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Sir Ken Robinson’s most recent presentation at TED – Bring on the Learning Revolution! is, as always, thought provoking and entertaining. Discussing the reform of education is hardly a light-hearted matter, however, Sir Ken has applied his humour to deliver some serious ideas in a very engaging manner. In speaking of the need for schools [...]

It’s been 16 hours since ‘An open letter to educators’ was uploaded onto Youtube during which time it has had 14,565 views and 2023 comments.  It speaks for itself.

School’s back in full swing this week and with it the expectations being articulated to the fresh group of Year 12 students as they prepare for their final year while Year 7′s are just beginning the secondary journey.  Reading the Federal Government’s ‘consultation’ draft of the digital economy future directions paper one cannot help but [...]

The Horizon Project issued its 2009 Horizon Report this week. This is the fifth report and its value as a predictor of trends can been seen at After Five Years: The Megatrends While specifically directed at higher education, it is equally relevant to P-12. The project is a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and [...]

As the staff and students of north American schools say goodbye to their long summer break, here is one young student who has been doing more than just hanging around the skateboard park over the hols.  Keynote speaker, Dallas Sherman from the Charles Rice Learning Centre, held the attention of 20,000 delegates at the Dallas Convention for [...]

Ken Robinson is working hard to get the message out that the world today is in the midst of a major revolution that’s having a profound effect on the life prospects of students. This video – Creatively Speaking was recorded on April 10, 2008, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit in San Francisco when he [...]

Take time to play the 2008 TED prize winner video and, as educators, you’ll find it absolutely inspirational. In his acceptance presentation, author Dave Eggers talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center  Once Upon a School.  His volunteer tutor centre in downtown Brooklyn which combines a Pirate Supply Store, publishing house and tutoring centre now has a register of 1400 [...]