ashaegupta:

Here’s an interesting find:

These three expert pedagogical experimenters:

• Maria Montessori, Italian school teacher and founder of the teaching method by the same name
• Sugata Mitra, creator of the esteemed “Hole in the Wall” experiment and winner of the 2013 Ted Prize, and
• Paul Anderson, a high school biology teacher, 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year, and creator of over 300 biology videos on Youtube.

creativesomething:

After the brain surgery, laying in one of those single-spaced hospital beds while wearing one of those white and blue-dotted hospital gowns which seemed to be made from a single sheet of hospital bedding, my good friend S. was unaware of the rapid rate at which death was approaching him.

We all…

creativesomething:

We want to believe that creativity is regularly awe-inspiring. It’s not though.

As I was sitting in a bookstore the other day I noticed a woman commenting on a feature story of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. She was speaking to her friend when she said: “I’m amazed at how creative this…

ashaegupta:

When people reflect on Aaron Swartz’s intelligence, they often laud his ability to reframe a problem. Asking the right question can immediately expose deeper fundamental issues and enable better solutions to arise.

I think the edtech space needs to take a step back and have a WWASD moment….

What they should teach at school

creativesomething:

If you’re creatively stuck then you’re not working.

That’s all there is too it. No matter the type of creative block you’re suffering from – writer’s block, artist’s block, thinking block, etc. – the reason your stuck is either because you’re exhausted (in which case you need to take a break) or…

Do the work

creativesomething:

Today is the biggest opportunity for you as a creative.

To create and sell your art, to become a professional photographer, to make that documentary, or to quit your job and write a best-selling novel. The revolution has come, and with it the standard day job and the once too big to fail…

Start Now!!!

tejavu:

Through the influence of the media and technology on our world, our lives are increasingly characterized by speed and constant change. We live in a dynamic, data-driven society that it continually sparking new forms of human interaction and social contexts. Instead of romanticizing the past, we…

educatedtodeath:

#education #revolution #occupyedu

I’ve devoted much of the past decade either preparing to teach or teaching. Never once have I been interested in being called a teacher. My sole interest, though often disrupted, has been to interact with other humans and share my love of learning—my love of…

creativesomething:

I’m always afraid of finishing anything.

Hours or days or sometimes even weeks go into a project and, when I’m there at the end where the big picture is starting to seem a lot clearer and I’m only making small changes, I’ll start to get scared.

Like a runner who sees the finish line but…

Creating Raves Not Avoiding Plans