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Is innovative thinking in education “dangerous”?
The College Development Network in Scotland hosted a “Festival of Dangerous Ideas” on education a couple of weeks ago (see also the festival blog here). As per their website, the goal of the festival was to: “to re-establish the importance … Continue reading
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The problem with the “future of education”
There’s been a lot of interest in the future of education in recent years. We see this in the “schools of the future”, “classrooms of the future”, funding opportunities to develop “Education for Tomorrow” and numerous foresight programs focusing on … Continue reading
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Who will help me make-up the future after Iain Banks is gone?
Iain (M.) Banks, creator of one of the grandest and most provocative contemporary visions of the future, has announced that he has terminal cancer. Banks is a well-known Scottish writer who publishes under both Iain Banks (his own brand of … Continue reading
Seamless technology integration in a program designed by and for high school students
I came across a video recently about a program offered at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, MA, a public school where high school students have the option of completing their final year with an independent study program. The … Continue reading
How 3D printing will change everything – including education
Edit: This article is getting a lot of attention so I’ve decided that some more background info on 3D printing is in order since I only briefly describe the technology. For more info see these TED Talks on 3D printing: … Continue reading
The ‘best educational systems in the world’?
An article published on the BBC News website yesterday on “successful” educational systems introduces the topic in a very odd and misinformed manner. The article takes a very brief look at educational systems in Finland, Hong Kong, and South Korea, … Continue reading
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