Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well-written report from The Apollo Research Institute Thanks to Stephen for bringing this to our attention (again). Future Work Skills 2020 ~ Stephen’s Web. Here’s a direct link to the report. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteDonald Clark Plan B: 21st Century Skills are so last century!. Hmmmm… Wonder if formal Education (and the associated formal Educators) will be able to see the irony that’s being highlighted here? I also like Steven Downes’ list: My list … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo More Swikis: End of the Constructionist Web at Georgia Tech « Computing Education Blog. I’m seeing similar edicts coming from other universities too. I moved all of my university-related stuff to my own private domain several years before I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat if the Secret to Success Is Failure? – NYTimes.com. I’ve been saying this for years!!! Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteProblem-solving Paralysis | Action-Reaction. I know my students … dive right in and tinker. So why, when faced with a physics problem, do many students suddenly freeze-up if they can’t see the whole solution right from the outset? How do … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHow Finland became an education leader – David Sirota – Salon.com. THIS is the model that the Canadian system ought to follow. Of course, there are many people I know in the system now who would have to change their … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are plenty of reasons to support things like the Space Program….. The truth about NASA’s space tech spinoffs – Technology & science – Innovation – msnbc.com. “NASA has recorded about 1,600 new technologies or inventions each year for the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesYes, Virginia, There Is Knowledge Transfer « iterating toward openness. From David Wiley‘s iterating toward openness blog. The fact that academics are incapable of recognizing that 99-some-percent of all the learning that happens in the world is pure and simple … Continue reading