Tag: education
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#TEDTuesday – Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
I have been learning about the American legislation “No Child Left Behind”. Sir Ken Robinson gives an interesting spin on it and says that they are basing it only on the STEM areas. But it should include the arts, physical education and humanities as well. Teachers shouldn’t just simply teach. They may not be actually…
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#TEDTuesday Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
For those that don’t know, I’m taking a few courses at Athabasca University to bump my GPA for admission to my Master’s Degree in Educational Technologies. I have figured out in recent years that this is a passion of mine and so many of my posts will be centred around educational technologies with a little…
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#TED Tuesday Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud
This is a video I found while studying for my course at Athabasca University in Computer Based Learning (EDPY 479). I posted one from him just last week and I don’t think there is anything Sugata Mitra can’t accomplish. When I’ve written the full assignment, I’ll probably post that too. [ted id=1678]
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#TEDTuesday Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves
I remember watching this one a number of years ago and was absolutely astounded. Definitely one of my favourites. [ted id=175]