
I am at the hs level, working on similar change. But also working with educators to make some drastic change in pre-service teacher training.
In our search for answers, we've come up with a diy highschool we are calling - your school-design it. The premise and new standard being threefold, 1) access [to the web, tools, and time], 2) teachers modeling personal learning networks [modeling true learning], and 3) students engaged in personal learning networks. All this feeds into the personalized ed that I heard Anya talking about.
In our vision, we see k-8 as the place for foundational content standards, only through logic and programming and gaming. [and recently i've wondered about introducing everything as a foreign language, after spending kids' first few years learning 1-3 foreign languages.]
We see 9-12 as a quasi college, where kids spend time as Anya suggested, researching Ted talks, finding their art/passion, and then creating their own courses/curriculum to that end.
And then, we see higher ed, as a quasi career, where many are no longer paying for higher ed. We see higher ed cost perhaps non-existent, because students are in essence interning for their future employer, and know that free courses with no actual certificate will more than suffice. Or, major companies are actually paying for their tuition in return for their innovative ideas. Or, the government realizes that the answers to world problems would best be solved by these brilliant minds, if given the trust and resources to but tackle them.
It's ridiculous that change isn't happening faster.
The power of networking should make this a simple fix. I ask myself daily if the stall is because so many are that afraid of change. Especially when the change we need empowers students - which for some crazy reason unsettles the people who are used to making the decisions.
So many debates about "free" when really it's about better use. Flow of money, I think, is coming to a close. I think transparency is the new currency. I think school as real life, solves world problems without that flow of money, and gives students more purpose and fulfillment in their learning experience.
I feel it's ridiculous as well, that government is missing this.
I feel we can make this change on our own, because of the personalization, diy pln's etc, the web allows. We don't need more resources, or money, or time, if we are just smarter about how we spend each one.
But ...if we could get governing forces, [ie: the government, the rulers of the unis and public schools], to get this, and see that it really is the best option for all players, the speed and equity would alleviate a ton of stress, and seemingly endless debate.
I am at the hs level, working on similar change. But also working with educators to make some drastic change in pre-service teacher training.
In our search for answers, we've come up with a diy highschool we are calling - your school-design it. The premise and new standard being threefold, 1) access [to the web, tools, and time], 2) teachers modeling personal learning networks [modeling true learning], and 3) students engaged in personal learning networks. All this feeds into the personalized ed that I heard Anya talking about.
In our vision, we see k-8 as the place for foundational content standards, only through logic and programming and gaming. [and recently i've wondered about introducing everything as a foreign language, after spending kids' first few years learning 1-3 foreign languages.]
We see 9-12 as a quasi college, where kids spend time as Anya suggested, researching Ted talks, finding their art/passion, and then creating their own courses/curriculum to that end.
And then, we see higher ed, as a quasi career, where many are no longer paying for higher ed. We see higher ed cost perhaps non-existent, because students are in essence interning for their future employer, and know that free courses with no actual certificate will more than suffice. Or, major companies are actually paying for their tuition in return for their innovative ideas. Or, the government realizes that the answers to world problems would best be solved by these brilliant minds, if given the trust and resources to but tackle them.
It's ridiculous that change isn't happening faster.
The power of networking should make this a simple fix. I ask myself daily if the stall is because so many are that afraid of change. Especially when the change we need empowers students - which for some crazy reason unsettles the people who are used to making the decisions.
So many debates about "free" when really it's about better use. Flow of money, I think, is coming to a close. I think transparency is the new currency. I think school as real life, solves world problems without that flow of money, and gives students more purpose and fulfillment in their learning experience.
I feel it's ridiculous as well, that government is missing this.
I feel we can make this change on our own, because of the personalization, diy pln's etc, the web allows. We don't need more resources, or money, or time, if we are just smarter about how we spend each one.
But ...if we could get governing forces, [ie: the government, the rulers of the unis and public schools], to get this, and see that it really is the best option for all players, the speed and equity would alleviate a ton of stress, and seemingly endless debate.
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