Education is linear?

Education used to be about transfer of information from teacher to student. Now there is too much information available in the world. Much of this information is being used by people trying to sell us something: an idea, a product, a political agenda, a way of seeing our entire country. New Hampton School's Junior Urban Adventure attempts to turn around this notion of one-way education in the same way that Web 2.0 is changing the way we think about the web. Students will learn to ask questions, make meaning from the glut of information available to them and engage, upload and maybe even start to solve some of the world's problems. I was inspired by many people and many YouTubers to create this video - and much of their work appears here. More than that - I've also been inspired by them to make their ideas actionable and create a learning experience that I hope will do justice to their work. Please check them out! AngryLittleGirl for her thoughts on the power of questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Ken Robinson of TEDTalks for his thoughts on education and creativity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... (I know this link is broken, when I type it in it looks fine, try copying and pasting it and fixing the space) Al Gore and MethodicalMadness for the Inconvenient Truth trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Bravenewfilms and Fox News for this perspective on global warming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Apple and Radioboy for the iPod commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... belda67 for the powerful images that serve as a call to action for all of us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... punkie99 for the great collection of WMD Lies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... theresident for her consistently great commentary and reflections on the roots of problems - love your work!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... And of course mwesch for his seminal video on web 2.0 that got me started thinking about education 2.0 and formed the model for this video in the first place - thanks!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... The music is Winnipesaukee by Mark Elbaum and MD2 from their album New Edge Old Soul: http://www.amazon.com/New-Edge...

Channel: Education
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: burleighmt

Length: 04:26
Rating: 4.53
Views: 7050

Tags: 2.0  adventure  bush  education  experiential  global  hampton  junior  learning  lies  mwesch  new  school  urban  warming  wmd  

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