Learning, Innovation & Tech
August 2010
Brian Williams @12Noon EDT: Teacher Town Hall - MSNBC's "Education Nation"
Check out Brian Williams and his "Teacher Town Hall", streaming live, which "will bring together teachers from across the country, both in-person and online, to brainstorm ideas, talk about what works . . . Read more
Teachers Can't Do It Alone
A powerful and well-done video presentation about the teaching profession - the churn, the upcoming demand, and most glaringly, the lack of collaboration . . . Read more
Are We Wrong About Motivation? Daniel Pink thinks so.
"Watch" Book: DRIVE. See how the way we do business & the way we learn may be on the wrong track and how to get it right. Read more
Bill Gates On "The Learning Ethic" & Charter Schools
"Thank God for charters . . .there's no room for innovation in thestandard (public school education) system." Read more
Teachers As "Underground Freedom Fighters"
" . . .I asked him how he selects the one student he will observe.He told me that he listens carefully to what students are saying to themselves and
chooses a student who is 'thinking out loud.' . . " - Bill Jackson Read more
Now, keeping in mind these fourfold interests - interest in conversation, or communication; in inquiry, or finding out things; in making things or construction; and in artistic expression - we may say they are natural resources, the uninvested capital, upon the exercise of which depends the active growth of the child..John Dewey, The School and Society, 1900
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