education system
Why Thinking Skills Matter Now More Than Ever
The Crisis We're Not Talking About We're living through the greatest thinking crisis in human history—and most people don't even realize it's happening. Right now, AI generates your answers before you've finished asking the question. Search engines remember everything
Innovating Education to Prepare Students
The first thing I did after the phone call to participate in the meeting about innovating education was post to my blog, Facebook, and Twitter. These posts generated the most feedback I’ve ever received on any topic. I got tons of suggestions, ranging from the provocative: To the amusing: I quickly
Innovation in the Classroom: Why Education Needs to Be More Innovative
Education is the foundation of our economy. What (and how) we learn in school determines who we become as individuals and our success throughout our lives. It informs how we solve problems, how we work with others, and how we look at the world around us. In today’s innovation economy, education beco
Ideas generated in the Killer Innovation workshop on education
On May 6th 2011, 11 people volunteered their time to participate in a Killer Innovations workshop to “Innovate Education”. The following video shows the “grouping exercise” for the ideas generated during the workshop. On YouTube | Subscribe in iTunes The major groupings that emerged were: Teacher
Science Fiction Impact On Innovation
On Saturday, I gave a speech at Maker Fair 2010 on “Hacking The Future” where I talked on predicting the future through a variety of influences. One that I shared was the role of science fiction. It’s staggering how much of what we do today is last generations science fiction! Did you know: Suba w
