tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668205114513391831.post8226424023215557991..comments2024-02-12T10:55:56.164-08:00Comments on Shift to the Future: The Future Needs Learners and LeadersBrian Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12565982072371979984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668205114513391831.post-17315531399911197382011-08-09T14:54:07.644-07:002011-08-09T14:54:07.644-07:00@Gord: I look forward to the new "pressure&qu...@Gord: I look forward to the new "pressure" :-) The next few years will be interesting as this sort of learning environment evolves. It's amazing how quickly new modes of interacting with technology are being developed, becoming mainstream, and cheap. This will certainly push education systems into new spaces! I can see this taking off in SD43 once we get some momentum.Brian Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565982072371979984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668205114513391831.post-56930147442067411632011-08-09T11:35:34.695-07:002011-08-09T11:35:34.695-07:00Ha. Now you are in for it Brian!
Having adopted ...Ha. Now you are in for it Brian! <br /><br />Having adopted this "disruptive technology" at both Banting and Citadel (SD43), you will now need to prepare for families lining up for these schools and teachers. And the graduates of these programs will be far more engaged in personalized learning than ever seen before. Outdated textbooks and tired lesson plans will no longer meet their needs.<br /><br />Quest Atlantis (about to become Atlantis Remixed) is of course just the first step not only towards transformational learning, but transformed teaching practice as well. I hope and trust that SD43 will continue to both embrace and prepare for the growing pains to follow. You have taken the first step towards reconnecting schooling to the spaces students already inhabit. Other districts would do will to take note. Congrats!Gord Holden (gholden@onlineschool.ca)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668205114513391831.post-12618605965476659852011-07-18T17:14:22.479-07:002011-07-18T17:14:22.479-07:00@Gord: I wonder if the new movement in the US to d...@Gord: I wonder if the new movement in the US to define Core Content is heading in the right directon. I think a key part of BC's work with PLO's is defining what is necessary / core / essential and what should be optional. Make the core tight and clear and provide lots of opportunity for kids to explore their passion beyond core. Thanks again for adding to my thinking.Brian Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565982072371979984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668205114513391831.post-39353172139328624152011-07-17T18:57:21.203-07:002011-07-17T18:57:21.203-07:00Kieran Egan, one of my heroes for his work on matc...Kieran Egan, one of my heroes for his work on matching genres of literature to levels of cognitive maturity. His research on this area continues to serve me will in my teaching practice regarding literature, but though this research was recognized (and richly rewarded with prize money) internationally, it remains unheralded here in BC. (Sigh....) Similarly, his work with Deep Learning addresses the deficits in the thinking behind trying to teach children to know as much as possible about, well, as much as possible. It is of course both insane, futile, and conter-productive. Let us hope that the upcoming revisions in the massive lists of PLO (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)in B.C. might consider what world class researchers have to say on the subject. Let's hope that the CASTLE principle displaces the IVORY TOWER principle.Gord Holdennoreply@blogger.com