{"id":637,"date":"2009-01-17T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T22:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2009-01-17T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T22:48:54","slug":"meeting-of-the-minds-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Meeting of the Minds Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks back Jen Wagner<\/a> tagged me in the Meeting of the Minds meme that originated with Ryan Bretag<\/a>.\u00a0 My blog was down for a bit (host issues) and then well life got busy.\u00a0 So please excuse the tardy post, Jen.<\/p>\n

What 10 people would you want President Obama and Secratary of Education Arnie Duncan to engage with in a Meeting of the Minds focusing on the state of education, a vision for education and education reform?<\/p>\n

Ponder your vision for education and what people you would want before doing the following<\/p>\n

1. Write a blog post that lists your 10 people
\n2. Optional: Explain why you selected each person
\n3. Tag at least 5 bloggers of interest
\n4. Optional: Link back to this blog<\/p>\n

I am not sure I know the specific names of 10 people I would want at the table but I know what their expertise should be.\u00a0 So here is my list, in no special order.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 An expert in how we learn.\u00a0 Having read Brain Rules<\/a> and similar research I want someone at the table who understands what effects learning (nutrition, stress, sleep, exercise, etc).\u00a0 These ideas cannot be left out of the discussion on learning education.<\/p>\n

2. Educational Historian.\u00a0 Most of what we discuss about educational reform has already been done. If it was a mistake before, it might be one again.\u00a0 I think having someone who can speak to past reforms and it success and failures might help keep things in perspective.<\/p>\n

I would want some advocates for helping a child reach their full potential<\/strong> not just their academic potential.\u00a0 These would be people who seek to develop creativity, the arts, invention. Individuals who cringe when people say \u201cthe role of education is to produce a productive workforce\u201d. Personally I strive for more and I think most of us do. So to meet that need I would include:<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Sir Ken Robinson<\/a>, he speaks very elegantly and passionately about the need to foster creativity and allow children to develop their strengths and potential.<\/p>\n

4-6. Parents of a new born, an elementary age child and adolescent. There are no better advocates for children then their parents.<\/p>\n

The final group I would include are practitioners in the art of education and learning.\u00a0 These would include teachers, administrators and students. Now my scope of choices in limited because I only connect with a few hundred educator and learners, but from my network these are some of my recommendations.\u00a0 There will be more the four people in this list because I just can\u2019t narrow it down.<\/p>\n

7-10.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alan November <\/a>
\nHall Davidson<\/a>
\nChris Lehman<\/a>
\nMaria Knee<\/a>
\nMichelle Kjoller a special education teacher in my district
\nDoug Johnson <\/a><\/p>\n

Now I need to tag 5 others to share their comments.\u00a0 This is always the toughest part of the blog.<\/p>\n

Liz B. Davis <\/a>
\nLisa Parisi<\/a>
\nLisa Duff <\/a>
\nAlice Barr<\/a>
\nFred Delventhal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks back Jen Wagner tagged me in the Meeting of the Minds meme that originated with Ryan Bretag.\u00a0 My blog was down for a bit (host issues) and then well life got busy.\u00a0 So please excuse the tardy post, Jen. What 10 people would you want President Obama and Secratary of Education Arnie Duncan to engage with in a Meeting of the Minds focusing on the state of education, a vision for education and education reform? Ponder…<\/p>\n

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