This headline caught my eye: “Australia’s classrooms among world’s noisiest” As I talk to educators and school leaders about rethinking the way we contextualise education the question of noise regularly rears its head. There is a generation of educators and parents who are under the impression that a good education (teacher-centred) can only occur inContinueContinue reading “Silence is golden? Perhaps it’s measure of good-old-fashioned teaching. But is it the measure of great learning?”
Category Archives: Innovation and Creativity
On the road in CPH: The Hub, Maglegardskolan & Orestad Gymnasium #VisionTour13
After much planning our tour group gathered together for dinner last night at a restaurant in downtown Copenhagen (CPH) run by a young Australian guy. It was the first opportunity for us all to meet and start the getting-to-know-you process, as we travel together for the next two weeks. The morning started with a goodContinueContinue reading “On the road in CPH: The Hub, Maglegardskolan & Orestad Gymnasium #VisionTour13”
The culture of innovation is a necessity for change: Are you a culture crusher or culture creator?
As I look at this little guy at school in Rwanda I am reminded how much we need a culture of innovation – one that thinks differently about today’s (and yesterday’s) normality. We must bring solutions necessary to change lives that will improve the future. Solutions for today’s big problems exist, we have the capacityContinueContinue reading “The culture of innovation is a necessity for change: Are you a culture crusher or culture creator?”
How can schools be fit for purpose? High Tech High – passion, creativity, aesthetics #PBL
It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we’ve got David Karp, who doesn’t even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $US1.1 billion. (fullContinueContinue reading “How can schools be fit for purpose? High Tech High – passion, creativity, aesthetics #PBL”
Finland “only country…students leave…innovation ready” a big call. Some thoughts from my own experiences
“…it is the only country where students leave high schools “innovation ready” I have visited schools in Finland on numerous occasions now. I have found a hardworking nation – the community, its students and teachers – with a commitment to attaining high educational outcomes. Finland is definitely a nation the ‘punches above its weight’. But,ContinueContinue reading “Finland “only country…students leave…innovation ready” a big call. Some thoughts from my own experiences”
There’s no *place* like *home* – why comfort and community matter when we work, learn, play & create
This post is my presentation at the Education Future Forum, 15 March 2013 There is no sense of ‘place’ that is greater than ‘home’. Hugh Mackay, in What makes us tick? Ten desires that drive us says ‘My place’ is partly an anchor, partly a refuge, partly a stable point in a world that seemsContinueContinue reading “There’s no *place* like *home* – why comfort and community matter when we work, learn, play & create”
Kicking off the new school year. Never “same old, same old” here at Northern Beaches Christian School
In Australia the end of January is the start of the new academic year. Within a few days of getting back into it I usually gaze out the window, trying to recall the vacation and thinking to myself that perhaps it was just a dream? (No, I really did have Christmas in Paris with myContinueContinue reading “Kicking off the new school year. Never “same old, same old” here at Northern Beaches Christian School”
Why innovate? Answer inspired by Ghandi ‘Serving the unserved’
Lasting innovation comes from identifying and responding to need – human need. We are often reminded that people in developing nations are amazing innovators – living, that is staying alive, on less than $1 per day. Ghandi is known as a liberator and revolutionary of his people, yet he approached the issues of tackling theContinueContinue reading “Why innovate? Answer inspired by Ghandi ‘Serving the unserved’”
Great question: If the mandate is for innovation, how much should best practice drive that?
A great question posed by @gcouros, deserves an answer that required more than 140 characters. Why is there a mandate for innovation? At the heart of the word ‘innovation’ is ‘nova’ – making things new, systems, ideas and products. The history of humanity is ‘nova’ – products, ideas and processes that change and (mostly) improveContinueContinue reading “Great question: If the mandate is for innovation, how much should best practice drive that?”
Reinventing professional learning at Making it Mobile, Auckland 2012 #mim2012
A brilliant bringing together of essential goals in education, matched to powerful methods of education for this age. It has opened up my mind to the means of unleashing creativity in children. (Participant) Our team has just concluded hosting a two day workshop Making it Mobile, held in Auckland, at Albany Senior High School What happens when youContinueContinue reading “Reinventing professional learning at Making it Mobile, Auckland 2012 #mim2012”
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