I’m back from a busy week in the Netherlands. First on the agenda was Education Futures NL, an Education 3.0-focused workshop collaboration between Education Futures and Helikon (Fons van den Berg). In addition to our collaboration, the workshop...
Topics: collaboration, conference, Education 3.0, knowmads, learning, Netherlands, photos, Technology, unconference, workshop

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Piaget: “We can classify education into two main categories: passive education relying primarily on memory, and active education relying on intelligent understanding and discovery. Our real problem is what is the goal of education? Are we forming...
Topics: creativity, Innovative Thinkers, learning, philosophy

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Remember Knowmads in Society 3.0? Something amazing is brewing in Europe. And, they’re looking for thirty candidates from around the world.Knowmads is a new school for the world of tomorrow, starting in January 2010 in The Netherlands. After two...
Topics: collaboration, creativity, design, education, entrepreneurs, Europe, futures, Innovation, International, knowmads, leadership, marketing, Netherlands, Society 3.0, students, sustainability

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The month of November promises to be a remarkable series of boundless conversations on the intersections of creativity, technology and innovation in education.First and foremost, I owe many thanks to Fons van der Berg for organizing Education Futures NL..
Topics: 21st century, change, conference, creativity, Education 3.0, futures, General, ICT, Innovation, International, knowmads, learning, Netherlands, Qatar, Society 3.0, Technology, Twitter, wiki, WISE

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New York times columnist Tom Friedman speaks out:A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I asked him who was getting axed. He said it was interesting: lawyers who were used to just showing up and having work handed to them..
Topics: change, competitiveness, creativity, education, entrepreneurs, ICT, Innovation, leadership, learning, NCLB, trends

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