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"Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. In his talk, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think."

"Lainie Rowell describes the simple yet brilliant way that kids are managing overwhelming amounts of information and learning outside of school. "

"The video above first appeared in a Huffington Post article last week titled The Independent Project - High School Allows Teens To Decide Their Own Curriculum. The clip gives an overview of a progressive program at Monument Mountain High School in Great Barrington, MA that allows students to design their own course of studies. I can't help wondering how many of our students would jump at the opportunity to do something similar..."

A great video demonstrating the "doing work that matters" thinking that I believe is so important for changing schools. Use in TiG courses to introduce what "doing work that matters" can look like.

"Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. This dynamic shift in mindset is creating profound change throughout our society. The Future of Learning looks at one part of that change, the potential to redefine how we learn and educate. Watch as we talk with world renowned experts and educators about its potential to shift away from traditional methods of learning based on memorization and repetition to more holistic approaches that focus on individual students' needs and self expression."

Is this type of education possible? If not, why not? And if not, what are the consequences for learners and learning?

"This program is brilliant because instead of dictating to students exactly what they need to learn in a forced fed fashion, they are allowed to explore various fields of study based on their own curiosity. They are learning how to learn for themselves which is much more valuable than temporarily memorizing a set of facts that are meaningless to the individual. It's a paradigm shift from hoop jumping to mind expansion."

"There's a grand tradition of using students in videos to advocate for changes in learning, teaching, and educational technology. See, for example, A Vision of Students Today and No Future Left Behind and I Need My Teachers to Learn and You Can't Be My Teacher. Continuing the trend, here's a video from Pearson called A Serious Talk: Kids Demand Next-Generation Learning. Happy viewing!"

A teenage boy surprises his family with a thoughtful holiday gift.