The Elements of Learning 2.0: A Remix of Knowledge Acquisition and Practice
The words “remix” and “mashup” entered the vocabulary as descriptors of life in the digital age. They are also key to what I am calling Learning 2.0, the next full-scale version of public education. At the simplest level, these new terms are represented by three teenagers using Apple Garage Band to combine bits and pieces […]
Why Now? The Dark Days Possibilities of Learning 2.0
[A revised version of this post appears in Thoughts on Public Education.] As I was thinking about writing this post, my attention wandered (yes, it does) to Stephen Sawchuk’s Education Week story about Monica Iñiguez, a 4th grade teacher in Los Angeles Unified who has received her third budget-driven pink slip in six years of […]
The Elephant on the Mountain:
or how to talk about public education without mentioning the financial crisis hardly at all I had a good time at Tuesday’s self-styled Education Summit. United Way, which put on the meeting, did a fine job of organizing and packed a lot of content and good will into a half-day. I’ve written a cover story […]