Wonderful Brain

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

And I believed it then and now – throughout my education career as a district curriculum director, high school principal, consultant to state education departments, author, and speaker. A brief history of schools and the educational-institutional-industrial complex. I have a vested interest. Is every decision, a ‘kid’ decision?

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 29, 2011

As if… Share this: Digg Facebook StumbleUpon Reddit Tagged: adult learners , business , intuition , trust Posted in: Employment , Learning ← Gadgets You Can Get Rid Of – and Pile Up These Outmoded Education Ideas, Too Treacherous Business Words Used in Learning Pt2 → Like Be the first to like this post.

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Wonderful Brain

MAY 25, 2011

Whoever can exploit SM to build learning first will own the processes and methods to release education from a dark, complex, unrealistic environment into the sunshine of real life work. Therefore we close the distance between those who make learning from those who take learning.

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Wonderful Brain

APRIL 20, 2011

Why don’t we have the determination to carry that analogy into the realm of education—tear it down—and build it up? They are linked by their amiability using technology – no anxiety there for they never knew a world without it. Think about it – whether tearing down a seedy motel or digging up empty land for a new firehouse, it’s the same.

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Wonderful Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

You’d think with all of this proven—and nowhere is it more evident than in large corporations—that learning programs would have been adjusted to align instruction with M proclivities for workplace education.

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 17, 2011

During the days when I had occasion to work with adult learners face-to-face I knew early on, even with corporate adults, I needed a hook or activity, (in education terms sometimes called an anticipatory set) to quickly address the temperature in the room, open minds to accept new concepts willingly, and maybe most critically relieve tension to prevent (..)

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Wonderful Brain

JULY 23, 2011

Of course, education is much more subjective and in that way every problem solved, skill learned, profit enhanced, talent improved, etc., The player cannot improve his skills by playing every day, nor can he provide a resume of accomplishments trying to make the roster of the next team.

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 15, 2011

In the late 80′s when education dollars were flowing, experimentation was rife. When I was a school principal I would have walked over glass to get this kind of talent. This isn’t a brand new concept. School districts from Chicago to LA, Houston to Denver are moving towards this model.

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Wonderful Brain

JUNE 5, 2011

Though we are in the realm of change management education is either a tool or a driver of the desired change; either way it is central to a reconstitution of an organization or, for that matter, a brand. Sometimes this means educating the business. Let’s step back a bit. So, two simple systems aware of each other’s challenges.

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 29, 2011

We do want to make investments in education, infrastructure, even in learning, public and corporate – with the hopes that the investment will pay off. Of course, everyone will first thank each other for finding time in their busy schedules to make the meeting…and once again the shovel please. 12. Investment.

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Wonderful Brain

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In stirring brushwork by the greatest of artists and artisans, and incredible, dynamic sculptures the gospels of the new testament were visual epics to awe and educate illiterate peasants. Today, no church even in the poorest parish, is not without its best treasures on display. Judaism is a culture based on the word.

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 26, 2012

Prospects require re-education before solutions can stand on equal ground. Even if unspoken the perception has taken hold in the buyer’s mind about which is the better product. In real terms, this means objections must be overcome even before selling begins. Think of the cost in terms of effort and maybe lost opportunities.

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Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 22, 2018

I learned by experience, though I read all the business books and still do since changing careers from public education to the corporate world 22 years ago and over 40 years in all sorts of trenches – sometimes digging them. Then get up and walk away. Lastly, here are a few freebies I gladly pass to you.

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Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Regardless, given these traits engineers (it’s no stretch to hypothesize) prefer training or education delivered in a very practical way. To be fair not every engineer exhibits all these traits, and the degree to which they are demonstrated or expressed vary considerably. It is an exhibition of their personalities.

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Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 11, 2012

In the field of education, one of the latest trends is that of open courses, called MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses). Of course, this mean school needs to be reinvented and there really is no interest in a meaningful reconstitution of education. We do know that both formal and informal education is important and each has utility.

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Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 23, 2012

Textbooks are generally written by more than one primary author and reviewed by committees of content experts, practitioners in that field, and university educators. Note the author quoted above (Brent Schlenker in this case, a very sharp educator and aware blogger) grows misty over ‘great teachers’ producing ‘great textbooks.’

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Wonderful Brain

AUGUST 28, 2011

It’s what I call ‘close to the ground’ education. Learn ‘right now’ material for the most contemporary and in demand employment sector, get educated or certified fast and go get a job. BTW this new educational domain is reinvigorating the bottom line for textbook publishers. My prescription is very simple.

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Wonderful Brain

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

I remember, I think, a professor or mentor of mine in the education business who consistently said that motivation, a mental state, is not what we want to create. It seems everywhere; used to suggest, cajole and inspire workers. Indeed exhort all of us to get out in front of a task and get going. No, he said, what we really want is movement.

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Wonderful Brain

APRIL 3, 2011

Meanwhile, assuming I am correct or at least close, how will this affect learning; corporate, and public education? Of course, any real adoption, even if the tech is ready, will occur only after manufacturers and developers have sucked dry holes from their current product margins.

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 11, 2014

Perhaps the designer’s role will change toward one of director; scripting a full 100% development experience—composed of 70:20:10 where every action or activity plays a role in the education of a learner and the idea of the total customer experience is viewed via touchpoints ensuring all actions are focused on results.

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Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2012

But I wish those same qualities extended to training, for here, little was produced that could be considered responsible online education. You know, and accept training not education as your outcome. That’s how you get training, not education. Like most subjective or creative ventures, it comes down to choices.

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Wonderful Brain

APRIL 11, 2011

It’s no secret that coming from leadership positions in public and corporate education I am very critical of substandard learning; ‘e’ or otherwise. Without vigorous advocacy at the top you’ll never get great results. So I ask, where have the learning leaders in major corporations gone?

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Wonderful Brain

MARCH 25, 2011

I wish the same rapid changes were true in both corporate and public education. Educators, rooted in the 19 th century, with some pretense at accepting 20 th century thought, and a few 21 st century models of knowledge transfer. This will be posted of the Heroes of Education Foundation Group on LinkedIn as well).

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