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"By "NLRBE," I mean core resource-based economy ("RBE") concepts, as fleshed out and expanded by Peter Joseph and his organization, "The Zeitgeist Movement" ("TZM"). *Important Reminder* Please remember that, by using this site, you agree to leave no confidential information in blog post comments or elsewhere on the site, or to rely upon anything in this post, or on this site generally, without qualified, independent, confirming research (per this site's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which you agreed to by accessing this site). Why? Unfortunately, on this website and in my blog posts, I can and do offer nothing more than expressions of opinion and general information, which could be inadequately researched, inapplicable to your situation, out-of-date, and/or mistaken. Thus, no statement on my website or blog posts is intended to guarantee any particular outcome for you, or to constitute any kind of advice, legal or otherwise. Qualified "advice" is customized to your particular circumstances, current, accurate, and offered in direct relationship with a qualified professional. And qualified advice is critical to obtain before you take action. I do offer qualified legal advice and assurances of confidentiality, but only within the context of attorney-client relationships, which are formed exclusively via written attorney-client fee agreements, not through blog posts, blog post comments, website pages or communications, or any other means whatsoever (however, please visit my Services page to see whether or not I am currently accepting new clients). By "RBE," I mean the original economic model, as presented by Jacque Fresco and his "Venus Project" ("TVP"). My take on his RBE model is more fully explained in my last blog post, "What Do I Mean by 'Resource-Based Economy' (or 'RBE')?" Given what I heard in a recent talk by Joseph, I am now sorely tempted to begin using the term "NLRBE," rather than "RBE," to refer

"1. Blogging enables reflection. This is true for both students and educators. Too often do we go through our days, class to class, with minimal opportunities for reflection on our experiences or the information that we have acquired along the way. Blogging offers the opportunity to take a step back and connect with our learning and place it in the context of the bigger picture. Make reflection an assignment or part of another assignment - it is an important component to learning. For students: This is not the easiest thing to accomplish - blogging takes time and that is a finite resource during a busy class period. There is great opportunity in academic support periods or advisory classes for students (particularly in 1:1 schools) to blog. Many advisory classes take place throughout the day, which is a great break point for students to create based on their learning from that day. For teachers: This type of reflection can and should be compiled into your lesson planning for future lessons. Take what you learned from teaching and learning that day and incorporate it into the next day's lessons. Find time to do this during a conference period during your day or right after school. Yes, it is tough to get in the habit of doing a new thing - but once you start using reflection through blogging, I think that your lesson planning will be easier and much more meaningful. 2. Develop an Authentic Audience An authentic audience is a great way to increase rigor and in all of my experiences has led to increased performance by students. Authentic audiences in blogging could mean any number of things - family members, students from other classes, students from other buildings, other teachers, individuals interested in the content from around the world, etc. A student knowing that their work may be seen by people other than what they consider their 'typical audience' (read: teacher) typically spends more time and exerts more effort to creating a quality p

1) the ways they currently implement Twitter in their teaching and learning, 2) ideas for future development of Twitter-based assignments and pedagogical practices, and 3) issues concerning the integration of Twitter and other digital media into both traditional and non-traditional pedagogies. Collaborators should feel free to add material to these pages, to comment on existing material, and to share links to relevant external readings and resources. It may be helpful to tag your contributions with your Twitter handle. Collaborators are asked to please respect this space as a forum for open and respectful dialogue and networking. Let's fill up the pages below with great ideas!  Share the ways you currently implement Twitter in your teaching and learning: Students in my course New Information Technologies do an "Internet Censorship" project, focused on a specific country. I ask them to follow a journalist who tweets on that country as part of their research to understand the state of Internet freedom in the country they select. -- Lora Since shortly after Twitter was launched, I've experimented with various iterations of "The Twitter Essay," an assignment that has students considering the nature of the "essay" as a medium and how they might do that work within the space of 140 characters. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) In my fully online classes, I've started using Twitter to replace the discussion forum as the central location for student interaction. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) Show Tweets that have gotten people arrested and prompt discussion on whether it is fair that anyone be arrested for any Tweet in the US, who is likely to be arrested for their Tweets, what kinds of Tweets are likely to prompt arrest, etc. Students in my First Year Seminar course "The Irish Imagination: Yeats to Bono" developed a platform for digital annotation of Irish literature. Embedded in their platform was a twitter feed of relevant individuals/groups, makin

Head Departments of Educational Centres need to be flexible and creative to cope with new circumstances, looking at obstacles as if they were opportunities. In this context, this meeting aims to provide participats with the opportunity to think and reflect about the ways we can take advantage of educational change to keep on advancing in Education.

"El contenido, mal les pese a algunos, ha dejado de ser el rey en nuestras aulas. Seguir usando metodologías centradas en el mismo y, en la capacidad de retención puntual de nuestros alumnos para, en unos exámenes que cada vez demuestran menos, poder soltar todo eso que, al poco, va a ser rápidamente olvidado y sustituido por nuevos contenidos, no tiene demasiado sentido. Cuando el contenido está al alcance de un clic quizás, lo que conviene, es dejar de adorarlo y pasar a entronizar otro tipo de cuestiones en el aula. ¿Y qué entronizamos? ¿Qué nos garantiza un aprendizaje eficaz que cumpla con las expectativas que nos exige la sociedad? ¿Qué mecanismo, si minimizamos el contenido -eliminarlo del todo como propugnan algunos tampoco es plan-, es el que debemos analizar para garantizar el éxito de nuestros alumnos? Bueno, ¿y qué demonios significa que el rendimiento de un alumno sea exitoso si hemos quitado la posibilidad de esas evaluaciones memorísticas? Yo lo tengo meridianamente claro. Eso no significa que sea lo correcto pero sí lo que, después de unos años, llevo observando. La necesidad de entronizar el contexto. La necesidad de gestionar los lugares de aprendizaje. La necesidad de considerar más importante el saber encontrar soluciones para llegar a "X" que aprender de memoria cómo llegar a "X". Fuente: http://www.laps4.com/ Fuente: http://www.laps4.com/ Quizás es que plantear blancos o negros, reconvertidos en evaluaciones cada vez más numéricas, no tiene demasiado sentido en un contexto educativo en el que debemos primar el propio contexto. El trabajo en el aula y, como no, la habilidad para llegar a resultados (incluso que los mismos sean erróneos) debería ser mucho más importante que mecanizar los resultados en una hoja de papel o exponer contenidos que, como he dicho antes, están fácilmente disponibles desde cualquier equipo conectado a la red. Plantear estrategias relacionales es mucho más importante que estrategia