Watching video "Can this Video get Teachers Started? | Future of Education"

Impoverishment of the Educational Imagination"Schools operate by the slogan ‘education!’ while ordinary language asks what children ‘learn’". -Ivan IllichTeach For America, Awhile: Ivy League Temps and Corporate MissionariesKIPP and TFA have formed, then, a marriage that is mutually supportive and sustaining, and both organizations are now fed by the same deep institutional revenue streams that flow toward social manipulation, privatization of public spaces, and limitless tax credits. Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of TFA, is married, you see, to KIPP’s CEO, Richard Barth.Intelligence theory stolen by magpieThere is often vast amounts of silent evidence. Vast numbers of factors that have not yet been tested. There is always a black swan looming What is the most important advice you can give to other teachers?Once a week for a year, Mr D. is going to share an essential lesson submitted by teachers, for teachers. 52 different "mini-lessons" will answer the question of matter.University of the People - providing low cost online degree courses worldwideThe University of the People will "open its doors" and plans at this stage to charge only nominal application fee ($15-$50) and examination fees ($10-$100), which will be adjusted on a sliding scale based on the student’s country of origin The rest of my favorite links are here.

Ein Video von David Truss zum Thema “Networked Teacher“:(Danke an Ellen)

Über Independent Thinking bin ich auf diese großartige Video von David Truss aufmerksam geworden, und da jedes weitere Wort überflüssig ist: ansehen.

I picked this up from educauseconnect where it linked to MUVErsLLC, who mentioned it and linked it to blogger Scott Merrick at scottmerrick.net, who picked it up from David Truss, a blogger at David Truss::Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts It's a good introduction to new possibilities for learning and teaching in the digital era.The original post is here: Blip.TV more about "Digital Strategies for Teaching ", posted with vodpod

I picked this up from educauseconnect where it linked to MUVErsLLC, who mentioned it and linked it to blogger Scott Merrick at scottmerrick.net, who picked it up from David Truss, a blogger at David Truss::Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

It's a good introduction to new possibilities for learning and teaching in the digital era.