In conventional schools, students learn so that they can get good grades. My most important research finding is that young innovators are intrinsically motivated. The culture of learning in programs that excel at educating for innovation emphasize what I call the three P’s—play, passion and purpose. The play is discovery-based learning that leads young people to find and pursue a passion, which evolves, over time, into a deeper sense of purpose.
Harvard’s Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World, ponders how we can educate the next Steve Jobs.
Wagner’s insights echo John Seely Brown’s in the excellent A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change, as well as Sir Ken Robinson’s vision for changing educational paradigms to better foster creativity.
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Love this pic.
ze frank on tumblr: Kickstarter post-mortem
Some thoughts and advice from my recent Kickstarter campaign.
NOTES ON THE HARD STUFF (FACTS AND FIGURES)
:: This campaign was created to help re-start an online video blog I had done in 2006. It was fairly popular and there was a significant amount of interest in my doing it again. I have a…
This manifesto for visual culture from Rencontres d’Arles is a fine addition to these 5 manifestos for the creative life.
SOUNDS OF THE CITY:
The 2012 EMP Pop ConferencePresented byThe Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Tisch School of the ArtsNew York University
Jointly held with IASPM-US Annual Conference
March 22–25, 2012
WHAT’S THE EMP POP CONFERENCE? Now in its 11th year, the EMP Pop Conference is traditionally presented atEMP Museum in Seattle. This year, for the first time, the conference will be staged in New York at NYU’s Kimmel Center. With six or seven simultaneous panels on pop music, from 9:00am to 6:00pm, Friday through Sunday, the 2012 Pop Conference promises to be one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of popular music intellectuals ever assembled. This year’s theme is: “Sounds of the City.” Topics range from Korean, Egyptian, and Latin American pop to panels on Berlin, Detroit, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, with another half-dozen sessions on New York City music from ragtime to hip-hop to “Warhol’s New York.” And it’s free! (Pre-registration required).
WHEN IS IT? March 22–25, 2012
WHERE IS IT? New York UniversityHERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 300+ PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR OVER THE FOUR DAYS:
THURSDAY MARCH 22nd @ 7 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE: THE ARTIST IN THE CITY
featuring
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO (Grammy Winning global pop music icon)
ESPERANZA SPALDING (Grammy Winner for Best New Artist 2010)
SANTIGOLD (Roc Nation and Jay-Z, Kanye and Major Lazer collaborator)
HEEMS of DAS RACIST (critically-praised Hip Hop group.)
moderated by ANN POWERS (NPR Pop Critic)
FRIDAY MARCH 23rd @ 1 pm
“WE’RE GONNA RISE WHEN THE SUN’S GOING DOWN”: PETER STAMPFEL IN CONVERSATION WITH RJ SMITH
FRIDAY MARCH 23rd @ 2:15 pm
THE CHURCH OF WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW: IMPROV 2012 AND THE COSMOPOLITAN TRUTH
A roundtable with JOSÉ JAMES, BUTCH MORRIS, VIJAY IYER, MARIKA HUGHES, and MAZZ SWIFT, moderated by Greg Tate
SATURDAY MARCH 24th 2012 @ 9 am
MUSICAL CROSSROADS: FRAMING THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC IN A NATIONAL MUSEUM
A roundtable with: CHUCK D, DWAN REECE, KEVIN STRAIT, TIMOTHY ANNE BURNSIDE, moderated by Dwan Reece
SATURDAY MARCH 24th 2012 @ 2:15 pm
NEWARK’S FINEST: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF WHITNEY HOUSTON
A roundtable with Grammy-winner NELSON GEORGE, MICHAEL A. GONZALES, Pullitzer-Prize winner MARGO JEFFERSON, SCOTT POULSON-BRYANT, DANYEL SMITH (Vibe, Billboard) moderated by JASON KING (NYU)
SUNDAY MARCH 25th @ 12 pm
“RHYME THOUGHTS TRAVEL AT A TREMENDOUS SPEED”: GZA/THE GENIUS of WU-TANG CLAN DISCUSSES LIQUID SWORDS
Interviewed by JON CARAMANICA (New York Times Pop Critic)
SUNDAY MARCH 25 @ 4 pm
THESE ARE THE BREAKS: HOW A FEW DOZEN OBSCURE RECORDS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC
A roundtable with KOOL DJ RED ALERT, NICK DEKRESHEWO, BILL STEPHNEY, BRIAN COLEMAN, moderated by DAN CHARNAS (author of The Big Payback)
SUNDAY MARCH 25 @ 6:15 PM
CLOSING KEYNOTE - PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD: DIGGIN’ IN THE CRATES WITH ?UESTLOVE
The Roots drummer and producer talks records and collecting, interviewed by HARRY WEINGER (Grammy-winning music executive)
This is just a SMALL sampling of the OVER 300 presentations, discussions and performances over the course of four days.
PLEASE VISIT THE FULL SCHEDULE: www.empmuseum.org/popconference
HASHTAG: #popcon
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?: The Pop Conference is FREE and open to the public. Pre-registration is highly recommended as space is limited.
PRE-REGISTER FOR FREE HERE: www.empmuseum.org/popconferenceState or University issued I.D. is required for admittance to NYU venues.
For more information, contact 212 992 8400
Stop talking and just get it done.
I’m one of those who loves motivational mantras, materials, and manuals. I guess that’s why The Message took the direction it did. I think we can motivate each other.
You can only imagine how inspired I was by this manifesto created by Holstee.
I had to purchase a poster. It sits in my room.
So much so that on my 32nd birthday, when I was feeling a certain kind of way (certain in this case means pity-party), I decided to write a personal manifesto. I was on the train in NYC. I took out my pen and paper and just started writing down everything that I wanted to stop doing and why.
Here’s the result. Download. Share. My hope is that it’ll encourage you to write your own.
My Manifesto
blog: CALL FOR BOOK LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS
FOCUS: Youth and Childhood Culture
Under the editorial guidance of series editor Professor Ernest Morrell of Teachers College, Columbia University, PETER LANG PUBLISHING (New York, New York) is pleased to invite book length manuscripts and book ideas for its newly initiated editorial program…
Blacks -In -Technology, SuperNodes, Digitalbeast.com and Friends are gathering for the
I LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA HAPPY HOUR during SocialMediaWeek in NYC.DJ, MUSIC, FOOD& DRINK SPECIALS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Yotel – Four Lounge – 570 W 42nd @ 10th Ave. 6-10PM
Media that Matters!
Day two of our Media that Matters conference has officially begun! We’re midway through our first panel.
Will Sylvester, Michelle Benham and Michael Collins, three media makers working hard for large scale social change!
Couldn’t make it to the event? Check out our livestream here!
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