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Ivan Beeckmans

An A+ student regrets his grades - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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shared by Ivan Beeckmans on 20 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Valuing success above all else is a problem plaguing the schooling systems, at all levels, of many countries including Canada and the United States, and undermining those very qualities that are meant to foster an educated and skillful society.
  • but I mistakenly defined achievement in a way most do: with my GPA.
  • The academic portion of my high school life was spent in the wrong way, with cloudy motivations. I treated schooling and education synonymously. I had been directed not by my inner voice, but by societal pressures that limited my ability to foster personal creativity.
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  • “Writing exams isn’t a measure of intelligence or knowledge, it’s about getting inside your prof’s head to figure out what’ll be on the exam.”
  • Information is propelled into students without teaching them how to practically utilize it. This is senseless. Regurgitating facts, memorizing figures and formulas, compressing course material in our short-term memory for the sake of doing well on an exam; they are all detrimental to the learning experience. But students still do it because they don’t want to fail. Instead, we should be fostering a culture where, to paraphrase Arianna Huffington, “Failure isn’t considered the opposite of success, but an integral part of it.”
  • We can’t allow learning to become passive. We need to teach students to learn how to learn – to become independent, innovative thinkers capable of changing the world.
  • Ivan Beeckmans on 20 Jan 13
     
    Granted, this is not about digital technology, but it could be part of the fuel to light the fire for change. What do we do when we fall so short of helping almost anyone foster a passion for learning? The quotes here are memorable and relevant: the writer is currently in university.
Ivan Beeckmans

Four easy steps will save your reputation - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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shared by Ivan Beeckmans on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Someone within the organization should be tasked with regularly educating employees from the CEO down on the hazards of social media use, including updates on the horror stories that are reported in the media every day.
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