• Think you’re doing PBL? You might not be. | GHS Innovation Lab

  A great comparison of project-oriented activity vs. project-based learning.

  tags: pbl #MustRead

• Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide | Talk Video | TED.com

  If we people in schools are in the business of the brain, as well as of the heart, shouldn’t we pay attention to work like this? And I don’t mean it in any sort of mushy way. These are not “soft skills;” they are essential mindsets.

  tags: altruism happiness Brain-based empathy TED #MustRead

• d.school: the whiteboard | #DSXOAK: A prototype school comes to life

  tags: School Change schools of the future #mustread designthinking control DeeperLearning

  • “The current school model is still building kids to navigate the 19th and 20th century.” That model is meant to “manage humanity instead of inspire it.”
  • “We don’t have teachers in this school, we have catalysts,” said David. “We are here to help you realize … your purpose.”
  • The other element challenged is control. Where traditional classrooms my have teachers focusing on how best to gain and maintain control, David is testing the power of trust and stepping back.

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