5 Ideas for the 21st Century School

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TEDx Creative Coast 5 Ideas for the 21 st Century School Let Children Solve Real World Problems by Mark Finnern

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TEDx Creative Coast5 Ideas for the 21st Century School Let Children Solve Real World Problems by Mark Finnern

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Greatest Gift?

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Future of Education Salon with John Taylor

Gatto

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Why ?Boring!Content NOT Relevant!

High School Drop Out Rate 46%

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Self Driving Cars

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NASA Test: Percentage of Geniuses in Divergent Thinking

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Kid draws Bird from Experience and Memory

These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109

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Same Kid gets asked to color a Workbook for Math

These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109

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Birds drawn after the Stereotyping Math exercise

These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109

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5 Ideas for the 21st Century School

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Idea #1 Let Children Solve Real World Problems

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Skillpoint Alliance: Velocity Prep• 4-week summer program• Teams of 20 students form

a consulting company;• Work with an actual client; • Create an innovative

solution to a real-world problem;

• Present their designs & solutions to the client;

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Idea #2 Let Children Select Which Problem They Want to Tackle!

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Idea #3 Wikipedia Style Transparent Problem Solving

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Idea #4Public Handover of the Solution

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Idea #5 Project Fridays

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Greatest Gift?

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John Taylor Gatto

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