Is the work just a series of hoops to jump? Or is the work relevant to my interests? Do my teachers help me understand how my learning contributes to my community?
Am I expected to learn at a pace decided by my teacher or can I learn at my own pace?
Is there time for learning to be deep as well as broad?
Timing
Do all students have to learn things in the same sequence or can I learn in an order that fits my learning style or interests?
Play
Is there always pressure to perform? Or do I have opportunities to explore? Make mistakes and learn from them? Do I have opportunities to tinker and make guesses?
Practice
Do we learn something and then immediately move on to the next skill? Or can we engage in deep and sustained practice of the skills that we need to learn?
Choice
Am I following the same path as every student? Or do I have real choices about what, how and when I will learn and demonstrate my abilities?
Authenticity
Is my work just a series of worksheets? Or is the learning and work I do considered significant outside of school, by experts, family and employers?
Does the community recognize the value of my work?
Challenge
is the school work just about completing assignments? Or do I feel challenged? Am I addressing high and meaningful standards?
Application
Is my learning all theoretical? Or do I have opportunities to apply what I’m learning in real world settings?
Mar 9, 2009 - AIglon College Meditation part 2 by TS "Language" ... for short communications about the Aiglon Reunion and for Meditations. MyAiglon channel is for short messages from absent and present Alumni -- to stimulate interaction.
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What videos should Dave in Boyinaband study?
What information should he read so that his next rap song about "#AskYourSchoolForThis"
#IWantThisInMySchool
What should be the hash tag for Dave's next series about education
#DontStayInSchool is the counter argument to the command from Bill Cosby and Ronald Reagan "Stay in School"
There are dozens of high-profile efforts to persuade students to stay in the traditional school.
Dave in BOYINABAND has come up with a simple message: Don't Stay in a place where you are bored.
Look for a place where you can learn something useful.
Dave has a good point. Saying "Stay in a boring place because there is no alternative" is not what teens need to hear. Students want to go to a cool "discovery zone" where they can explore their talents and gain skills that are useful to their interests. Oh, gee, it sounds like a Big Picture School or a classroom where Dennis Yuzenas or Matt Blazek or Enrique Gonzalez have taught...
What information does Dave (BoyinaBand) need so that his next viral video (10 million hits by May 2016) will give information about #ASKYOURSCHOOL or #YOURSCHOOLSHOULDDOTHIS
IF people would watch Dennis in the classroom (the 9 minute video helps), they could demand that their teachers copy Dennis and offer the same flexibility.
"happy teacher" is "好好老师" (Gongfu thinks this is better than "愉快老师") It is pronounced "gaoxinglaoshi" or gau shi lao shu As Zig Ziglar says "You can have everything you want in life if you'll just help enough other people get what they want." "Quality is everyone's responsibility." W Edwards Deming
"Learning should be fun for the learner." -- Dr. Abraham S. Fischler
Am I following the same path as every student? Or do I have real choices about what, how and when I will learn and demonstrate my abilities?
