Around the World in 30 Days – September 2018
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report In nearly every industry, smart machines have edged their way into our lives. Whether their longer term impact will be beneficial to our lives or whether their impact will shatter our lives, we can be pretty sure that we are dealing with an intelligence that is radically different. If we are to flourish as a species based on what we know now of the Superintelligence still in development, we’re...
The Global Search for Education: We Speak – Bridging Cultures Through A Computer Screen
“We want to show that refugees can contribute positively to society and should not be characterized as passive burdens dragging on public services.” — Aline Sara According to CNN, as of April 2018 more than 5.6 million have fled Syria, and according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 6 million people are displaced internally. Many of these refugees are educated and experienced individuals. ...
The Global Search for Education: Is Blended Learning Overhyped? Our Teachers Around the World Weigh In
A decade ago, many predicted that K-12 education might shift entirely online, especially in the upper grades. Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, spoke of blended learning as the “new model that is student-centric, highly personalized for each learner, and more productive, as it delivers dramatically better results at the same or lower cost.” (Horn and Staker 2013) Blended learning...
Around the World in 30 Days: April 2017
C. M. Rubin’s Monthly Global Education Report Innovation guru Clay Christensen has his eyes on Parenting. In a revealing interview with CMRubinWorld this month, Christensen argues that outsourcing work as significant as parenting can be very costly in the long run. “A good life is not one that is free from struggle, but one in which people have the tools to overcome what life throws at them. By that logic, a good parent is one who...
The Global Search for Education: Global Teachers – It’s Genius Time Kids!
So search engine giant Google had this neat idea a few years ago to allow its engineers to spend 20% of their time working on things that really interested them – the goal being to inspire creativity and indirectly increase productivity. Some significant innovations came out of Google’s 20% time. Well-publicized “20% products” have included things such as Google News, G-mail, and AdSense. A goal in every classroom should be to create...
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