Google Time
It's a well known fact that Google (and other companies) allow their employees to take 10% - 20% of their on the job time to pursue their own interests. This has resulted in some pretty amazing innovations.
Students (and adult employees for that matter) are often tied into a rigid schedule of "getting things done." The ability to work on an agenda that actually interests you would be a massive change in education.
Passion - based learning on an ongoing basis.
What would be the effect of this on classrooms and students? How could it be structured? Could it be "sold" to administrators and parents?
Tags: studio, passion based learning, will richardson, konrad glugowski
It's worth remembering that Google's 20% time is more like Google's 120% time. If you speak to any of the Googlers they'll leave you with no false impressions: they work that 20% on personal passions in their own time!
Posted by: Ewan McIntosh | Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:55 AM