Learning to Change

Posted by arvind s grover Wed, 14 May 2008 15:27:24 GMT

Recently I have felt like my blog was dying. Joi Ito said it best when he said that Twitter killed his blogging. Mine too. Well, I'm going to blame it on Twitter, anyways. This video brought me back to my blog, because I wanted people who actually look here to see it. "Learning to Change" speaks to the ways in which we must educate our students for the future. 5 minutes very well spent. Just watch it. It's just below
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  1. Richard said 2 days later:

    Blogging is far more interesting and useful than Twitter. Keep it up. Thanks for the video. How many people at your school groove to this message? How do you build momentum for changing the educational model at your school?

    Richard

  2. arvind said 5 days later:

    I do dig blogging, but it is a very different medium. Very writing intensive (blogging) vs. very conversationally intensive (Twitter). I like both for different reasons.

    The video would be a tough one for many at my school. It conflicts with a lot of traditional schooling ideas. With any change, getting buy-in is a challenge, of course.

    Understanding how people change is a big one. One of my favorite resources is the book, Diffusion of Innovation: http://tinyurl.com/2ryo87

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