2. Recognizing and solving a problem is synthetic thought. Addressing concepts and their implications is Synthetic Thought. True Human Interaction can not be outsourced. EQ? (essential question) Do you LOVE what you are doing?
4. “ If a picture is worth a thousand words, than a metaphor is worth a thousand pictures.” “ We’ve moved from an economy built on people’s BACKS to an economy built on people’s LEFT BRAINS to what is emerging today: an economy and society built more and more on people’s RIGHT BRAINS.” Daniel Pink Agricultural Age (farmers) Industrial Age (factory workers) Information Age (knowledge workers) Conceptual Age (creators and empathizers)
5. Money and Meaning? “ As individuals age, they place greater emphasis in their own lives on qualities they might have neglected in the rush to build careers and raise families: purpose, intrinsic motivation and meaning.” Daniel Pink
6. “ I see us being in the Art Business. Art, entertainment and mobile sculpture, which, coincidentally, also happens to provide transportation” Robert Lutz, GM Executive “ SWEAT THE SMALLEST DETAILS”
7. Can you be Outsourced? Can your courses be taught online? Can a computer do it FASTER? BETTER? MORE UNIQUELY??
13. Have you heard of the rainbow project? Students are given 5 blank New Yorker cartoons and must craft captions for each one. They must also write a narrate story, using as their guide only a title supplied by the test givers. (sample title: Octopus’s Sneakers) The Rainbow Project has been twice as successful as the SAT in predicting how well a students perform in college. What’s more, the persistent gap in performance between white students and racial minorities evident on the SAT narrows considerably on this test. This test is still in the experimental stages and is being funded by the COLLEGE BOARD. Daniel Pink