Hope for a 21st Century Education
The Lost Generation video has been seen around the world. Here’s an educational one inspired by the original. And following on from my last post… IDEO’s Ten Tips For Creating a 21st–Century Classroom...
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Teaching That Sticks & Anti-Teaching
I found the following on Issuu and thought it may be of interest. Click the book cover to take you to the article on Issuu. You may also download the document. (Chip and Dan Heath, Michael Wesch)
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Transferring the Art Room to Other Rooms
A few weeks ago I had a casual conversation with a member of my school’s leadership team. We were casually discussing authentic assessments, classroom organisation and the art room (as you usually do)....
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Pattern Recognition (Knowledge)
“The challenge is no longer finding information but making it meaningful.” A great article from 2020 Forecast: An extremely visible world demands new sensemaking Information proliferation will...
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A 21st Century Education
It’s my second post today but I really need to share this one. It’s an excellent site a colleague has passed on to me (thanks Brian). The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century...
View ArticleQ.) How do you Engage Brains? A.) Visually
Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings and connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our...
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Stimulating Imagination Through Constraints
Stimulating Imagination Through Constraints is an interesting article from Psychology Today. As a specialist teacher who often visited classrooms in the past, I have seen several teachers simply ask...
View ArticleTrailer: We are the people we’ve been waiting for
Trailer for Lord Puttnam’s new film about education. video link here (found via Sir Ken Robinson on Twitter)
View ArticleRethinking Pedagogy with Negotiated Learning
Thanks to Will Richardson for passing along this find via Twitter, though I don’t know much regarding the origins of the video or the school being referred to. It discusses how one school attempts to...
View ArticleWhat is School For?
I’m sure this Seth Godin talk STOP STEALING DREAMS at TEDxYouth@BFS has made the internet rounds. In it, he asks the question “What is school for?” With the internet now connecting us all, what is the...
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