Although I’d heard of the Khan Academy before, at the time I chocked it up to one super motivated guy making videos. I never thought that perhaps the model Salman Khan was using could revitalize US education.
Tag: hacking education
Ego’s relationship to Expertise
Ease in to Complexity with Simple Steps
One kid’s thoughts on childish thinking
This morning I’d like to share a TED talk by Adora Svitak that challenges leaders to create greater opportunities for the next generation, and challenges teachers to trust and learn from their students. I enjoyed Adora’s talk because it spoke to hacking education from an old lecture model, to an activity and learning exchange approach. It was fun hearing these thoughts from a 12 year old girl, although I would have liked to hear or see specific examples of childish thinking in action.
Job Alignment and Getting Paid to Learn
The above image was a short exchange between Scott Carleton of Artsicle and Tyler Kieft of SpeakerText starting from the bottom. It provided the impetus for the rest of this post.