Book
Contents
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Page |
Author
biography: Gordon Dryden |
8 |
How
to quit school at age 14 and end up writing the top-selling book
on learning |
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Author
biography: Jeannette Vos |
10 |
The
frustrated teacher who spent seven years researching a better
way |
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Title
page |
12 |
Contents |
13 |
Preface
by Gordon Dryden |
18 |
Welcome
to the new world, with unlimited access to unlimited
opportunities |
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Foreword
by Jeannette Vos |
20 |
The
more the new technology soars, the more the need for holistic
balance
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Introduction |
22 |
History’s
newest revolution and the seven keys to unlock it |
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1.
It’s personal: For everyone, everywhere, any time, in your own
way |
25 |
2.
It’s interactive: Easy-to-use templates make it simple at any
age |
26 |
3.
It’s global: The Web owned by no one, but used by almost
everyone |
27 |
4.
It’s instant: Just in time, when you need it, as you need it |
28 |
5.
It’s mainly free: Or nearly free: often one low-cost click at
a time |
29 |
6.
It’s easily shared: The new world of collaborative networks |
30 |
7.
It’s co-creative: To link your talents with multi-talented
teams
|
31 |
Part
one: The future |
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Chapter
one: The converging revolutions |
36 |
The
seven ways Web 2.0 is changing everything, everywhere |
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Moore’s
Law and Metcalfe’s Law |
38 |
The
converging revolutions |
39 |
1.
It’s global, national and local at the same time |
41 |
2.
It’s instant: any time, anywhere |
49 |
3.
It’s open, free or almost free |
51 |
4.
It’s mobile as well a personal |
54 |
5.
It’s interactive and enjoyable |
57 |
6.
It’s co-creative: the new era of mass innovation |
61 |
7.
It’s easily shared—with millions |
64 |
Chapter
two: The network revolution |
68 |
A
new framework for education in a new networked world |
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Some
lessons from history |
71 |
The
new framework for learning |
77 |
Your
seven interlinked networks |
78 |
1.
Your internal genetic and neural network |
80 |
2.
Your personal learning network |
80 |
3.
New interactive information networks |
85 |
4.
Your creative network |
87 |
5.
Your talent network |
88 |
6.
New organization networks |
89 |
7.
New global learning networks
|
91 |
Part
two: Your future |
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Chapter
three: The talent revolution |
94 |
How
to develop your own unique talent through nature, nurture and
neurons |
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The
basic structure of the brain |
102 |
The
brain’s main networks |
104 |
1.
The sensory networks |
104 |
2.
The transmission network |
106 |
3.
The physical network |
107 |
4.
The emotional, feeling networks |
108 |
5.
The social networks |
110 |
6.
The biological clock network |
111 |
7.
The thinking networks |
112 |
How
to unlock the brain’s unlimited power |
113 |
Chapter
four: The learning-styles revolution |
124 |
How
to find your own learning style and build on your own unique
talent |
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Howard
Gardner’s multiple-intelligence model |
126 |
Linguistic
intelligence or talent |
126 |
Logical-mathematical
intelligence or talent |
127 |
Visual-spatial
intelligence or talent |
128 |
Musical
intelligence or talent |
129 |
Bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence or talent |
130 |
Interpersonal
intelligence or talent |
131 |
Intrapersonal
intelligence or talent |
132 |
Naturalist
intelligence or talent |
132 |
The
possibility of existential intelligence or talent |
133 |
Determining
your learning style |
135 |
How
you take in information |
135 |
How
you organize and process information |
136 |
Physical
and biological needs that affect learning |
137 |
How
to determine students’ preferred learning styles |
138 |
Now:
online analysis of learning and working styles |
139 |
Four
types of thinking styles |
139 |
Different
ways to store and retrieve information |
141 |
The
implications for home study, schools and teachers |
142 |
Chapter
five: The learn-it-yourself revolution |
144 |
How
to take your talent and passion and keep adding other skills and
abilities |
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1.
Start with the lessons from sport |
144 |
2.
Dare to dream—and imagine your future |
146 |
3.
Set a specific goal—and set deadlines |
146 |
4.
Get an enthusiastic mentor—fast |
147 |
5.
Start with the big picture first |
147 |
6.
Ask—and start with the Web |
148 |
7.
Seek out the main principles |
150 |
8.
Find the three best books by practical achievers |
151 |
9.
Relearn how to read—faster, better, more easily |
152 |
10.
Reinforce by pictures and sound |
154 |
11.
Learn by doing |
155 |
12.
Draw Mind Maps instead of taking linear notes |
156 |
13.
Easy ways to retrieve what you’ve learned |
157 |
14.
Learn the art of relaxed alertness |
158 |
15.
Practise, practise, practise |
160 |
16.
Review and reflect |
161 |
17.
Use linking tools and memory pegs |
161 |
18.
Have fun, play games |
162 |
19.
Teach others |
162 |
20.
Go digital |
163 |
Chapter
six: The creative revolution |
164 |
A
creative thinking course for teachers, students and
innovators |
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1.
Define your problem |
167 |
2.
