This inspirational documentary gives me hope and faith that we already know how to work together, we just need to see ourselves in that light.
The conversation: What is most important to teach our children?
My post refers to a quotation by Albert Einstein:
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of …his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
– Albert Einstein
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The ISTE conversation: Why teachers Who use technology will replace teachers who don’t.
My post: We also want to be sure that “technology in education” doesn’t become data entry and rote thinking. The individuality of expression can easily be lost when formats of learning and assessment become bubbles on a screen or a rubric grid with squares that are checked off. To keep learning physical, connected, human, and to keep
“What is the price of Experience? Do men buy it for a song?
Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price
Of all that a man hath, his house, his wife, his children
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to