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Bring on the Learning Revolution!
Great follow-up TedTalk by Sir Ken Robinson about what the education system needs today. Every education system in the world is being reformed at the moment. And it’s not enough. Reform is no use...
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Gross National Happiness
I recently listened to Chip Conley’s TedTalk on my run to work where he discussed the topic of measuring what makes life worthwhile. Although Chip’s talk is directed towards business, it made me think...
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The Child-Driven Education: Sugata Mitra
Great talk by Sugata Mitra about how children, given the tools, can self-teach regardless of who or where they are.
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The Child-Driven Education in Practice
A couple of months ago, I posted a TED Talk video called, The Child-Driven Education, by Sugata Mitra. The premise of Mitra’s study is that given access to “hole in the wall learning stations“,...
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Stop Teaching Calculating. Start Teaching Math
“Math is very popular. Just not in education.” Conrad Wolfram gives a great talk about how to bridge the math gap between the real world and the classroom by using computers to make math relevant to...
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My Green School Dream
“Dyslexic, we’ve renamed prolexic.” John Hardy mentions about 10 minutes into his talk, and that kind of thinking is a big part about what makes the Green School so special. The architecture is...
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Relinquishing Control
Me in New Zealand Today I relinquished all control of learning in my lab and shifted the responsibility of learning to the students. Most of my activities in my lab are project-based, but they are...
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Historical Imagery and 3D Trees in Google Earth
Historical Imagery Google recently improved upon Google Earth and introduced a historical imagery slider so that you can compare locations with how they looked previously (as far back as imagery is...
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The Greatest and Greenest Earth Day Sites for Kids
April 22 is Earth Day and in recognition of this, I’m highlighting several of the greatest Earth Day sites for kids and teachers. As Earth’s population nears 7 billion, teaching awareness of our...
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The Greatest and Greenest Earth Day Sites for Kids – Part II
April 22 is Earth Day and in recognition of this, I’m dedicating two posts of the greatest Earth Day sites for kids and teachers. Part I can be found here. As Earth’s population nears 7 billion,...
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