-
Recent Posts
- What do Halloween, population growth, and other global issues have in common?
- The sun had still risen…
- Preparing students for the digital AND GLOBAL world
- Educational Success: Expectations are Key
- Where are you from? Third culture kids
- Race to Nowhere: Can we change the cultural definition of success?
- From the Icelandic Volcano to a World School
- Please, say “thank you.”
- How to give to disaster relief in Japan
- The U.S. must come out of its monocultural cocoon
- It’s Groundhog Day: recognizing cultural differences
- Fortune cookies: the relevance of education
- Hey, why did “they” do THAT to education?
- Want to join the 21st-century coffeehouse for optimizing education?
- What time is it where you are?
Archives
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: purpose
Preparing students for the digital AND GLOBAL world
Leadership Day is organized by Scott McLeod: Dangerously Irrelevant (blog on Big Think). Summary of this post: Digital, linguistic, and cross-cultural skills are required for jobs in the global economy; what jobs are actually like in global business, and suggestions for schools. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged communication, culture, education, foreign language, fungibility, global economy, job prep, jobs, learning, life skills, living abroad, purpose, teaching, technology, user-centered design
Leave a comment
Race to Nowhere: Can we change the cultural definition of success?
The parent organization in my town showed this film to parents; school administrators attended and answered questions. Thankfully, in my town, people can have such conversations and remain civil. The film focused on students who were highly stressed because of … Continue reading
From the Icelandic Volcano to a World School
A year ago, we received daily reports about the effects of the horrible earthquake… not the ones in Christchurch or Sendai, but in Port-au-Prince. And then there was the eruption of the volcano in Iceland, which disrupted aviation for a … Continue reading
Hey, why did “they” do THAT to education?
I’m a parent, a teacher, and business person. I’m not blaming anyone for the problems of education, but with budget cuts, state-mandated testing, technology, and globalization, education will soon change dramatically. If you care about that, let’s discuss how we … Continue reading
How will we prepare students for the future?
Governments in many countries are trying to reform education. They are requiring schools to make lots of changes, prepare students for exams, and be accountable. Though teachers grow tired of the requirements that seem to change every year (the méthode … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged civics, core subjects, deep learning, deep understanding, Did You Know?, education, education reform, exams, job prep, life skills, memorization, motivation, purpose, responsible citizens, right answer, state testing, test prep industry, testing, tests, think, video
Leave a comment
