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Idea Farm Episode 6

October 02, 2017 by Benjamin Light in Podcast

In this episode, Kell & Ben talk about their new school years, Ben goes into a description of classroom meetings and how he is trying to use them this year, they talk about how old thoughts are being proved true because of brain imaging; they briefly talk about the one room school house, education systems, universities, and some Finland Stuff; they talk about the books they are reading, and have a discussion about personas...How much of your teacher persona is you…? They end with a comment about our artistry and Mr. Alan Watts.

The Song Featured this week is Who We Are by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/55486 Ft: MissJudged and Fireproof Babies

October 02, 2017 /Benjamin Light
Edu, Finland, Alan Watts
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(0.0) Beta Test

February 21, 2017 by Benjamin Light in Podcast

In this episode, Kell & Ben talk about the use of existential questions in the classroom. The conversation meanders from there and touches upon the role of society in the classroom, as well as opining on some different countries and their own systems of education.

February 21, 2017 /Benjamin Light
Existential, Finland, Big ideas, education
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