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recent bookmarks from robertogreco“But the overall inertia and immune system of “education” is very strong, and if we were to disappear tomorrow, I’m not sure anything would be different than it would have been 100 years from now.” – Alec Resnick, USA | Daily Edventures2014-11-19T06:01:58+00:00
http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2014/06/02/alec-resnick/
robertogreco"People need not only to obtain things, they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, to give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others. Prisoners in rich countries often have access to more things and services than members of their families, but they have no say in how things are to be made and cannot decide what to do with them.”
What is your region doing well currently to support education?
My favorite initiative of late is Massachussetts’ Innovation School legislation; its focus on aggressively seeding and supporting sandboxes where fundamentally new models can be designed is awfully exciting.
What is the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome to ensure students are receiving a quality education?
Resisting the variety of organizational and cultural forces which push you to do things to students, or maybe for them, but very rarely with them. This can look like anything from putting “the curriculum” ahead of real depth, uncomfortable conversations with parents about the [ir]relevance of the quadratic equation, liability policies which prohibit physical contact with students, etc.
How can teachers or school leaders facing similar challenges implement what you’ve learned through your work?
Guard and expand your autonomy jealously and aggressively. Advocate for policies which encourage planting many seeds and trying out many approaches to see what works, rather than attempting to plan for or optimize The One Way. Leverage parents’ actual interests and concerns, rather than trying to satisfy bureaucratic incentives. Start a school. Start a not-school. Take a Hippocratic Oath. Read Mindstorms and take it seriously.
How have you incorporated mobile devices/apps into your classroom and have you seen any improvements?
Our programs’ focus on computation, modeling, and representation means apps (and programming tools, broadly) figure prominently into participants’ experiences. The capacity for these tools to offer hands-on, constructionist approaches to traditionally academic subjects is incredible; however, overall I’d have to say that the technocentrism/technoutopianism in the ed tech community really narrows the conversation to the extent that it limits discussions of technology to, “How can technology help us do what we’ve always done, better?” instead of, “What are the new activities and approaches technology enables?” "]]>alecresnick via:ablerism 2014 sprout&co somerville massachusetts schools education informallearning making science learning howwelearn constructivism michaelnagle shaunalynnduffy somervillesteamacademy seymourpapert mindstorms ivanillich teaching howweteach pedagogy technology johnholt scratch logo xcode turtlegeometry relationships freedom autonomy agency unschooling deschooling steam inquiry sprouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8646bedc3936/sprout & co :: Rendering Learners Legible2014-06-04T19:45:27+00:00
http://thesprouts.org/blog/rendering-learners-legible
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http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/radlearning/
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http://thesprouts.org/
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