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Archive for 7 March 2010
Here’s to the crazy ones
Mar 7th
Steve Wheeler had this on his blog:
Could almost be a chant for those teachers trying to get their students the facilities and the ability to become true 21st Century learners – learning for learning’s sake AND trying to change the world, one inch at a time (so says Al Pacino…) 
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
(Picture – thanks to Scott Mcleod)
Fear is NOT an option….
Mar 7th
Ah Ewan, you’ve got to the point again….
Go read this post and watch the TED video of James (Titantic/Avatar) Cameron on learning and teaching – failure is an option fear is not. The new mantra for teachers trying to use IT and bring their kids into the 21st Century DESPITE the Luddites/Empire Builders who are full of fear…..
The main quote:
What I see with increasing regularity is that education leaders are gripped by the notion that failure is not an option (à la Nasa) and that fear will prevent that happening. Meanwhile, on the ground we see teachers prepared to take measured risk, putting their previous fears to one side, and accept, as they ask their students to do in learning, that there will be some degree of failure before we get to where we want to be.
I’m quite clear on who I think needs to change their game.
Quite!
