A recent post by Scott McLeod triggered more thinking about this topic that seems to resonate on my blog. School reform or not! Are schools heading in the right way? Scott writes “But until we change the process of what kids do on a day-to-day basis, we will fail to realize the systemic changes we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'change'
What is the best we can offer our kids!
November 17, 2011 · No Comments · Education Reform, reflecting
Tags: assessment·change·Scott McCleod
Podcast: Making Music Changes the Brain
November 15, 2011 · No Comments · Podcast
Today’s Featured Podcast Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, Director of the Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratories, Beth Deaconess Israel Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, talks with host Steve Mencher about the notable differences between the brain of a musician and a non-musician. Title: Making Music Changes Brains Speaker: Dr. Gottfried Schlaug Date: April 29, 2010 [...]
Podcast: This Counts! Big Picture’s Conference on Personalization & Real World Learning
November 6, 2011 · No Comments · Podcast
At Big Picture, we believe that schools must be personalized, educating every student equally one student at a time. In addition to designing and supporting a network of over 60 Big Picture schools with this design, Big Picture is committed to spreading our philosophy and practice to as many individuals and communities as possible. Through [...]
Conversations
November 3, 2011 · 1 Comment · advocacy
Conversations are necessary and I love the fact that we- the multitudes of us- have this strong conversation going and it continues to get larger. I am truly excited about the future of education. I have no doubt that change is on the horizon but it will be at some great cost to many who [...]
Tags: change·conversations
“A system built for a world that no longer exits”
October 25, 2011 · No Comments · 21st Century, school reform
Will Richardson, A parent of two middle school-aged children, Will Richardson has been blogging about the intersection of social online learning networks and education for the past 10 years at Weblogg-ed.com. He is a former public school educator for 22 years, and is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a unique long-term, job-embedded professional development [...]
Tags: change·Will Richardson
Are we ready for change?
December 2, 2009 · No Comments · 21st Century, change
Are educators equipped to do their jobs in the 21st century? Are districts ready to allow teacher do their job in the 21st century? Are districts and teachers ready? In many job sectors, employees are expected to keep up with relevant technologies or risk job loss. What if my family physician did not keep up [...]
Tags: change·professionalism
Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century
November 29, 2009 · No Comments · About Me, change
I am still working on the transition from my old blog site Blogging on the Bay. When I tried exporting all my posts from Blogging on the Bay, only a half of the post from the last two years made here. I have been busy moving post manually and now I am down to selecting [...]
Home
November 27, 2009 · No Comments · 21st Century, change
It is time for a season of change for many reasons. Today Blogging on the Bay is in the process of moving to http://bloggingonthebay.edublogs.org. Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century will capture my journey as a learner as a professional educator, teacher, and learner in the world we live. I would like [...]
Tags: bloggingonthebay·change·home·new home·PLN
The Right Education Agenda
October 22, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, reflecting
This election year has been a tough for me to make a decision and most people know that I am a democrat. This year we have two very honorable men running for President. When comes down to the big question, I have to look closely at their educational agenda. Obama seems to have a plan [...]
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
September 28, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century
I found this video from TED to be most powerful in thinking about learning and teaching in the 21st century. I hope you enjoy. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become broader. The annual conference [...]
Tags: change·creativity·curiosity·education·energy·Ken Robinson·learning·Sir Ken Robinson·Technology Entertainment Design·TED·twenty first century
