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No right brain left behind: Must kids prep for 'risk-taking'? - USATODAY.com
USA Today piece on looking at what types of thinking educational leaders are saying we need.
Employment Opportunities - The Future of Work - TIME
Time's annual series on the future of something. This year it's work and the workplace. Especially interesting is the notion of where will work will occur.
Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com
As always, I tend to look at the recommended changes for higher ed as a means to shift what we think about K-12. Not always the best way to think, but this article brings up some salient points about collaboration and change within departments.
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Add Sticky NoteUnfortunately this mass-production university model has led to separation where there ought to be collaboration and to ever-increasing specialization.
- I think the same can be said for high schools and K-12. We see ourselves often as solely a content specialist in one area, whereas I wonder what would happen if we looked at ourselves through the lens the author uses later in the article when he talks about how he would restructure universities. - on 2009-04-30
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Add Sticky Noteagile, adaptive and imaginative
- This word choice is fantastic. I love to see schools where these three words apply to the learning community--from the students to the faculty to the community. - on 2009-04-30
Elgan: Why global is the new 'local'
I like Elgan's perspective here about why local is the new global, or vice versa. I am imagining small town media outlets becoming larger voices making sure that there news matters to global audience--almost like Lake Woebegone.
MIT students build mobile applications in 13 weeks - elearnspace
"The challenge many educators face today in trying to improve learning is not one of technology or information access. The most significant need is to begin envisioning a future reflective of the affordances of technology now broadly available. "
CORRECTED - Technology Reshapes America's Classrooms - NYTimes.com
Great article. Should be required reading for all admins and teachers.
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Add Sticky Note"Why would we ever buy a book when we can buy a computer?
Textbooks are often obsolete before they are even printed,"
said Debra Socia, principal of the school in Dorchester, a
tough Boston district prone to crime and poor schools.- How fitting is this one? When we proposed some new courses for the technology department, some of them asked if they were getting new textbooks to go along with the software (Flash, Dreamweaver, iLife, etc.). How is that possible? Versions come out only months after initial release that render the manauls outdated. - on 2008-07-16
James Howard Kunstler dissects suburbia | Video on TED.com
This guy will knock your socks off
The Fischbowl: GE, Social Networking, and Collaboration
Karl Fisch does a nice job pulling quotes from the CEO of GE. Paints a picture of what is possibly coming down the line for us, and begs the question, what are we doing to prepare our students for it?
Papers Facing Worst Year for Ad Revenue - NYTimes.com
This is an article I have been waiting for. Interesting to start to see the future of news. Yet, I still wonder how many people are getting their news from sources other than print or TV.
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