May 2012
85 posts
“For a good life: align what you are doing with what you do well with what you...”
– Craig Aldrich
“If you had to design a one thousand dollar MBA for half a billion students, how...”
– Clark Aldrich
(When you pay $120K for a Harvard MBA, are you paying more for reputation than for the quality of instruction?)
“Playing with animals is better than reading books about animals.”
– Craig Aldrich, who says that part of the “Unschooling” model is to get kids outside, interacting with real people, doing things — rather than sitting in front of a computer screen. Authenticity of experience is important.
“I think that learning to build things (rather than consume things) is going to...”
– Clark Aldrich
“One of the greatest tragedies of schools is the dichotomy between knowing (the...”
– Clark Aldrich
“Schools themselves are becoming more and more obsolete; the cost of schools...”
– Clark Aldrich, author of Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education
“It’s no longer true, ‘build it and they will come.’ Now...”
– Peter Klein, Managing Director at Educated Change
“People don’t learn unless you tell a story. And they remember things if...”
– Peter Klein, Managing Director at Educated Change
“What if, rather than creating a long chain of emails, you could create a 3D...”
– Ron Burns, CEO of ProtonMedia
“Passive Assessment is when your device (iPad, e-Reader) keeps tabs on how long...”
– Matthew Rascoff, Senior Product Manager at Wireless Generation
“We have a saying in Ireland: ‘If you’re not confused, you...”
– Tony O’Driscoll
“BURST allows teachers to create intelligent, small groups out of large groups of...”
– Matthew Rascoff, Senior Consultant/Project Manager at Wireless Generation, a technology company that creates innovative tools, systems, and services to improve K-12 education
“I was a biology and drama major. My idea was that I was going to play a doctor...”
– Brian Cooper, Director of Educational Innovation for Duke Talent Identification Program
“We want students to be able to learn for learning’s sake. Duke TIP is...”
– Brian Cooper, Director of Educational Innovation for Duke Talent Identification Program
“Two books I’m considering writing when I retire: ‘Everything I know...”
– David Mahaley, Principal of Franklin Academy High School in Wake Forest, NC 