Comments for Shifting to 21st Century Thinking http://www.shiftingthinking.org in education and learning Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:39:08 +1300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on ReGeneration: What’s in a name? by Dr Karen Dobric http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2211&cpage=1#comment-787 Dr Karen Dobric Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:39:08 +0000 http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2211#comment-787 ReGen is truly amazing. These young people are applying the notions of courage and commitment in new ways, and their interactions and influence - even those who are still in school or recent school leavers -are already international. ReGen is truly amazing. These young people are applying the notions of courage and commitment in new ways, and their interactions and influence – even those who are still in school or recent school leavers -are already international.

]]> Comment on Wondering what’s next by davidj http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136&cpage=1#comment-785 davidj Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:19:41 +0000 http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136#comment-785 <a href="#comment-778" rel="nofollow">@Ally</a> Not sure, but according to Bill Gates, universities could be made obsolete by the Internet. Does the world's richest man have a point? <i>"Five years from now on the web for free you'll be able to find the best lectures in the world," he said. "It will be better than any single university." A good deal of knowledge could be gained from the Internet given that students are self-motivated learners. Gates offered an even broader opinion that students young and old should be credited for their gained knowledge no matter the source--whether it's from the Internet or earned through an MIT degree--and a means to "highlight" those credits.</i> More here: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Bill-Gates-College-University-Lectures,news-7727.html @Ally

Not sure, but according to Bill Gates, universities could be made obsolete by the Internet. Does the world’s richest man have a point?

“Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world,” he said. “It will be better than any single university.”

A good deal of knowledge could be gained from the Internet given that students are self-motivated learners. Gates offered an even broader opinion that students young and old should be credited for their gained knowledge no matter the source–whether it’s from the Internet or earned through an MIT degree–and a means to “highlight” those credits.

More here:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Bill-Gates-College-University-Lectures,news-7727.html

]]> Comment on Wondering what’s next by Ally http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136&cpage=1#comment-778 Ally Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:11:25 +0000 http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136#comment-778 That's an interesting video. I wonder where and how they used it. <a href="#comment-777" rel="nofollow">@davidj </a> That’s an interesting video. I wonder where and how they used it. @davidj

]]> Comment on Wondering what’s next by davidj http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136&cpage=1#comment-777 davidj Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:52:54 +0000 http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?p=2136#comment-777 I saw this video linked from the Twitter feed on this site. This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EjJg9NfTXos&hl=en_GB&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EjJg9NfTXos&hl=en_GB&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> I saw this video linked from the Twitter feed on this site.

This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

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