Monday, March 1, 2010

Re: The most tweeted remark from the 2010 NAIS annual conference...

Thanks, Fred, for the compliment. My exact quotation, "The death of educat=
ion is the prelude to the birth of learning " is a variation on a similar r=
emark made by Dr. Ellen Weber, related to brain-based teaching and learning=
: http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com/general/death-of-education-dawn-of=
-learning/

Cheers.

PFB

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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Bartels [mailto:fredbartels@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: The most tweeted remark from the 2010 NAIS annual conference...

... has to be a great quip by Pat Bassett in the session "The Power of
Transformation: Disrupting your Institution to Make it Relevant."

There are a number of versions out there of what Pat said, but they all are
close variations of the following:

"The death of education as we know it may lead to learning as we need it."

A live blog of the session by Jason Ramsden is available here:
http://bit.ly/dkfWZe
(A huge thanks to Jason and others (http://bit.ly/d4Sz3K) for making the
conference come alive for virtual attendees!)

But back to Pat's interesting observation, which seemed to resonate so
strongly with the edtech folks.

I can imagine John Dewey smiling benevolently on hearing this statement. I
can also imagine many Heads having a somewhat different expression.

Curious what others think?

Fred

--
Fred Bartels
Thinking about learning as we need it here:
http://eva2.wikispaces.com/

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