This is a high-tech version of Play from AWNM. Kids get I-Pods and use them in class for vocabulary, journal entries, even Twitter. Dan Pink states that those people who can bring a sense of “Play” to products in the future will be successful. As you read through this article, you can truly get...
In case you had not heard, Dan Pink’s New book Drive has arrived at bookstores. I have just started to read the book and I have found it fascinating, of course. Basically he has researched the science of motivation and has found some incredibly useful information for all of us. As educators who are...
This article definitely shows the challenge of changing public perception about enhancing Dan Pink’s Design aptitude in schools. The program is briefly described and definitely develops the Right-Brain skills outlined in A Whole New Mind. But the challenge lies in definitive data, as mentioned in the article. An exciting program with some high-powered support....
When I first came across this article I immediately thought of Dan Pink’s Meaning and Empathy aptitudes from A Whole New Mind. What an excellent example of offering meaning to young people and senior citizens. If you read through to the question-answer session, you can easily see how students were enhancing their empathy.
What a great application of an old storytelling idea. Collaborative storytelling with Twitter. I think this ideas covers Story, Empathy, and Symphony from Dan Pink’s AWNM aptitudes. I really am chasing the idea of using the back channel in the classroom. With the disaggregation of information through handheld devices and social networking, the challenge...
This is an interesting article about a project-based middle school in Ohio. Be sure to read through the “Related Stories” to get some more in-depth background. Project-based, inter-curricular school structure is an excellent way to develop the Symphony aptitude from A Whole New Mind. If you read the section about the Tarantula and the...
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