The Challenge

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The Challenge.

What steps must be taken to implement sustainable use of educational technology in schools and colleges? I invite you to develop this tree of thinking, using your experience and knowledge and exploiting your eagerness to be involved in a true and transparant quest for more.

The idea is simple!! I opened with, what is in my view the first step on the road ahead to 21st Century Education: a vision on education. We agree on working on strategic, tactical and operational affordances underground, as if it was a rootsystem of a tree. Above the surface we will gradually elaborate on what is needed to get the tree growing: what will get our teachers to use technology in a meaningful way. You can edit the file in Mindmeister, once you have registered. Add just one extension on the root system. Try to hold back and wait for others to work on your result.

Final results Second Life - interviews in presentation

Currambena Primary School

I first look at the pictures on a school-website. First impression is always dominant in further reasoning. Spinoza considers intuition being the highest order in thinking, above logic. Spinoza's intuition is somewhat different to our present connotation, but still. Currrambena has an appealing philosophy and makes an effort to offer something different in the educational system. What more evidence do you need?

Village School and Fitzroy Community School

They started in 1982, so The Village School is well established in Melbourne, Australia. Between 55 and 80 children attend the school each year, guided by 5 permanent teachers, a part-time language teacher, an equestrian instructor (riding horses!!) and various coaches, mentors and parents sharing their specialist skills with the students. On of their principles is learning by making mistakes. They 'encourage children to take risks in a non-threatening, caring environment in order to develop realistic, problem-solving skills.' and also ' that some common sense rules are necessary to ensure physical and emotional safety.' Read it all in their philosophy - document on line. Must be in the air down under!! In the same city another alternative school, Fitzroy Community School. Some international connections in Asia too.