We hear a lot about 21st century skills these days — how, why, and even if new methods and approaches should be incorporated into our public schools. Washington Post education editor, Jay Mathews recently weighed in on this topic, praising the Center for Public Education report “Defining a [...]
Things are changing in the world of higher education, and it’s about time. Universities across the country are taking the bold leap into the 21st century, making some moves that promise to change the traditional classroom experience. Even raising your hand in class is [...]
As Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) becomes more influential, critics charge it’s a way for high-tech companies to influence schools, reports Education Week.
“The closer we look, the more P21’s unproven educational program appears to be just another mechanism for selling more stuff to schools,” Lynne Munson, [...]
Yesterday, following Maria Henderson’s mention of Rachel Fershleiser’s book “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure” and challenge to apply this model to twenty-first century learning, I tweeted the following:
New meme #21c6w tweet a 6 word story that communicates the essence [...]
Working Learners: Educating Our Entire Workforce for Success in the 21st Century is a good read with an important message – and it addresses the needs of the other 85 percent. Louis Soares of the Center for American Progress writes in this paper that working students, those who combine [...]
These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s session titled “21 Steps to 21st Century Learning” at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009. This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS [...]
Matthew Teague’s December 2009 National Geographic article, “The Other Tibet,” should be considered must-reading for anyone interested in understanding modern China. In my November 5, 2009 podcast, “Reflections on Social Media, School Change, 21st Century Learning Skills, and China” I addressed some of the recent challenges the Chinese [...]
The next phase of ISTE’s 2010 conference keynote crowdsourcing project is now live. Go vote!
The top 5 topics were as follows (in order):
Effective school leadership for the digital, global era Trends, tools, and tactics for 21st century learning Personal learning with 21st century tools Universal design for [...]Two weeks ago in Oklahoma City at the “Oral History for the 21st Century” symposium, I mentioned in my presentation that the transcription power of Google Voice suggested that exciting new transcription possibilities are on the horizon for oral historians. On November 19th, Google announced new functionality [...]
This is an excellent thirteen minute video of ideas from Alan November about transforming our schools into the learning spaces we need in the 21st century.
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Among many things, Alan says:
We need to redefine learners as contributors. This requires a [...]
These are my notes from the panel presentation, “Unlocking the Past: Techniques for Conducting Meaningful Interviews” at the “Oral History for the 21st Century” Symposium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This conference is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma Historical Records Advisory Board, Oklahoma Humanities [...]
These are my notes from Donald Ritchie’s presentation, “Fast Forward: Oral History in the 21st Century” on November 12, 2009, at the “Oral History for the 21st Century” Symposium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This conference is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma Historical Records [...]
Last week when I was in Hangzhou and Shanghai, China, for a higher education 21st century learning conference, I used my Boingo WiFi Hotspot login several times on the “partner login” page of ChinaMobile. I don’t have a Boingo subscription, in the past I’ve just opted for [...]
