Top Bloggers on Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators
Posted by Kim Farris-Berg
The blogosphere is buzzing with reflections about Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators. Here’s a sample of their thoughts:
Ewan McIntosh’s edu.blogs.com
Fresh research showing the damage of filtering ‘real world’ technology
Posted on March 12, 2009
“Students in schools around the world find that their research, creativity and learning potential is seriously curbed by filtering and lack of use of their own mobile and gaming devices in schools. Filtering of sites they use at home for learning is the number one obstacle for high school students, arguably those in whom we should be able to place more trust thanks to more time learning about how to exploit the web…
We know (mostly) that it’s true, that [gaming] can have valid effects and, for various reasons including incompetence and ignorance, we don’t act. The buck stops, I think, with middle management, with the leaders in schools and in the subject departments in those (secondary) schools…”
Sylvia Martinez on the Generation YES blog
The disconnect in science education
Posted on February 23, 2009
“In the U.S., STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is a hot topic these days. Pundits bemoan the lack of basic science literacy, blame American students for apathy, and predict we will be crushed by global competition. But who ever asks students what they are interested in or how best they learn?
In looking at the [Project Tomorrow] report…you immediately see the glaring inconsistencies in how students learn, what fascinates and excites them, how teachers want to teach, and what’s actually happening in classrooms. What does it mean for the future when less than 40 percent of these students see learning science as important for making informed decisions in the future?”
Derek E. Baird on The Barking Robot
Project Tomorrow: STEM Education & Technology Use in K-12 Schools
Posted on February 24, 2009
“Project Tomorrow also concluded that learning is something students do (encouraged and assisted by adults), rather than something adults do—or “deliver”—to students. Their motivation ought to be our central focus.”
