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Why haven't education reform efforts amounted to much? Because they start with the wrong problem, says John Abbott, director of the 21st Century Learning Initiative. Overhauling the educational paradigm means replacing the metaphor — the concept of the world and its inhabitants as machine-like entities — that has shaped the education system, as well as many other aspects of our culture.

Via Pippa Davies @PippaDavies

What would happen if school and real life were more connected? If two days a week you worked with a mentor in a field you were interested in? If students worked with advisers, whoserves as a "coach, mentor, teacher, and friend who guides and supports them in managing their personalized learning plan and Learning Through Internship/Interest placement?"

This post explores this in-depth, looking at a school that is part of the Big Picture Company. One look at education reform that provides a wealth of ideas.

Via Beth Dichter

Having children causes one to (re)think seriously about education and the role of school. Education obviously is the most powerful thing in the world. And yet the old Mark Twain chestnut — "I never let school get in the way...

Via Beth Dichter

The evolution of education continues at a staggering pace.

 

This disrupter has the power to:
1. Bring about massive educational change.
2. Engage large groups of students and educators.
3. Create educational environments in the real and virtual world.
4. Design and execute dynamic and interactive learning.
5. Continue the educational evolution and add to the movement.

 

The most powerful educational disrupter… YOU the educator.

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://evolvingeducators.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/the-most-powerful-educational-disrupter/

 

 

Via Mary Perfitt-Nelson, Gust MEES, John Rudkin

"This post includes a number of wonderings . . . For the past few days, there has been some controversy over a TED talk that included some commentary about classism...The basic premise was that the talk was censored from public viewing due to it being offensive to the wealthy folks that pay to attend the TED conference."

Gerstein goes on to raise a number of questions we should consider, such as is "the digital divide...an intellectual or pedagogical one" and what schools are using/sharing the new Ted-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing? Great questions to ponder.

Via Beth Dichter