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Cincinnati — EdWorks, a Cincinnati-based high school turnaround organization, will work with the State University of New York to develop 11 Early College High Schools throughout the state – from ...
KnowledgeWorks Foundation KnowledgeWorks has launched our Institute for Creative Collaboration to focus on systemic transformation. The institute will build the capacity of groups and organizations nationwide to think, learn, and work in new ways that support innovation and systemic transformation.
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PR: A new division of KnowledgeWorks, the Institute for Creative Collaboration (ICC), will build the capacity of groups and organizations nationwide to think, learn and work in new ways that support innovation and systemic transformation, President and CEO Chad Wick announced today. Cincinnati, OH (
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With the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), we have published Amplified Policymaking, a brief that examines the policy implications for two of our 2020 Forecast's six drivers of change: Pattern Recognition and Amplified Organization.
The brief explores the new skills required to handle the ubiqui...ty and transparency of data, along with the implications for using those skills to extend individual and organizational capacity. By amplifying their own skills, opening up their policymaking to a more collaborative process, and creating conditions that enable innovation, policymakers can become “superheroes” who help create a future of learning that benefits all students.
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation Read about the forces of change affecting the future of learning and explore how to make the most of our 2020 Forecast in your organization in this October 2009 issue of The Learning System newsletter published by the National Staff Development Council and sponsored by our Institute for Creative Collaboration.
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation Join us tomorrow at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) when Joyce Valenza leads a discussion on the future of librarians and their role in education. Special guests: Buffy Hamilton, Cathy Nelson, and Carolyn Foote!
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:donderdag 18 juni 2009 20:00
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In 2005, Maya Frost and her husband sold everything and left their suburban American lifestyle behind in order to have an adventure abroad. The tricky part: they had to shepherd their four teenage daughters through high school, into college and beyond in nontraditional ways. Her book, The New Global Student: Skip the S...AT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education, has just been published and we'll be talking about the affordable, accessible, and stunningly advantageous options they stumbled upon that any student can leverage to get an outrageously relevant global education.
Maya's book is intended to help other families take advantage of the lessons they learned and the loopholes they discovered. As a former ESL teacher she's spent the last few years paying attention to the ways in which we educate our children, and she shows parents how to completely avoid the angst and expense of the traditional college-prep process and give their kids a personalized, relevant and exhilarating global education that doesn't cost a fortune. Maya introduces us to savvy U.S. students who are gliding into the global economy at 19 or 20 with a four-year degree, sizzling 21st-century skills, a blazing sense of direction--and NO DEBT.
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:donderdag 4 juni 2009 20:00
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Join us Wednesday, June 3rd, at 8pm Eastern for a panel discussion with both educators and students on the topic of "Student Participation in Building the Learning Environment."
Moderator Susie Boss will lead a panel discussion with Connie Weber, Sylvia Martinez, Marcie Hull, Jane Krauss, and their students. The discuss...ion will include:
* How can we shape the learning space so that kids are able to take more of the lead on their own learning?
* How does more active participation change how students see themselves--and the wider world?
* How can we change the culture of school so that student participation is the norm?
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:woensdag 3 juni 2009 20:00
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In this interview we'll be talking with Garry Putland, the General Manager (Business Development) for Education.au, Australia's leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) agency for educators. Education.au delivers a range of web services to clients in the higher education, schools education and vocational... education and training sectors. Specifically, we'll discuss the use of Web 2.0 in Australian education, and the social networking platform they've developed for Australian educators.
Garry is currently responsible for the development of new services and business opportunities for Education.au. He works closely with peak bodies and national/state organisations and has extensive experience in developing services which contribute towards strategic national priorities. Garry develops, negotiates and manages alliances both nationally and internationally where it brings benefit to the Australian education and training community.
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:woensdag 27 mei 2009 20:00
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Dubbed "the explainer" by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture. After two years studying the impact of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media ...and digital technology on global society. His videos on culture, technology, education, and information have been viewed by millions, translated in over 15 languages, and are frequently featured at international film festivals and major academic conferences worldwide.
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:dinsdag 26 mei 2009 20:00
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Over the past few years, the array of free interactive media for communities to create and share knowledge has greatly expanded. The menu for classroom use now includes writers’ workshops and fanfiction, online discussion forums, wikis, mashups, photo/video sharing, social networking sites, blogs, podcasts, social book...marking, and collaborative social change sites. This session will present a conceptual framework for these media, describe some challenges, and provide the opportunity for interactive discussion on how we can use these media for teaching/learning.
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:donderdag 21 mei 2009 20:00
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Steve Hargadon spoke with Michael Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class with Clayton Christensen. Disrupting Class uses the theories of disruptive innovation to identify the root causes of schools’ struggles and suggests a path forward to customize an education for every child in the way she learns. Listen to the full recording of the interview.
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation As part of the Future of Education Interview Series, Don Tapscott will speak tomorrow night, May 6th at 8:00 PM EST about his latest book, Grown Up Digital. The book draws upon a 4 million dollar research study of more than 11,000 young people to deliver a dynamic look at how the current Internet generation is changing... the world – and all of its institutions, including education.
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:woensdag 6 mei 2009 20:00
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Steve Hargadon will also be speaking with Karen Fasimpaur, President of K12 Handhelds, and Anne Schreiber, Chief Acadmic Officer of Curriki, tonight about open content in education at 8PM EST. The discussion will focus on the movement in education around open content, where creative work is “published in a format that ...explicitly allows copying and modifying of its information by anyone.”
Future of Education Interview Series
Tijd:donderdag 23 april 2009 20:00
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Chad Wick, President and CEO of KnowledgeWorks Foundation, and futurist Andrea Saveri spoke with Steve Hargadon about the 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning. The conversation focused on key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade, and how we are moving toward a cultur...e of creation and innovation. You can listen to the full recording at the Future of Education.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation's 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning. - The Future of Educatio
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the primary sponsor of the Future of Education interview series, is pleased to announce its new 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning and accompanying website experience. We invite you to join us as we discuss the Forecast with KnowledgeWorks Foundation President and CEO Chad Wick an...d futurist Andrea Saveri. We will explore key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade, and how we are moving toward a culture of creation and innovation.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation's 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning
Tijd:dinsdag 21 april 2009 15:30
