Ted Talk Tuesday on Educational Reform

Ted Talk Tuesday

The Need for Educational Reform...hmmm

Watch this clever and artistic video on the current state of education.  Its main idea is that education is destroying creativity and that children need to learn differently.  Narrated by Ken Robinson and packed with many opinionated perspectives on how we teach children this video should make you think.

Watch

Listen

Repeat

1.  How are you able or unable to be creative at school? Are the observations and positions of Ken Robinson true in your perspective? 

Pick 2 other students to engage in dialogue with and debate the issue of creativity.   

Rebound Chapter 5 - Scott

Scott is Seans best friend from last year.  The two students had plenty of fun and plenty of trouble tin grade 7.

Sean wants a fresh start in grade 8 but Scott has turned to smoking and tongue rings and they seem to be on different paths...

1. Do you like Scott? why or why not?

2. Would you hang out with someone like Scott?

3. Predict what will happen between Sean and Scott as the grade 8 year goes...

answer your questions on the blog in 3 separate posts

clearly label each response

when you are done find two other peers to respond to their response and have some discussion and debate