Education is about delivery?

Now this is interesting! TV and education do go hand in hand right? Some will argue that only some TV is educational. Other are against TV as a crutch or attention leech. Nickelodeon is onto something. With the July 1 introduction of a line of Team Umizoomi Preschool Math Kits, produced internally and pegged to [...]

The Brain and Learning.

The Brain and Leaning are intimately related yet our education systems seem to have forgotten that it is not just what and how we teach but it is also about the student. Are we spending too much time thinking about what we learn and not how we learn? Is it possible that we need to [...]

Education thinking from FastCompany!

As I get ready to return to the classroom I find myself looking around to see what professors are reading as they prepare for the coming term. The sad reality is too many professors prepare for the coming year using the tried and true techniques and resources they became familiar with in grad school. I [...]

Ian Gilbert @ TEDxDubai 2009 Re-Imagining Education.

Ian Gilbert Live at TEDxDubai 2009. I had the pleasure of meeting Ian Gilbert about a year ago. I instantly knew that Ian had a story to tell and many people with ear plugs in need to listen and hard! We have a global education crisis today because bureaucrats, CFO’s (chief failure officers), accountants and [...]

The Problem With Education… people@All

I am preparing for another week of classes and giving more thought to how I will teach than what I will teach. After a week and change of the current semester it is clear to me that the teaching exercise is a pretty easy mix of show and tell. Think about the best part of [...]

MORE Thoughts on TED 2009…

I have returned from the TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT AND DESIGN CONFERENCE held in Long Beach California, February 3-7, inspired, invigorated and enthusiastic about the future. TED is all about ideas that might provoke change in the way we think, act/interact, and go about doing things. If you are unfamiliar with TED you must go and look [...]

Re-learn innovative practice?

Professor Joeseph Packard of RIT and Johnson&Johnson joined me for a romp through the field of innovation education. Professor Joeseph Packard talks about innovation education and more. Maybe the issue is simply that we forget how to be innovative and get lulled into the belief that innovation needs to be complicated? Back to that great [...]