Harvard Project Zero Classroom, and Future of Learning

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Comment by Lynn Barendsen on October 16, 2009 at 12:16pm

I will be in DC! Looking forward to it, and good to "meet" many of you here.

Comment by Connie Weber on October 5, 2009 at 2:30pm

Who's going to be attending the Project Zero, Washington D.C. conference? Hope to see you in February!

Comment by James Croft on August 15, 2009 at 10:48pm

It was great to see so many people at the PZ Classroom! I was amazed at the enthusiasm and your dedication to education. Can't wait for next year!

Comment by Connie Weber on August 12, 2009 at 8:31am

Hello Mary and All,

Mary, it was a deep honor to be your Learning Group co-facilitator.

It was a delight to be with all the participants and faculty at FoL; I felt the inaugural institute was a grand success, a fantastic beginning in a new kind of exploration. Deep learning in the digital, global age? Yes, we can pioneer the way.

Here's a link to a discussion that's going on in the main section of Fireside: Who is the Learner of the Future? In the page I'm referencing, Jane Nordii Jessep and I are thinking through some things, and I do a bit of reflecting on the last plenary. Mary, would you consider adding in some thoughts on that forum?

Oh, I just feel so exhilarated after that experience, don't you? (Ok, tired, too! It's good to get out into the garden, listen to the birds, read in the sun...)

Comment by Mary McFarland on August 10, 2009 at 12:31pm

Hello to All,
I see so many great comments here from good friends and persons new to me. My best stroke of luck last week was to be co-leading a learning group with Connie whose mind is amazing in its focus and devotion to ideas of value for fireside.
One of the most valuable experiences for me personally was using the thinking routine, "I used to think" and "now I think" to note changes in thinking even over the short course of a week. It is a great way to surface assumptions and to actively notice changes in your own thinking and that of others who share their shifts in thinking as well. An interesting shift that was the focus of plenary experience was to follow the shits in education's desired outcome for students over a period of time and then think with others about very likely shifts in the next several years. I am going to be thinking about "shifts" for a long time to come.
Connie has posted so many of the great videos from the week that it will be possible to really get a flavor of the ideas for those who weren't attending and enable those of us who did attend to review them
Mary

Comment by O'Donnell-Fuks Suzanne on August 2, 2009 at 3:58am

Although I am not at PZC 2009 this year, I am "mentally" present with all of you, especially for the "Future of Learning institute" that will start very soon. Best wishes!
Suzanne

Comment by Connie Weber on July 28, 2009 at 11:52am

Hey, the PZC Summer Institute is going strong.
Any ideas brewing about how to weave a web of connections that last throughout the year?

Comment by James Croft on July 10, 2009 at 1:21pm

Hello everybody, nice to meet you all!

Comment by Kathryn L. Keene on May 19, 2009 at 7:19am

I like Closing the Achievement Gap by Tony Wagner. Of course, my latest fave is Five Minds for the Future, by Howard Gardner.

Comment by Connie Weber on May 19, 2009 at 6:54am

Hey Everyone,
It's time to think SUMMER! I am already eagerly anticipating the learning from this year's institutes. David Perkins' book, Making Learning Whole was thoroughly enjoyable--I'm getting a lot of ideas for study-group discussions from it. Anyone know of any other recent books by the PZ researchers? Or have other books to recommend as highly relevant to the summer program?

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