Music and Life
Can’t believe I haven’t posted this to our blog yet. I’ve seen it before but Obi sent it to me recently and I think it rings true for what we’re doing at eduFire. So much of traditional education is about reaching a destination (passing a test, getting a degree, etc.). It’s gone so far that many (most?) people have lost out on the joy of learning for learning’s sake. I’m all for education as a means of professional development and “getting ahead” but one of the reasons I’m really excited about eduFire is because we’re going to help show many people how much fun it can be to just learn. Stay tuned!
Seth Godin on Chaos Theory
Got goosebumps reading this Seth Godin post last night. He is describing exactly what we’re building at eduFire.
Education is largely handmade, not mass produced. That makes it difficult to share best practices and to figure out how to turn mediocre classrooms into great ones. Maybe, just maybe, video of the best teaching will do as much to encourage some teachers as the cell phone video does to discourage the rest of us.
Um, can I get a hell yeah?!!!
While the classroom videos in the post he links to are tough to watch they are a stark reminder of all the work that needs to be done. Optimal learning and creativity simply cannot take place in a fear-based environment. It’s going to be incredibly fun to work with others to radically transform this industry. It won’t happen overnight but as it starts to change it’s going to be amazing to watch.
I needed eduFire circa 2009/2010 today
I was editing a movie in iMovie today. I’m incredibly retarded with stuff like iMovie. Seriously retarded.
Anyway, I would have easily paid someone a dollar a minute to walk me through what to do. For someone who had used iMovie more than a few times it probably would have been a piece of cake. Let’s say 10-15 minutes.
On the other side of coin there’s someone out there who’s a passionate Mac user. Who loves iMovie and everything else that Mr. Jobs creates for him or her. And yet, assuming there isn’t a Genius Bar within commuting distance, he or she is stuck working a shitty service job somewhere doing something mundane rather than sharing love (in this case, love of Apple products).
This scenario is repeated millions (billions?) of times throughout the day in our society.
You’ll be aware of it from here on out. You’ll have that moment of “If only I knew how to do…” and “Search isn’t quite the right approach for this…” and you’ll think of our person of the other side of the value chain who wants to…would love to…is begging to…fulfill the other half of the transaction.
The future can’t get here quick enough.
Spend enough time on eduFire and you too can end up like Amy Walker
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