End: Due 2/13

Did this book make you think differently in terms of the future of education?  Why?

Chapter 15: Due 2/11

Lichtman talks of 12 major signposts to the future of education.  

 Choose one and discuss how you think it can impact the future of education.

Respond to one other person. 

Chapter 14: Due: 2/6

What are the 3 innovative horizons  that school need to have in place to flourish in the 21^st century?


If you could change one major thing in your school, what would it be and why? 


Respond to one other person. 

Chapter 13: Due 2/4

What types of diversity are already in place at your school that will allow it to move from an industrial based model to more of an ecosystem model?


How has technology changed the permanent boundaries in your school system?  


Respond to one other person. 

Chapter 12: Due 1/30

Education is now at that point where we are spending more time assessing (via standards and standardized tests) for a product that is increasingly outdated. Lichtman, 

Do you agree or disagree and why?

All standards, including the Common Core, are an attempt to ensure this need for repeatability and explanation. Even if the standards are designed to shift the balance of learning from content to skills. Lichtman, 


Do you agree or disagree and why?


Respond to one other person on either question. 

Chapter 11: Due 1/28

If schools are no longer the purveyors of knowledge then what are they for?


Respond to one other person. 

Chapter 11: Due 1/28

Zuboff speaks of the world as having changed to “distributed capitalism”

 How does this idea of “distributed capitalism” fit into school systems?