October 2010 Blog Posts (4)

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Transform, Not Reform







School reform is once again on the national agenda put there by a new documentary called “Waiting for Superman.” Given what is being offered by President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education, education pundits, and critics as solutions to the problems our school systems are facing I felt a

need to respond.





So, here we go again! One more time politicians,…

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Added by Francis M. Duffy on October 26, 2010 at 10:47am — No Comments

Developing Nigeria Online Webite

I am currently developing a website that will educate as will as get Nigerian youth to understand what social intelligence http://nigeriandevelopment.com, and 21th century school is really about. Thanks to the support of this blog I know have many ideas to go by. I will keep you informed with the updates.

Added by Wazobia Nigeria on October 14, 2010 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Keys to consider before hiring an e-learning Project

By Carlos Biscay (director of e-ABC, www.e-abclearning.com)



Some years ago, when the online training began to consolidate as a global industry and the first high impact implementations began to develop in Latin America, Elliot Masie, founder of The MASIE Center and the Online Learning Council, emphasized the close relationship between competitiveness and virtual education. Besides…

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Added by Constanza Donadio on October 14, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Global Virtual Classroom contest and clubhouse

The Global Virtual Classroomhttp://virutalclassroom.org(GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It…

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Added by Janet Barnstable on October 1, 2010 at 8:13am — 1 Comment

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"Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free." - Brene Brown

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." - W. Edwards Deming

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"Our children need to be treated as human beings - exquisite, complex and elegant in their diversity." - Lloyd Dennis

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people." - Chinese proverb

“I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.” - Alexis de Tocqueville

"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting their eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted." - Garrison Keillor

“When you judge you project your shadows onto others. When you love you project your inner light.” - Aine Belton

"There is no recipe for raising children to be successful adults, but parental warmth and affection make more of a difference than any other factor… The main finding… was that 'subjects who had warm mothers or warm fathers were more likely to be rated as higher in social accomplishments 36 years later.' - Radcliffe Study, Quoted in the Boston Globe (4/8/91)

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." - Marcel Proust

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another." - G.K. Chesterton

"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." - Paolo Friere

"All children are born geniuses, and we spend the first six years of their lives degeniusing them." - R. Buckminster Fuller

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - E. F. Shumacher

“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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