Tag Archives: Teaching & Learning

Choose: Education OR Fun. Apparently, you can’t have both.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Katrin Becker

I’ve talked about this before (Trading off between Education and Fun??? SRSLY?, and FUN Should NOT be an ‘F’-Word). I even wrote about this in my book. Many people in Education seem to believe that fun and education are at … Continue reading →

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» Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child giftedguru.com

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Katrin Becker

  » Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child giftedguru.com. I shared this on FB the other day and got some responses I had to think about for a while. First, here’s the summary of the list: Force them … Continue reading →

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Learning Outside the Box: Sweden debuts first classroom-less school | SmartPlanet

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Katrin Becker

Sweden debuts first classroom-less school | SmartPlanet. It looks great. This isn’t a new concept though – Canada (and I’m sure other places too) experimented with “Open Concept” schools in the late 60′s. The design of the school in the … Continue reading →

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Note to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Katrin Becker

Note to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This isn’t news. I’ve been doing this for decades. Not long after I started teaching, I came to realize that a good way to … Continue reading →

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What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success – Anu Partanen – National – The Atlantic

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Katrin Becker

American public education is like WAL-MART. What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success – Anu Partanen – National – The Atlantic. Compared with the stereotype of the East Asian model — long hours of exhaustive cramming and rote memorization … Continue reading →

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Future Work Skills 2020 ~ repost from Stephen’s Web

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Katrin Becker

A 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

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How Do You Evaluate and Assess Media for Instruction?

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Katrin Becker

This question was asked on one of the LinkedIn groups (AECT: Association for Educational Communications and Technology) I belong to. It got me thinking…. I decided to move my part of the conversation here because the notion interests me. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Donald Clark Plan B: 21st Century Skills are so last century!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Katrin Becker

Donald 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 →

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