Transformative+Ideas

    
 * Transformative Ideas **
 * NCLB and Global Competitiveness ** - Will more standards, accountability, and higher test scores make American students more globally competitive? In this video, Yong Zhao retells his personal story and questions the wisdom of current US education policy. He argues that global competitiveness comes from a diversity of talents and recognition of individual passions and creativity. This is part of a film series produced by the Mobile Learning Institute called “A 21st Century Education.” []
 * 21st Century Education Films ** – The Mobile Learning Institute developed a collection of short films on school reform ideas for the 21st century. []
 * Dangerously Irrelevant ** – This is a valuable blog for K-12 school leaders by Scott McLeod. Be sure to read the “why the title?” page. [|http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org]
 * 21st Century Learning ** – This is another valuable blog by Sheryl Nussbaum. []
 * Digital Learning **– The digital media and learning initiative, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, is exploring the hypothesis that digital media tools now enable new forms of knowledge production, social networking, communication, and play. Through the use of such tools, young people are engaged in an exploration of language, games, social interaction, and self-directed education that can be used to support learning. They are different as a result of this use of digital media, and these differences are reflected in their sense of self, in how they express their independence and creativity, and in their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systemically. [|http://digitallearning.macfound.org]