Ecology

- it’s not sufficient to have only individual teachers doing amazing things
 * Why is education the only sector has not improved productivity for workers?**

- Get rid of ALL technology planning committees in schools – they PLAN to PREVENT collaboration - The real revolution is not technology, but rather information and relationships - Most teachers do not collaborate day in and day out while working o The main use/best use of the Web is collaboration

Step 1 – How do we build a network of knowledge for teachers? - Collaborate and share student work - Use as a collaborative assessment tool - Students work harder and are more willing to accept criticism when they are being critiqued from an OUTSIDE party/team. The WORK is being judged, not the student - Get OUT of the model of 1 teacher in 1 classroom - What relationships should teachers have with the world?

Children who can separate being judged from the work being judged is SO LIBERATING

-the relationship between schools and parents is bad – principal calls = bad thing, when it should be good. -Should send home DVDs of students presenting so parents can see and be a part of the classroom - or Skype them in here and there

-Research shows that misconceptions trump good teaching...unless you un-teach the misconceptions (research from Project Zero @ Harvard - Perkins) -