3. [having to do with #/kinds of people... eclectic ness]
4. [having to do with #/kinds of people... eclectic ness]
Seeking to improve learning for a classroom of 3rd graders, for an entire school, or even
for a business or public sector, is a boost for sure. But perhaps those very structures
(mental and physical) are at the heart of the problem. Perhaps authentic
learning/connecting/being thrives in more organic/chaordic spaces. Perhaps the sharing
of resources (people, spaces, things) city-wide is where we might get at a cross-
generational, eclectic community of people, a village.
5. [having to do with #/kinds of people... eclectic ness]
Seeking to improve learning for a classroom of 3rd graders, for an entire school, or even
for a business or public sector, is a boost for sure. But perhaps those very structures
(mental and physical) are at the heart of the problem. Perhaps authentic
learning/connecting/being thrives in more organic/chaordic spaces. Perhaps the sharing
of resources (people, spaces, things) city-wide is where we might get at a cross-
generational, eclectic community of people, a village.
Perhaps we redefine public education so that cities are co-created ongoingly, bettering
each moment. Perhaps we create more human capital by believing we really can
learn/be/do anything we want, and that the more we facilitate that for everyone, in a
city, rather than regulate/manage some given/standard ideal, this debate becomes an
ongoing conversation — a crowdsourcing — about what matters most.
6. [having to do with #/kinds of people... eclectic ness]
Seeking to improve learning for a classroom of 3rd graders, for an entire school, or even
for a business or public sector, is a boost for sure. But perhaps those very structures
(mental and physical) are at the heart of the problem. Perhaps authentic
learning/connecting/being thrives in more organic/chaordic spaces. Perhaps the sharing
of resources (people, spaces, things) city-wide is where we might get at a cross-
generational, eclectic community of people, a village.
The purpose of public education is a democratic society – John Dewey
Perhaps we redefine public education so that cities are co-created ongoingly, bettering
each moment. Perhaps we create more human capital by believing we really can
learn/be/do anything we want, and that the more we facilitate that for everyone, in a
city, rather than regulate/manage some given/standard ideal, this debate becomes an
ongoing conversation — a crowdsourcing — about what matters most.
7. Imagine city as school with the entire city as the floorplan. The high school buildings
become resource centers and meet up spaces. There is a city-wide art hall and
engineering hall, forensics hall. The town acts more like a university campus.. where
people are walking and biking to and from buildings through the course of a day, as
the day. Feeding off each other. Feeding off life.
8. Imagine city as school with the entire city as the floorplan. The high school buildings
become resource centers and meet up spaces. There is a city-wide art hall and
engineering hall, forensics hall. The town acts more like a university campus.. where
people are walking and biking to and from buildings through the course of a day, as
the day. Feeding off each other. Feeding off life.
We need a move toward a more practical, sustainable learning model that is less
based on market-driven accreditation and more on the inevitable give and take
that happens among people who engage in similar activities and share similar
forms of literacy and worldviews. …. Community as curriculum. Community as
measure. How are the people around you doing. – Dave Cormier
9. Imagine city as school with the entire city as the floorplan. The high school buildings
become resource centers and meet up spaces. There is a city-wide art hall and
engineering hall, forensics hall. The town acts more like a university campus.. where
people are walking and biking to and from buildings through the course of a day, as
the day. Feeding off each other. Feeding off life.
We need a move toward a more practical, sustainable learning model that is less
based on market-driven accreditation and more on the inevitable give and take
that happens among people who engage in similar activities and share similar
forms of literacy and worldviews. …. Community as curriculum. Community as
measure. How are the people around you doing. – Dave Cormier
Who’s together in a room or space becomes a per choice proposition.
10. Imagine city as school with the entire city as the floorplan. The high school buildings
become resource centers and meet up spaces. There is a city-wide art hall and
engineering hall, forensics hall. The town acts more like a university campus.. where
people are walking and biking to and from buildings through the course of a day, as
the day. Feeding off each other. Feeding off life.
We need a move toward a more practical, sustainable learning model that is less
based on market-driven accreditation and more on the inevitable give and take
that happens among people who engage in similar activities and share similar
forms of literacy and worldviews. …. Community as curriculum. Community as
measure. How are the people around you doing. – Dave Cormier
Who’s together in a room or space becomes a per choice proposition.
Once we understand that learning can and should occur outside the classroom, it
will become commonplace to see students engaged in learning activities
throughout the community. - Stephen Downes
