The Time For Futures Is Now
[…] of thinking about the future requires us to get outside of our own limited perspective to put ourselves in the shoes of those that we, and the earth, do not yet know. To design a just and equitable future we must first “seek to understand the full range of moral, ethical, social and equitable […]
Real World Learning: Client Projects Are Trending
[…] as community-connected projects. (See podcast with Trace Pickering.) World Shaping Projects at Polytechnic Sabrina Zhang, a student at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, recently competed in The Earth Prize. Her Agrivision system measures plant health during early, treatable stages to reduce crop losses and organic waste. (See podcast with Sabrina and teacher Jack Prather). […]
On Spreading Learning Innovations: Pandemic Update
[…] learning experiences is one of the most important change forces for good, potentially rivaling cleantech, biotech and democracy for the potential to promote peace and prosperity on planet Earth. But, as noted in Smart Cities, we don’t know much about how these learning innovations are created and spread—what social scientists call innovation diffusion. Developing new […]
20 Invention Opportunities in Learning & Development
[…] learning opportunities. It’s time to invent for equity. The nation has a new, compelling opportunity to o ffer to every person in America—in fact, every person on earth: access to high-quality learning throughout their lifetime. With new tools and new agreements, public-private partnerships and those who e ffectively lead them can empower all learners […]
Podcast: 20 Trends in 20 Minutes
[…] Purposes of Crew Cajon Valley Union School District NewSchools Venture Fund Carlos Moreno of Big Picture Learning America Succeeds Age of Agility (Presented by America Succeeds) Seth Godin’s altMBA The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future, by David Wallace-Wells Greta Thunberg Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
Tom Vander Ark on Difference Making and Schools Alive With Possibility
[…] to make a difference and shape the world to come. The book is organized in three sections: 1. A New Mutuality: 2. We Thrive by Contributing 3. Earth Owner’s Manual “Difference making is helping students figure out what they’re good at, what they’re interested in, and how and where they can contribute. It is […]
What is Place-Based Education and Why Does it Matter? (Spanish)
[…] on to Learning (Desarrollando un sen do de lugar signiï¬ ca una conexión más profunda con el aprendizaje), Kristen Mueller-Sims explica que el enfoque de Earth Force en la par cipación cÃvica âayuda a los estudiantes a conver rse en par cipantes ac vos en sus comunidades mediante […]
Podcast: Anant Agarwal on Extended Access to Education
[…] partnership between MIT and Harvard. In 2012, he launched nonprofit edX (@edXOnline). Now the world’s largest learning platform with more than 50 million learners in every country on earth, edX hosts more than 2,500 courses from 140 top institutions. edX now bundles courses into certificates and degrees at affordable prices. A series of open courses […]
Brian Greenberg on Creating Great New Schools
[…] the ‘return to normalcy’ forces. It comes from authorizer expectations, parent expectations, student expectations, teacher expectations–all together it’s an incredibly powerful force that pulls innovations back to earth.” “Schools are strong organizations that crunch up innovations and spit them out.” added Greenberg. “We will tolerate failure and messiness,” said Greenberg about their grantmaking. “In […]
