Sunni Brown's TEDx talk needs to be linked up with her great article entitled, "The Miseducation of the Doodle" (you can follow her on Twitter @SunniBrown) all of which are great for the linking of...
Visual Study Skills: bringing words and pictures together (pt2)Sugata Mitra shares his findings from the "Hole in the wall project". If ever we needed evidence that standing back and allowing learners to explore, discover and learn for themselves, this is it...
Autonomy: trusting that students really CAN do it for themselvesJohanna Blakley offers some fascinating insight here into how we can make a distinction between creative innovation and copying. She explores the relatively free-of-copyright world of the fashion industry...
Climate for creativity: permission to copyTim Brown gives some great insight here into practical creativity in his work place at IDEO. I've used many of the activities he showcases here with teachers and students. The 30 Circles activity is...
Serious Play: Freeing up thinkingDave Eggers set up his pirates shop as a way to secure a property to house his writing workshops, as you will learn from this video. Since this, a crop of similar projects have sprouted, including a...
Relevant Learning: Pirates and superheroes to inspireEmily Pilloton shows just how an individual's passion can influence and bring about significant change on a local, regional and national level. For me, this talk summarises what is really means to be...
Teaching with passion: passionate learningJane McGonigal presents a great argument here that attempts to demonstrate the potential force for good that could exist within games-playing. Games like World of Warcraft require a commitment on the...
Collaboration: as with all learning, is too important to be left to chanceSeth Priebatsch gives an enthusiastic talk about the way in which business is learning from games dynamics. For me, from the start of his energetic talk, I simply substitute 'learning design' for 'business...
Engaging learners: games dynamics & lesson designSimon Sinek unpicks the importance of why we do what we do in his talk about leading change here. In using the brain as a model, he provides a powerful insight into how leaders should construct their...
Engaging learners & leading changesSteven Johnson provides us with a fascinating journey through the history of ideas. In this talk, he makes some very pertinent observations about the architecture of spaces. For me, this raises the...
Grouptalk: Creating learning through 'liquid networks and nurturing 'slow hunches'