by Whitney | Sep 6, 2011 | economics, education, learning
Today is the first day of school for my kids. They guys are now a junior in high school and an eighth grader, going off with a bit more enthusiasm than I expected, to be honest. Education is under fire from all fronts these days, in part because we all know, in our...
by Whitney | Jul 25, 2011 | education, learning, parenting, politics
There’s a recent article in the New York Times that talks about should be taught to teachers in Ed School, or in essence, what should a teacher have to know before going into a classroom? One of the teachers quoted in the article says something to the effect of...
by Whitney | Jul 5, 2011 | business, Discovery, education, explanations, learning
In doing some research for a new project, I stumbled across a new animate from The RSA based on a lecture I love from Steve Johnson. (You should really listen to the whole podcast, or better yet, subscribe to the series in iTunes.) It fits in well with my post the...
by Whitney | May 2, 2011 | community, economics, education, learning, Uncategorized
In the last part of this series, we’ll discuss how the automation of tasks by technology and the disruption of typical business structure and models has an implication on what we’re doing in education right now. Education is the hot topic these days....
by Whitney | Apr 27, 2011 | community, economics, explanations, learning, new media, politics, Uncategorized
Part 1 of a Three Part Series on the New Economy and Disruption of the Middle Class and What Comes Next… Part 2: The Rise of the Individual Part 3: Implications for Our Kids and the Future This week, I read an interesting story in Newsweek magazine about...
by Whitney | Apr 5, 2011 | Discovery, education, learning, Uncategorized
I came across this video through a blog called “For the love of learning” with a subtitle of “Teachers who blame students for being bored is the equivalent to yelling at the hammer after you strike your own thumb.” This encapsulates much of...