Is everything a VERB?
The IN Group (Integrate Now) is up and Moodling - to moodle, moodled, had moodled, will
have moodled, did moodle - ...... yep! Just like Google, Moodle seems to
be a verb! And in the very real sense this is true, Gina Pinch took action
by bringing Moodle to our midst (a noun there, did all you teachers
catch that?), the IN Group is
taking action by Moodling, we are creating community.
I am reading the most amazing book, actually, I
bought it last year and have been reading it off and on, jumping
around. Now I am going cover to cover as it relates heavily to the
class I am currently taking in my Masters Program (21st Century Skills
and Assessment).
The book is 'A Whole New Mind' by Daniel H.
Pink and he presents a very compelling and persuasive discussion on
global changes to the economy as 'advanced' societies have moved from Agrarian, to Industrial, to the Information Age, and currently the Conceptual Age.
Pink
does not argue that left-brainers (revered by industrial and
information age, and by extension their educational systems) will
become obsolete, but rather that balance is coming between one's left
and right hemispheres. Where left brainers suffered right-brainers - in
the age of out sourcing anything that is repetitive, linear,
mathematical and for which software can be written (read cheaply in Asia) to
do the job faster and with greater efficiency - the right brain
abilities and skills will help us to develop a more unique or
fulfilling vision, product, skill. Is this really the demise of the white-collar worker and the rise of the designer, the artisan and the storyteller?
HUH, you say? OK, go to the library or
bookstore, take a few minutes and read these pages: 51-53. Then, since you will by now be curious - if not convinced - read the next section titled 'MBAs and MFAs' where Pink suggests MFAs
are the new MBAs, then read Six Senses (or Six Essential R-Directed Aptitudes).
Then buy or check the book out and read it cover to
cover. I'd loan you mine but there are tabs and highlights and notations all over the margins! This absolutely explains 21st Century Learning, but of even greater importance, the need for
21st Century Education, including shifts in perspectives and thinking!
POSTED BY Amy Chayefsky AT 12/02/2007 11:06 PM
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