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Pink speaks of powerful ideas like how to teach problem-finding, how to create individual pathways to learning, how to put students in the drivers' seats so they learn what drives them, how they can be successful in learning and how assessing themselves can help.

This is a great question, and while I don't think you can just students' understanding one way or another simply with test results, I think the question still has to be asked: do videos support new learning, or simply reinforce incorrect learning. Derek Muller discusses his doctoral thesis: "It is a common view that 'if only someone could break this down and explain it clearly enough, more students would understand.'... they do not engage with the media on a deep enough level to realize that what was is presented differs from their prior knowledge." The answer isn't a simple yes-no, of course: if misconceptions are presented and then refuted (a la Mythbusters) then students can learn from videos. -- Downes OLDaily march 20

" The right to be teachers In an online environment, teachers no longer need to be sole authority figures but instead should share responsibility with learners at almost every turn. Students can participate and shape one another's learning through peer interaction, new content, enhancement of learning materials and by forming virtual and real-world networks. Students have the right to engaged participation in the construction of their own learning. Students are makers, doers, thinkers, contributors, not just passive recipients of someone else's lecture notes or methods. They are critical contributors to their disciplines, fields, and to the larger enterprise of education."

Three "ages" of learning -- grammar, dialectic, rhetoric. Raises good questions . . .

Howard Rheingold

John writes of learning "to harness" the flow

Chad is one of the most creative teachers I know. Call it "test prep" or "test-taking skills," test-takers have to learn the culture of testing. They just don't have to live there.

exciting project that gives families ability to use digital "toys" to play together online. Read more under Related Publications to learn more about the distinction between games and toys. It's an important one.

Mozilla working on plan to help learners "level-up" around the Web. Badge for Web Literacy

Point that time to focus on what's important to us and make those connections which is the heart of creativity. Reminiscent of Pink's aptitude of meaning

Value of self-assessment

empathy's bottom line

Important concept for critical reflection -- talk more about the learning than the doing.

"Learn to contextualize their art and investigate how it can reflect or aid social change by transgressing or breaking through personal and cultural barriers"

Remember natural light is best!

Cool activity for learning about assumptions