The Art of Powerful Questions and the shorter version of the article:
The Art And Architecture of Questions by Eric Vogt helps explain the power of asking questions- we will be doing this all year! Willing To Be Disturbed by Margaret Wheatley is an important article about delving into conversations that move people closer. Learning how to have meaningful conversations is something that should/could be taught too. How schools kill creativity. Click Here. Here is a superb Ted Talk by Ken Robinson that reflects many of my beliefs about the purpose of schools. It's called MATH CLASS NEEDS A MAKEOVER! On April 9, 2014, a wonderful MATH educator named Dan Myers gave a TED talk - (It's 47.13 minutes) about how to make school ideas/curriculum perplexing rather than boring. It is what I strive for in math and beyond. The New York Times has a learning network- It includes lesson plans, Words of the day, On this day in history Or... Flash Fiction, I found their article - Click Here. Story Telling!
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Want Change In Education?
Look Beyond The Usual Suspects: by Anya Kamenetz. This recent article explains a bit about what schools should be thinking about as we head into a new age of learning. We are thinking about these things in 5S. Click here for the link: How to make every grade more like Kindergarten!
This is an interesting article, also by Anya Kamenetz. It's about the man who developed Scratch. I am not trying to make 5S more like Kindergarten, but I am trying to open up the thinking waves so there is less push for memorized content and more space to explore and wonder. Here is the link: |