UST | Blue| Design | 2014

Brad Blue, bradbblue@gmail.com | 612.991.0017 | updated 07.16.2014 Monday, 14 July

Welcome to Minneapolis and the Mill City Museum on the bank of the Mississippi River.

In the spirit of World Cup, We watched TV! TMB Panyee FC (5:14)

Tuesday, 15 July

Wilderness Inquiry, canoeing below Lock & Dam No. 1 Music Segway: Can You Canoe, Okee Dokee Brothers Minnesota Musicians

75th Anniversary: Canoeing with the Cree Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port--launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Minnesota author Right of Passage

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Tuesday, 15 July Richard Louv

EcoLiteracy

Go PLAY! Explore!

Richard Louv

And Where Are the Boys A must read: L. Sax, Boys Adrift. The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men Also worthwhile, his other works: Why Gender Matters and Girls on the Edge

Experiential Learning and Lifelong Kindergarten Froebel’s Gifts! for Hard Play From this vantage, we should add to the repository of ‘Gifts’, gifts that are developmentally appropriate.

The good folks at MIT think this is a good idea!

There are many good minds at MIT and the LLK Lab is brimming, for example: Seymour Papert and Mitch Resnic.

We watched TV: Cain’s Arcade (10:59) Must read: Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

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Creativity and Hard Play Lateral and divergent thinking is the condition for creativity The ‘arts’ are as essential as the sciences and maths

We watched TV: TED Talk with Sir Ken Robinson (11:40) The animation was the work of RSA; for a non-animated version about how schools kill creativity, follow this link to the TED Talk with Sir Ken Robinson.

Tony Wagner has documented some great stories about creative innovation and innovators: individuals, groups, and education institutions

I believe… that children are inherently creative in life-long kindergarten

Closing Time Minnesota Musicians, Semisonic

Wednesday, 16 July

Miss Freida Joy Riley and the Rocket Boys Homer Hickim wrote a little piece titled "The Big Creek Missile Agency" that appeared in the Air & Space Magazine in the March 1995 fascicle: Homer Hickam's short article about his life as a young boy growing up in Coalwood, WV received so much acclaim and interest, he was asked to write a book: Rocket Boys. The memoir was published in September 1998 and the movie based on it, October Sky, premiered in February 1999.

Who was Miss Riley? And Who’s Miss Riley are You?

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Disruption Tesla!

There is a plethor of information re: Elon Musk.

Ashley was splendid and the tour was as fine as the weather.

We watched TV: Free (Forever) or Fast: Fast Pack Swap Out (7:28) Also, enjoy: Cold Weather Climate Testing of the Tesla S in Baudette, Minnesota

Disruption Clayton Christenson, Harvard Business School, Disruptive Innovation Extensive writings regarding Disruption, including Education. The latest pieces in the NYT are very engaging.

Split-Screen Strategy In addition to C. Christensen, see the extensive work of Education | Evolving, especially the 2014 publication by Ted Kolderie, Improvement + Innovation. Ted has influenced legislation in many States, including the Open Enrollment, PSEO and Non-Districted Public School laws in MN.

Teachers as Leaders (in the Innovative Space) Education | Evolving K. Ferris-Berg, Trusting Teachers with School Success Teachers in Partnership CTQ: Center for Teacher Quality B. Berry, et al., Teacher Preneurs A. Hargraves, et al., The Fourth Way and so many others‌

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OECD, PISA, Pasi…

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development I have posted documents in ISSUU

Finnish Lessons with Pasi Sahlberg We watched TV! Finnish Fever(!) has produced a plethora of materials, including TED Talks. I suggest you start with Pasi Sahlberg’s website, YouTube, and an inspiring documentary video, The Finland Phenomenon.

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Rocketry, Ballistics, Flis Triskelion I have posted NASA materials on ISSUU We are building Flis Kit’s rocket, Triskelion. Directions are posted on ISSUU

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Action Tracker Chair Guest: Tim Swenson What a great ride and story…

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