21st Century Learning

Take a look at these thought provoking videos:








Education Week: Change Agent
Will Richardson, a former teacher-turned-tech expert, says schools need to revolutionize teaching and learning to keep pace with societal changes.

Alan November at TEDxNYEX
This Ted Talk is about how the current culture of school typically underestimates the contribution that many students would make to solve real problems and to make a contribution to help classmates learn. Of course, a model of teaching to the test does not promote the kind of higher order problem solving that he tries to outline in the talk. Alan is hopeful that authentic work and a culture of student contribution can support the current obsession with test scores.