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Sociality Is Learning
As adults, we take social skills for granted... until we encounter someone who lacks them. Helping children develop social skills is viewed as a reasonable educational endeavor in elementary school, but by high school, educators switch to more "serious" subjects. Yet, youth aren't done learning about the social world. Conversely, they are more driven to understand people and sociality during their tween and teen years than as small children. Perhaps it's precisely their passion for learning sociality that devalues this as learning in the eyes of adults.… more
Interesting blog post on the subject of social learning:
Social attention and interactions are key to learning processes
http://asc-parc.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-attention-and-interactions-are.html
It makes reference to an article:
[1] Foundations for a New Science of Learning. A. N. Meltzoff, P. K. Kuhl, J. Movellan and T. J. Sejnowski. Science, 325 (5938), 284-288. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1175626].
But of course, Learning 2.0 is generally about social learning. (read on the subject John Seely Brown)
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When Is an Art Museum a Workshop? A Field Report from Korea
Earlier this month, I participated in the Digital Natives Workshop hosted by KAIST, the MIT of Korea, and attended by researchers from the U.S. and across the Pacific Rim. My talk on adolescence and the science of attention (entitled “The Kids Are All Right”) has been recorded along with the other presentations and posted on Google Wave by Dave Sonntag, one of the organizers. I also live-blogged at www.hastac.org. After the workshop, we took the three-hour bus trip from Daejeon to Seoul where we had a field day at the Samsung D’Light interactive showcase and then, on Saturday, were part of a Bar Camp at the high-tech Daum University, in a room that came with a slogan: “Beyond Learning.” I’m still pondering that.… more
Sorry, my links don't appear in the comment above. Google "oregon percent for art" and you'll find the references.
$2 Million Competition Seeks Ideas to Transform Learning
Today, in conjunction with an announcement by President Obama calling for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, we are announcing a $2 million open competition supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for ideas to transform learning using digital media. The competition… more
Hi
An open source equivilant of Supercoolschool.com and Rafi.ki would be great please;p
Ideally run as a not for profit that creates institutional innovation?1 http://www.traidmark.org is one way to build an organisation that does this. @whymandesign