Reboot Learning!

Last week I was high up in the mountains of Vail, Colorado, at a brainstorming retreat organized by the Charter School Growth Fund . I was very flattered to be asked to join and found myself surrounded by some big thinkers/heavy hitters in the education space. The idea, in a nutshell, was that public education is failing students -- or at least large numbers of students -- who don’t even complete high school. We all agreed that because of the internet and other technology, students are now outpacing their teachers and administrators in terms of the "informal learning" they are doing online outside the classroom. Everything is changing except K-12 public schools... When I was first invited to join, I thought I would share my own experiences on the road promoting Totally Wired -- experiences of teachers and parents who were largely resistant to social media and its potential. Of course I did overhear a couple conversations at the retreat where adults were worrying about wh...