Multiple Stupidities?

Howard Gardner brought us the concept of multiple intelligences. Rick Shenkman considers the subject from the other side in his book Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter.

"Five defining characteristics of stupidity, it seems to me, are readily apparent. First, is sheer ignorance: Ignorance of critical facts about important events in the news, and ignorance of how our government functions and who's in charge. Second, is negligence: The disinclination to seek reliable sources of information about important news events. Third, is wooden-headedness, as the historian Barbara Tuchman defined it: The inclination to believe what we want to believe regardless of the facts. Fourth, is shortsightedness: The support of public policies that are mutually contradictory, or contrary to the country's long-term interests. Fifth, and finally, is a broad category I call bone-headedness, for want of a better name: The susceptibility to meaningless phrases, stereotypes, irrational biases, and simplistic diagnoses and solutions that play on our hopes and fears."

Can Creativity Survive Education?

This short talk by Sir Ken Robinson is loaded with jokes, but it makes important points about the nature of education, creativity, and intelligence. How can we educate creative, multi-intelligent children for a future that we can't yet imagine?

Welcome to the Workshop

Choose blogs for one-to-many or few-to-many communication. (Many people use them for one-to-none "communication.") You can include your audience by allowing them to comment on posts. A short video explains about blogs and bloggers.

Reworking Rochester - Rescue City Schools
These two East High teachers have a lot to say.

Build a wiki if you want many users to collaborate. This video gives a great explanation of wikis.

PLC wiki
We'll practice editing pages today on this wiki.

ROC wiki is the people's guide to Rochester.