August 26, 2008 – 2:31 pm
The world is characterised by change….and the rate of change is increasing!! Over the next 25 years, there will be 10 years worth of progress….over the next 100 years there will be 20,000 years of progress. Will there be a genZ? What does it mean to future proof? What does productivity look like?
Martin spoke about […]
August 26, 2008 – 11:23 am
Martin warns that the concept of personalisation (Futurelab (UK) explores this concept) may turn into delivering curriculum by profiling. That is you may be categorised as a visual, aural or kinesthetic learner and material will be delivered to you based on some form of categorisation. This is not personalisation.
‘Brainology’ illustrates the flexible nature of intelligence […]
August 26, 2008 – 10:42 am
Martin’s experience and expertise is in neuroscience. He says that the brain grows by the growth of the connections between cells and these connections reflect our experience. It’s the personalisation of the brian. (150 trillion). He says that repetition uses the connections and the pathways for the connections, but that emotion plays an important role in laying […]
August 22, 2008 – 3:49 pm
I have had a long recess of late and this is hopefully my return to regular blogging………
Ewan McIntosh’s recent post about Charles Leadbeater’s ‘Remixing Cities, Remixing Learning’ in which he describes schools as providing learning spaces in three concentric circles. The inner circle describes the role of the school as a physical place for learners […]
