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Waiting for Superman — Pledge to see the film

Looks like this is going to be an important movie. A great infographic video from the creative studio Buck TakePart: Participant Media - Waiting For 'Superman' - Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo. If you're inspired, Pledge to watch the movie ...
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Teach it or Lose it

Steve Blank, startup guru and author of Four Steps to an Epiphany, writes about an anecdotal experience that speaks to the importance of informal learning and mentoring that very few people seem to take advantage of. I love this lesson learned: If you don’t teach it or write it down, the...
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Going Deep to Learn — On “In Depth” Learning

I (Ash) just learned a little more about the Learning in Depth project. Here's a description from their site: "Learning in Depth: A simple innovation that can transform schooling. This simple but dramatic program is designed to combat the superficiality of so much of students' learning and the unnecessary extent of ignorance...
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70:20:10

Charles Jennings, global head of learning for Reuters (known to most as the knowledge driven organization paragon), employs a useful 70:20:10 rule about organizational learning. Read all about it here. Too many learning professionals and managers are obsessed with transferring information into employees' heads, even though they know that the...
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The National Education Technology Plan and BettrAt

Earlier this month, The US Department of Education released its National Education Technology Plan. The NETP is driven by two clear goals by 2020: We will raise the proportion of college graduates from where it now stands [39%] so that 60% of our population holds a 2-year or 4-year degree. We...
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Formal vs informal education, by Joi

I keep meaning to hat-tip to startup hero, Joi for this wonderful post on Formal vs Informal education but I kept forgetting until I looked through my recent bookmarks today. The good parts: Despite my completely dysfunctional relationship with formal learning, I've been able to learn enough to run companies, give talks...
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Pilot participant in GS Troop 21812: “Can we use this for school stuff too?”

Yesterday, we started a new group of pilot participants on using BettrAt. We had several girls trained on how to use BettrAt for their informal interests. We were excited to see how enthusiastic they all were with using the site for the things they cared about. People...
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The Art of Learning from a Peer, Colleague, or Friend

Came across this article, entitled "The Art of Learning from a Colleague" HBR by Steven DeMaio about learning from a colleague. Here's the A-ha moment in the passage: Indeed, my best learning experiences are when I get to see how someone else's mind works. That usually doesn't come with...
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MacA Spotlight on Museums and BettrAt

We came across this, Selling Museums to a Tough Audience: Teens, from the MacArthur Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning and it quite intrigued us, because we've been tossing around these issues as well for the past year now. How can museums and other informal learning institutions create compelling experiences that...
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Dr. James Paul Gee, Prof. @ Arizona State

This excellent video came across our radar by James Paul Gee, Professor at Arizona State University. We concur with his arguments here. The clip is entitled "hands on learning with video games," but it discusses a lot more that needs to happen in education besides video games. It's hard to...
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