Mark said...
Most memorable moment so far was the Gabe led power-walk to the Lincoln Memorial. On the way came upon the "new" WWII memorial. Absolutely stunning design, awe inspiring especially when lit at dusk by twilight and carefully placed lamps.A fitting tribute to those who gave their lives for a vision of a better world.
Sunday, we spent hours planning a strategy for the picking from the 600 presentations. Then attending the keynote address by "Blink" and "Outliers" author, Malcolm Gladwell.
He combined research and circumstantial evidence to promote the value of failing to the educational process. Something we believe in at SAAS already, but made me think about how we could use a more elegant and constructive language for the value of failure, i.e. we cannot say, "We want kids to fail."...
A good presentation, but MG oversimplified the highly complex issue of good learning environments. He used the long, bumpy, failure filled road to success of Fleetwood Mac as his model. (They did not get recognition until their 16th album.)
June 28, 2009 8:13 PM