by Terri Willingham | Jun 2, 2014 | knowledge, Life, paradigm shifts, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Today, we want success in seventeen levels, or seventeen minutes, seventeen seconds — and when the promise of something new and better is just a click away, who wants to wait seventeen years? But that’s the thing that connects all of these great people — they played...
by Terri Willingham | May 28, 2014 | Libraries, Makers, Makerspaces, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” Ray Bradbury Google “Library of the Future” and you get 350 million results. Many examinations of the 21st century library include comments like “this isn’t your childhood...
by Terri Willingham | May 23, 2014 | education, Life, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again, when we get together with a motley collection of friends for the annual running of the Red Bull Creation challenge! This is the third year we’ve participated in the competition, a quirky contest of ingenuity, endurance and...
by Terri Willingham | May 20, 2014 | Life, Makers, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“You can make the whole room smarter than any of the individuals in the room alone, including the instructor. There’s a radical shift in this way of doing things — it’s built on trust, and I think our existing school structures are built more on dependency...
by Terri Willingham | May 6, 2014 | Life, paradigm shifts, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
Give people your love, don’t give them your ‘like’ – Gary Turk An article ran in the Atlantic a couple of weeks ago titled, “My Students Don’t Know How to Have a Conversation.” In the article, educator Paul Barnwell described...
by Terri Willingham | May 1, 2014 | knowledge, Life, Makers, paradigm shifts, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“The Maker Effect is the sum of the personal growth, professional success, community development, and continuous innovation that results when makers learn, educate, share, and create together. ” The Maker Effect The Maker Effect Foundation,a Florida...
