Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers

From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.
A real case for a change in Math education.

Recycling Computers

Recycling Computers on the Futures Channel.  Great educational short videos.

Big Numbers

Sometimes it is even hard for adults to understand large numbers.

Zappos Has the Right Idea

The bottom line is culture.  It is time to put his method into the public school systems in our country.  Barbara Kurz a principal that I worked with and for at Jordan Acres Elementary and Mike McCarthy at King Middle School understand what Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos is talking about.  Also, check out his book Delivering Happiness.

RSA Animation of Ken Robinson Talk

Ken Robinson is one of my favorite thinkers and speakers on education.  Here is a talk that is animated by RSA Animate on Changing Education Paradigms.

The Fresh Movie

A great kickoff for any project on sustainable small gardens feeding the world could be this very interesting movie called Fresh. Gather a group of community at a central location and show the film.

Here is the Fresh trailer.

FRESH trailer from ana joanes on Vimeo.

A four year study has been release that Trina Paulus is working on a sequel to her book "Hope for the Flowers,"while all-heartedly promoting a REALLY important document: the IAASTD Global Report, Agriculture at the Crossroads. Over 400 experts from over 100 countries worked for 4 years on this report which concluded that is will be small scale organic agriculture that will feed the world. Surprise???!!

This report was funded by the World Bank, facilitated by all the UN agencies, and pushed by Monsanto, Sygenta, and big Ag until they saw that the conclusion was not going in their favor.