“Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” – Mark Twain. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn”. – Alvin Toffler Unlearning is the toughest one of the tasks Toffler mentions. With unlearning you’re on your […]
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A syllabus for the 21st century – (01)
October 11, 2008 
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. – Alvin Toffler I have been thinking about how education should look like in our 21st century. Here is a list of the types of learning I think are important. Notice that […]
Read moreMetacognition: reading and understanding difficult texts
September 19, 2008 3 Comments
Miss Dee documented the way she digests difficult passages in literature. Here is her flow step-by-step: “Step 1: Identify the genre and topic of the passage. Step 2: Look for Topic Sentences and supporting evidence and explanations. Step 3: Draw links -> look out for connectors Step 4: Use one-line summary for each paragraph to […]
Read moreThe Public School. Teaching One Another.
March 27, 2008 0 Comments
The Public School is a project that allows anyone to propose an educational course. People sign-up and the course takes place. This is learning for those who want to learn and teaching for those that have knowledge to share. Knowledge is social energy. Who knows where our societies would be if we were to share […]
Read moreInvitacion a Conectar las Disciplinas
October 28, 2007 0 Comments
La gente usa lentes para ver e interpretar el mundo en frente de ellos. Algunos de estos lentes son parte de nuestros cuerpos (nuestra biologia determina como vemos en parte). Otros de estos lentes son culturales (como lentes de religion e creencias), otros son lentes politicos, lentes economicos, lentes de nuestra psychologia etcetera. Imaginese por […]
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