We cannot build the future for our youth—but we can build our youth for the future.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We cannot build the future for our youth—but we can build our youth for the future.” – FDR
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Category Archives: 21st C Learning
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Teachers and Policy Makers: Troubling Disconnect – NYTimes.com
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Is Your Company Ready for the Circular Economy? – Eric Hellweg – Harvard Business Review
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“What kind of community could I create to help students think that they were capable of helping others? What kind of process could I teach that helped students to think that they could collaboratively tackle the messiest and more daunting problems such as our obesity epidemic, failing schools, and polluted waters?” (HT @SAISNews)
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Introducing our Newest Cause: #sugarkills – The Tempered Radical
“One of the questions that I’m asked time and time again is, “How can teachers use technology to motivate our students?”
And if you’ve spent any time reading Radical posts, you probably know my answer already: Technology DOESN’T motivate students. Making a difference in the world does.
Technology just enables students to tackle the kinds of meaningful issues that once would have been out of their reach. “
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“The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.”
How might our silos and labels of school be re-examined so that we empower seeing rather than limit vision?
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TEDx — TEDx Talks Roundup: 4 fascinating talks on education
Mary Esselman at TEDxSarasota
Above and Beyond – Partnership for 21st C Skills and Peter Reynolds
From http://www.p21.org/tools-and-resources/abovebeyond4cs
In an increasingly complex, demanding and competitive 21st century, students need to learn more than the 3R’s they are tested on in school. It’s time to help them go “above & beyond”, by embracing the 4Cs –communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.
To get the word out to about the “3Rs + 4Cs” approach, P21 and FableVision partnered to produce a short, animated film called Above & Beyond. Enjoy & share, so we can help ALL our students flourish in the 21st century.
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Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves | LinkedIn
How might this apply to schools and education:
“How can an existing company cope in this environment? Disrupt your own brand. That’s what Andy Grove did years ago by creating Intel’s own low-end disruptor: the Celeron chip (on the advice of Clay Christensen, by the way).
To take it one step further, Christensen believed that ultimately the only way a entrenched company can avoid being disrupted is to set up a small separate venture – located away from headquarters — that functions like a new company. This venture must not be held to the same income and profit expectations as the mother ship, but should be run like a start up. Importantly, the new venture cannot be a “division” of the established incumbent, operating under the corporate umbrella. It must have complete independence to implement its own structure and business model.”
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The Space-Makers Part 1, #102 – Design Movement
““Space is the body language of your organization.” Scott Doorley and Scott Witthoft, Co-Directors of the Environments Collaborative at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (d.school) join Design Movement to discuss their book, Make Space: How to set the stage for creative collaboration.”
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PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING: Are we ready to do the hard stuff?
“The hard stuff, the essential stuff comes from whether we can develop empathy in our kids, so that they can work tirelessly to promote justice and fairness in our society.”
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Duke alum founds ‘innovative’ local school | The Chronicle
“TLC will focus on learning that is both interdisciplinary and practical for daily use, Goldberg said.
“TLC is based on the principle that middle schoolers are capable of higher level thinking and civic awareness.”
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Why Not Ask Teachers How They Would Improve Our Schools? | NationofChange
“At one point I mentioned that the governors had just had a meeting on education, and he nodded. I remarked that each had brought a business leader to the meeting. The governor nodded again. And then I asked, “Why didn’t you bring a teacher?””
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China’s Ambitious Goal for Boom in College Graduates – NYTimes.com
“China is making a $250 billion-a-year investment in what economists call human capital. Just as the United States helped build a white-collar middle class in the late 1940s and early 1950s by using the G.I. Bill to help educate millions of World War II veterans, the Chinese government is using large subsidies to educate tens of millions of young people as they move from farms to cities.
“Much depends on whether China’s authoritarian political system can create an educational system that encourages the world-class creativity and innovation that modern economies require, and that can help generate enough quality jobs.”
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Slides from “Design Is Hacking How We Learn” | Blog | design mind
“I believe that anyone can adopt the range of skills that we regularly exercise, and learn about a variety of topics of value to them, without having to formally be or become a designer. This can happen not by redesigning how schools work, per se, but by looking at the design process as a form of skill development that can help people change their world. Within that process, there are simple tools we can teach others that help them to create more meaningful lives, independent of formal design work.”
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Will · Deep Learning for Students
“When will students develop the skills to do this kind of work if not in school? It’s not just the reading and math skills; it’s also the planning, problem solving and working collaboratively. When do we believe students will develop the dispositions to persevere over time with a challenging project and hold themselves to high standards of quality? These skills and mindsets — collectively known as Deeper Learning — can only be built through long-term practice in classrooms where students work together on significant projects.”
