Believe

I saw this great image on Huge MacLeod’s GapingVoid and wanted to share it and ask how do you create the future you hope to see / believe in? Whether it is at home or where you work, do your beliefs / actions contribute to what you hope to be?

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PLP Live Event – Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology

Last night PLP held its first Live Event of 2010.  Will Richardson interviewed Allan Collins and Richard Halverson, the authors of Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America. A very brief overview of the conversation: The authors believe schools will not disappear anytime soon, but they contend we are not going to fix education by fixing schools, schools are a 19th century invention trying to cope in the 21st century.  They assert, learning will leave schools behind if schools cannot change fast enough to keep pace with the advances in learning technologies. They also discuss the positive and negative issues associated with a changing education system such as home schooling, learning centers, distance education, workplace learning, technical certifications, equity, the role of web communities in learning. Others have weighed in with their thoughts on the authors views, take a look at what Darren Draper posted a month ago.

The interview was interesting, with a great deal of conversation taking place in the chat of Elluminate. If anyone is interested in listening to the interview, here is a link to the Elluminate session, please take some time to listen and offer your thoughts here on the conversation as well.

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My thoughts for Christmas

This Christmas

Mend
a quarrel.
Seek   out   a
forgotten   friend.
Dismiss   suspicion,
and   replace   it   with
trust.   Write   a   love   letter.
Share   some   treasure.   Give   a
soft   answer.   Encourage   youth.
Manifest   your   beliefs   in   word   and
deed.   Keep   a   promise.   Find   the   time.
Forgo   a   grudge.     Forgive   an   enemy.
Listen.   Apologize   if   you   were   wrong.   Try
to   understand.   Choose   peace.   Examine   your
demands   on   others.   Think   first   of   someone   else.
Appreciate.   Be   kind:   be   gentle.   Laugh   a   little.   Laugh
a   little   more.  Deserve   confidence.   Take   a   stand   against
malice.   Decry   complacency.   Express   your   gratitude.   Let   go
fear.   Welcome   a   stranger.   Gladden   the   heart   of   a   child.   Take
pleasure   in   the   beauty   and   wonder   of    the   earth.  Speak   your   love
Speak   it   again.
Speak   it   still
once   again.

My wish for everyone for the holidays – love the time you have to spend with your families and friends!!

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