1. Negative Space (Socol)- commentary on spaces we create and or provide for students in schools. How does space influence creative, innovation, collaboration and reflection?
For "negative spaces" to exist effectively and positively, the adults in
the building must be mobile in space and in time, wandering - not on
patrol but in search of interaction and opportunities to support.
2. Fascinating Places (Lasic)- sharing a story about engagement after being punched in the face
You should have seen the kids go for it! ‘Learning outcomes’ anyone? We
had science, social skills, maths, communication skills, problem
solving, humour, persistence, engagement … the list of desirables goes
on. It was simply awesome and done by kids who’d otherwise be hanging
off the rafters or rolling their eyes in boredom, largely baulking at
the stuff ‘curriculum’ throws at them.
3. A Third Industrial Revolution (The Economist)- how the information age is changing the face of business
As manufacturing goes digital, a third great change is now gathering
pace. It will allow things to be made economically in much smaller
numbers, more flexibly and with a much lower input of labour, thanks to
new materials, completely new processes such as 3D printing, easy-to-use
robots and new collaborative manufacturing services available online.
The wheel is almost coming full circle, turning away from mass
manufacturing and towards much more individualised production. And that
in turn could bring some of the jobs back to rich countries that long
ago lost them to the emerging world.
Many students simply do not understand the who, what, when, where,
why and how of citizenship. The iCitizenship project both supports
students in understanding 21st century citizenship and creates
opportunities for young adults to take ownership and practice it on
multiple levels. My students skyped, tweeted, blogged and connected
with people, young and old, from all over the world during this project.
They also facilitated and lead a twitter chat about iCitizenship and
skyped into an iCitizenship Town Hall Meeting at St. Joseph’s College
and engaged with a physical and virtual crowd of several hundred people.
The event was also live streamed over the internet and generated nearly
1000 tweets.
5. Why Bilinguals Are Smarter- promoting the benefits of speaking two languages
Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound
effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to
language and even shielding against dementia in old age.
We cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that
purposely ignore their hearts. By doing so, we are withholding from our
neediest students any reason to read at all. We are teaching them that
words do not dazzle but confound. We may succeed in raising test scores
by relying on these methods, but we will fail to teach them that reading
can be transformative and that it belongs to them.
7. Thomas Suarez, 6th Grade App Developer
8. Robert Nay, developer of top selling app Bubble Ball
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