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what Pink Thinks…

January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

I am excited about tomorrow….and not just for ANOTHER dump of snow that most teachers and students hope will cancel school.

On Sunday noted edublogger Karl Fisch, who calls Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado home, finally made mention of a kewl new project involving two 9th grade honors Language Arts classes at AHS and Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind.

So….why am excited? Well, I have been invited to participate (thru Karl).  Over the next several weeks, I will have the opportunity to participate in a live blogging exercise with the two classes as they read and discuss AWNM in their classroom. They are actually going to let me join their class virtually, discussing Pink’s book in a whole new way.

Frankly, I feel kind of intimidated by the company, both invited and resident. The list of participants, including many noted edubloggers, school administrators and other creative minds, were pulled together by Karl. Tomorrow morning I am excited to be joined in the first session by my friend Sharon Peters from Montreal.

I read AWNM last summer, and am re-reading it now as I prepare for this opportunity. It is my recommended read for my staff this year.

Of course, we are all excited for that Friday in a couple of weeks when Mr. Pink himself joins the students as we become spectators to their discourse. This is VERY exciting and truly flattening. The lines between learner and teacher are extremely blurred here.

You can read more about this project on Karl’s blog.

tags: technology, education, A Whole New Mind, daniel pink, karl fisch, sharon peters, whipple

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1 Comment so far

  1.    Jacques on January 18, 2008 9:48 am      

    This is really cool, Jeff! Having read AWNM (loved it!) and seeing how students are actively engaged in the event described by Karl Fisch, I truly believe that an activity of that sort provides opportunity for durable, viable and transferable learning. I have shared this example with our online teachers in the francophone sector; many interesting and relevant books/essays from thinkers of the quality of Dan Pink could be approached to participate in this type of setting. Truly Classroom 2.0, …or rather Learning 2.0.
    Have fun!

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