Define your ideal solution and visualize it |
167 |
3.
Gather the facts |
168 |
4.
Break the pattern |
169 |
5. Go
outside your own field |
169 |
6.
Play with various combinations |
170 |
7.
Sleep on it |
171 |
8.
Eureka! It pops out |
171 |
Brainstorming
checklist for ideas |
173 |
When
you’re looking for a new idea can you . . . |
173 |
What
could you substitute? |
173 |
What
new combinations can you make? |
174 |
How
can you adapt it? |
174 |
What
can you magnify or increase? |
174 |
What
could you reduce, reverse or eliminate? |
174 |
What
new forms can you create? |
174 |
Edward
de Bono’s methods
|
179 |
Part
three: Revolution 1.0 |
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Chapter
seven: The early-childhood revolution |
182 |
How
to enrich your child’s learning ability from birth to age
eight |
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1.
The vital importance of step-by-step movement |
186 |
2.
Use your common sense |
187 |
3.
Build on all your senses |
188 |
4.
Use the world as your classroom |
188 |
5.
The great art of communication |
189 |
6.
Parents as first teachers |
192 |
7.
Model early childhood centers |
194 |
Chapter
eight: The teaching revolution |
200 |
The
seven keys to effective teaching: the proving grounds to
reinvent school |
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1.
The best “state” |
201 |
Orchestrating
the environment |
202 |
Setting
the right mood and getting students’ attention |
203 |
Early
activity is vital |
204 |
The
right brain wavelength |
206 |
Break
down the learning barriers |
208 |
Encourage
personal goal-setting and learning outcomes |
208 |
Try
visualizing your goal |
209 |
Trigger
the emotions |
209 |
2.
The presentation: through exploration and inquiry |
209 |
Positivity
and linking are the first principles |
209 |
Getting
the big picture fast |
210 |
Involve
all the senses |
211 |
Step
out of the lecturing role |
211 |
Plenty
of role playing and “identities” |
211 |
Organize
plenty of “state changes” |
212 |
Make
learning-how-to-learn part of every course |
212 |
The
Lozanov concerts |
212 |
3.
Thinking about it, and deep memory storage |
214 |
4.
Activate to draw out the learning |
215 |
5.
Apply |
216 |
6.
Review, evaluate and celebrate |
216 |
7.
Holographic and holistic teaching |
218 |
Transforming
and entire school |
218 |
Chapter
nine: The high school revolution |
222 |
New
recipe for secondary school reform: to learn it, do it— in
real-life partnerships |
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How
the best schools succeed |
224 |
1.
Captivate the students with real-world interests |
225 |
2.
Assign academic work worthy of being showcased |
225 |
Business-school
partnerships |
226 |
Singapore
shows the way |
227 |
Project-based
learning takes off |
228 |
Start
with hands-on experience |
229 |
Setting
up school companies |
230 |
Integrated
studies use the world as a classroom |
234 |
High
school business courses
|
234 |
Part
four: Revolution 2.0 |
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Chapter
ten: The co-creative revolution |
238 |
How
the new Open Web will anchor the emerging cyberspace learning
era |
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1.
It’s global |
238 |
2.
It’s personal |
245 |
3.
It’s interactive |
247 |
4.
It’s instant |
248 |
5.
It’s free—or nearly free |
249 |
6.
It’s easily shared |
250 |
7.
It’s co-creative |
254 |
Chapter
eleven: The innovation revolution |
260 |
The
seven ways entrepreneurship is building the next big growth
industry |
|
1.
Apple typifies the new Youth Web |
261 |
2.
Cyworld leads social networking revolution |
264 |
3. Go
sell your talent on the Web |
264 |
4.
New world of serious learning games |
268 |
5.
New directions in corporate training |
270 |
6.
Business lessons for education |
271 |
7.
Lifelong learning the big opportunity |
273 |
Chapter
twelve: The digital revolution |
274 |
How
to use interactive technology as the catalyst to reinvent
school |
|
1.
From New Zealand—innovation begins |
274 |
2.
The United Kingdom high school model |
282 |
3.
Singapore’s networked global curriculum |
283 |
4.
The Canadian Master’s Academy |
285 |
5.
Mexico’s Thomas Jefferson Institute |
286 |
6.
Technology leadership joins holistic learning |
287 |
7.
The challenge to extend the lesson to all schools |
288 |
Chapter
thirteen: The global revolution |
290 |
How
to unleash the talents of billions to reinvent the world |
|
1.
It’s YOU |
291 |
2.
It’s global |
295 |
For
early childhood and parenting education |
295 |
A
global primary-years curriculum |
296 |
Middle
and high school programs |
300 |
3.
It’s interactive |
302 |
4.
It’s instant |
305 |
5.
It’s free or nearly free |
305 |
6.
It’s easily shared |
305 |
7.
It’s co-creative |
306 |
The
best is yet to come
|
308 |
Chapter
reference notes |
310 |
Authors’
thanks |
313 |
The
Unlimited Library |
314 |
Index |
317 |
Publisher
and author details |
320 |