Liane Benedict

leb 03/08/2010

by leb on Mar.07, 2010, under Journey

Online School Model | Nebraska Change Agent

tags: online, education, 21stcenturylearning
Weekly Gathering at Technology In Class

tags: technology
2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning

tags: education, 21stcenturylearning, school, future, trends, 2020

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

…or at least they are sitting on my night stand, the table next to my chair, on my iPhone, on my desk at work and on a tab on my laptop waiting to be ordered. And I am reading these for professional reasons, a local book club with some moms, a couple of different Twitter friends, to be a better parent, to learn, to be healthier and fight my MS…

Curriculum21 by Heidi Hayes Jacobs

21st Century Skills by Bernie Trilling & Charles Fadel

Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, M.Ed.

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block

The Gold Coast Cure by Andrew Larson

Living Well Emotionally by Montel Williams

Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott

Rereading Power of Now…

And there are a bunch more…

Can We Change Education?

by leb on Mar.07, 2010, under Education

We don’t have a choice, do we? And I believe it starts with the relationships and connections we build. Yes, the start is that simple. We need to create the synergy of innovation, creativity and change through these relationships. We need to stop waiting for someone else to do it. We spend too much time and energy on things that don’t really matter and not enough time on the things that do. And we always have an excuse for why that is…

Came across an interesting site. Read an excerpt below…

Excerpt from “The 2006 Map of Future Forces: What Has Changed and Does it Matter?” March 4th, 2010 by Jillian Darwish

YES! In fact this is exactly how large-scale change happens in living systems. First, a catalyst inspires separate local efforts toward change. Those local efforts then connect in networks where knowledge and commitment are built. The strengthening of interactions and dependencies among local efforts results in emergence and as these connections become stronger they create a system of influence that shapes and defines accepted behaviors and practices for the larger population.

Big change begins with the local actions of a few committed people courageously moving in a new direction and connecting with others doing the same. What other local actions might we connect to encourage the emergence of a world of learning?

So maybe my work in trying to facilitate connections in thinking and learning for those I support is a good thing. I am a change agent. That is my work. I don’t know all of the answers but I am clear on my purpose…