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Monday Musing: the Museum as Poison Cabinet
Monday musings are my way of sharing “brain blorts”: brief, off-the-cuff thoughts about something I have read (or in this case, heard) recently, both to help clarify my thinking an in the hopes of generating discussion and … -
Futurist Friday: Coming this Fall, the First Cyborg Olympics
One of the themes I explore in TrendsWatch 2016 is the blurring boundaries between ability, disability and augmented ability. We are experiencing a surge in “assistive technology” that can compensate for physical impairments … -
Finding Your Niche in the Future Learning Ecosystem
Here’s my thesis: “school” needs to be radically revamped to ensure that every kid has a safe, stimulating, supportive learning environment. Note I put “school” in quotes: one big challenge to inventing a new … -
Museum Studies Programs & Tools for Creating More Inclusive Curricula
The graduates of museum studies programs are overwhelmingly white and female. If we want museums to be staffed by people who reflect the American public, we can broaden our search beyond museum studies program, and we can encourage … -
Museums and Personalized Learning
Technology is fueling personalization of products, services, communications and experiences. We explored some of the implications of this trend in TrendsWatch 2015, but the impact and potential of “personal” continues to grow, … -
Futurist Friday: Inventing the Edge-y Workplace
One of the themes I explore in TrendsWatch 2016 is the way cultural, economic and technological forces rapidly transforming the way we work. Our infrastructure, for the most part, hasn’t caught up. Here’s one workplace that … -
Tools for Exploring the Future
This post is one of a series highlighting insights, recommendations and resources from TrendsWatch 2016, the latest edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report. Download your free PDF copy here. It may provoke some giggles that … -
Questions about the Future of Learning and Education
“What if we said to children, ‘You can learn however you want, wherever you want to, with whom ever you want to?’” –education activist Nikhil Goyal “Don’t try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor … -
Experiencing History in 2040
Hi–Sylvea here. We have learned so much about your visions for the future of P-12 learning! As our call for submissions with the Education Future Fiction Challenge draws to a close (Reminder: official deadline is 3/14/2016) we leave … -
Learning through Play: Exhibition Developers and PreK-12 School Partnerships
CFM’s report Building the Future of Education envisions a future in which museums are integral parts of a distributed network of resources that support all learners. We are continually on the hunt for fragments of that future that …
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