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This policy brief from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future describes the collaborative potential of cross-generational learning teams, with examples of how some states are beginning to explore new structures for involving teams of adults with different backgrounds in learning.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Beta Building > Transliteracy

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Added: November 11, 2009

Diane, previously with the George Lucas Foundation, notes how open-source programs and products are changing the economy, and by engaging the collective wisdom of others we have the opportunity to create new services for others.

Associated Topic: The Maker Economy > Lightweight Community-Based Manufacturing > TechShop

Tags: collaborative platforms, collective intelligence, e-bay, economy, global learning, iPhone, making,

Added: January 23, 2009

This community is devoted to providing an opportunity for those who care about education to share their voices and ideas with others. It's a place for thoughtful discussion on an incredibly important topic.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Beta Building > Transliteracy

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Added: January 23, 2009

Read how sixteen families plan learning strategies for their children in the new learning economy, a learning system comprising a vast array of services, products and resources beyond the traditional classroom environment. See what choices they made, and discover new options you never knew about!

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience > Learning Grids

Tags: after school, home schooling, learning economy, learning systems,

Added: January 23, 2009

Teachers and administrators won't be the only educators in the new learning landscape. Discover new roles envisioned for learning agents in educating our children in the future, and examine ways in which we might prepare today's emerging educators for these roles.

Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience > Learning Grids > OpenUniversity

Tags: learning agents, learning systems, teacher certification, teachers,

Added: January 23, 2009

At the "Retooling Schooling Series," Dr. Monica Martinez describes how technology has created major cultural shifts that should be informing a revolutionary change in public education.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization

Tags: classroom technology,

Added: December 9, 2008

K-12 education is catching on to the open-source movement. Websites are offering free materials tied to high school textbooks and one foundation is funding K-12 open-source projects worldwide. A Florida textbook adoption committee approved “Free-Reading”, an open-source remedial reading program. Florida's move could lead to the development of other free materials that might challenge the dominance of the big educational publishers.

Associated Topic: A New Civic Discourse > Learning Commons

Tags: Free Reading,

Added: December 9, 2008

Social networking technology may allow interactive web site visitors to chart the future of the Smithsonian Institution's newest museum, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, set to open in 2015. Museum officials say interactive technology will allow individuals to share memories, photos, essays, and oral histories, bringing together anyone interested in the African-American experience and those who have "great stories to tell."

Associated Topic: Pattern Recognition > Metaverse

Tags: informal learning, museums, Smithsonian,

Added: December 9, 2008

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Initiative for Global Health analyzed census and health statistics data for the years 1982 to 2001. They found what they call "an enormous gap" in life expectancies based on race, counties of residence, income, and other social factors. The analysis led the researchers to the idea that there are "eight different Americas." White middle America and black middle America are different from each other (whites live longer than blacks) and from low-income white America, Southern low-income rural black America, Northern low-income rural white America, high-risk urban black America, and Asian America.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Collective Sensemaking

Tags: aging, demographics,

Added: December 9, 2008

Home schooling has steadily gained momentum in the black community and is expected to grow. General dissatisfaction with public schools and increased awareness about home schooling are two reasons. Some African-American parents want what they consider a safer learning environment or they want to teach their own values and beliefs. They also seek different teaching approaches and stronger family relationships. Yet, concerns about children missing associating with other students, along with the sacrifice of a spouse's income to conduct the home schooling, may keep many blacks interested in home schooling from using it. An estimated 220,000 black students were home schooled in 2007 compared to 84,000 in 1999. Studies show that home-schooled students do just as well or better than their public school peers. For example, they typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests.

Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Open Leadership and Sociability

Tags: distance learning, homeschooling, innovation, race,

Added: December 9, 2008