After feeling defeated by watching the Education Nation Teacher Town Hall, I was happy to attend the Future of Education Event, Elevating the Education Reform Dialog. This incredible conversation was lead by Steve Hargadon, Betty Ray, Alfie Kohn, Deborah Meier, Diane Ravitch, Sir Ken Robinson, Gary Stager, Chris Lehmann, Julie Evans, and Will Richardson. The [...]
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What Did They Tweet?
End of May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series! Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media. Multimedia Tweets .bbpBox{background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1273875281/images/themes/theme6/bg.gif) #709397;padding:20px;} Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution. http://bit.ly/bd3gG521stprincipal21stprincipal .bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/2799160/benhazzard.jpg) #000000;padding:20px;} 110+ contributions! Share dreams & petpeeves abt PD in collab process. Here’s [...]
How Do We Nurture Passion?
Earlier this week, I shared this video of sixth grader, Greyson Chance, singing a cover of Lady Gaga’s song, Paparazzi during his school’s festival. Feel the Passion… This video astonished me for many reasons. One reason is the passion that this sixth grade boy shows. He clearly loves playing the piano and singing this song. [...]
Creativity in Education by Leonor Cristina Santos
Part of the series: Global Issues in Education The 21st century is to content creators what the industrial revolution was to factory workers. The demand for creative thinking is both a challenge and an opportunity. Sometimes failure is an essential element of deep practice. Next analyze your errors, noting exactly where your performance didn’t match [...]
What Did They Tweet?
Say Good-bye to March 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series! Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media. Video: The Amazing Youtube Choir Social media continues to amaze me. I believe a new online collaborative art form has emerged in which several people contribute [...]



