{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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these are important to all jobs</li>\n<li>key indicators for success in work</li>\n<li>Our schoolsystemis designed for another time - We have schools succeeding in what they were built to do…no longer relevant to this day and age</li>\n<li>built on the factory model</li>\n<li>assessments are increasing which makes more content have to be forced into less time</li>\n<li>We are built to consider ideas and thoughts (20% of brain) and develops between 8-16 years of age</li>\n<li>Middle Schools need to be focusing on creative thinking, communication, and problem solving</li>\n<li>Intense and intentional collaboration must occur across all areas of our community</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.oaisd.org/oaisd/departments/careertechnicaleducaton/futureprep/\">future prep’d</a> connects educators and students to local business and industry - explore</li>\n<li>develop</li>\n<li>present</li>\n<li>“Children are the R&amp;D department of the human race” – Alison Gopink</li>\n<li>“You learn the work by doing the work “- Harvard Graduate School of Education</li>\n<li>Let’s help kids imagine, engage in, and change the world</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Imagine…early elementary teacher, friends, food of favorite lunch, glue smells, many have fond memories\n\nPassion for school usually goes down for kids in middle school\n\nMany kids are bored, uninspired, and unmotivated to work hard because there is no connection to life\n\nHow do you raise engagement?\n\nOAISD has been asking graduates this question for many years\n\nmany express need to connect school to future work and life\n\nPace of change and innovation make it hard for us to connect education with the future careers that don’t exist yet\n\nFocus on soft skills (critical thinking, communicate, problem solve) - 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