Is depth an obsession? And is obsession sometimes what you need? Obsession can lead to deep understanding, rich skills, the ability to write the truth or create beauty, as in the meticulous illustrations of Shaun Tan. My son, Maxim, is obsessed with music and composition. You can listen to one of his recent compositions here. [...]
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Is depth an obsession? And is obsession sometimes what you need?
Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, tagged Education, learning, passion, questions on August 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s a book!
Posted in Books, tagged book, books, Macmillan, trailer on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I thought I’d do a quick Sunday night post, nothing too deep or taxing on the brain. I just liked the simple truth of this little Macmillan book trailer – With all the technology and options we have, there’s still something to be said about a book in your hands, take it anywhere, it doesn’t [...]
How is Google indebted to Maria Montessori
Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, teaching, tagged Amazon.com, independence, initiative, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Wales, Kees Boeke, learning, Maria Montessori, Space Collective, Spore, The Sims, wikipedia, Will Wright on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I take this passage by Maria Montessori from a blog post in Space Collective: “Scientific observation has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment. The task of [...]
David Pogue – satirical medley
Posted in TED, tagged david pogue, medley, music, TED, vocal play on August 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars. Village People fans, this is for you. Very clever and part of the TEDxMelbourne talks. David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an e-mail column and an [...]
Don’t forget TED for teaching
Posted in Education, 21st century learning, teaching, film, media, tagged children, film, music, talks, TED, video, spreadsheet, Adora Svitak, Sirena Huang, violin on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Engagement in the middle years of school may well be an oxymoron. This was recently confirmed for me when starting off a year 9 class of boys in their research for an effective speaking competition. We gave them a brief: talk about an event which has had a significant impact on society or has stood [...]
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