From Adria Smith
Chapter One: The idea of good grades=good schools=good job=good life will be hard to break. I am guilty of it raising my own child! It is important that we use intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic motivation (grading systems) to improve student's performance. As teachers, it is valuable to know that 65% of our jobs our current students we are teaching have not even been created, while the other jobs that will be available will go to low percentage of contracted or monotonous work. From the classroom application ideas, the digital classroom will become increasing popular. Students will need to make themselves "googleable". Carly had an awesome idea of Instagramming classroom events.
Chapter Two: Maria Montessori is credited for the success of Google's founders who started 20% time and had many other companies follow suit. Montessori's Methods include individualized learning based on interest, hands-on learning opportunities, freedom to explore, don't interrupt a work cycle or "flow", and work at your own pace. For the Classroom Applications, I like the idea of Barb's "Mini-City", I could see my students loving this project.
Chapter Three: The main idea of this chapter is that innovating just happens, but time and collaboration is needed for that to happen. Some innovating ideas use technology, but some do not. Multiple stories were told how some of the greatest innovators were not good students, but used an inquiring mind to spark success.
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