Sir Ken Robinson #TIES10 Keynote and Q&A

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The following is an archive of the tweets from Sir Ken Robinson's Keynote for the 2010 TIES Conference in Minneapolis:

Gettimg ready to hear Sir Ken Robbinson's #ties10 keynote. Wireless is shotty, using Nokia instead. Tweets will be clunky.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 sirKenRobbinson: there is no reason for Las Vegas to be there.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKenRobbinson: Vegas represents something uniqu to human culture...imagination.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKenRobbinson: power of imagination has underpinned everything in human culture.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKenRobbinson: power of imagination has underpinned everything in human culture.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: when you have a 40% dropout rate you can no longer blame the kids.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: dropout rate is a systemic problem-system is not designed to meet the needs of individual kids.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: too often ppl think of the basics as a small set of subjects, I think it is individual tallentsless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: if you have an iphone you have more computing power than was available on earth in 1950less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: in 1970s if you found 6 authentic references for research it was good, today you can get that in moments on your iphoneless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: Apple rep says the most powerful computers on Earth have the brain power of a cricketless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: within 10 years computers will likely have the brain power of a 6mo old human childless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: There is a sort of technological neural membrane covering the globeless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: problem is cultural change is not keeping up with technological changeless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: our education systems were designed for the 19th century. It was not bad but it is obsolete.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: it seems like a wonderful attitude for teachers to take to say, "I don't know."less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: being in your element is not just about being good at things, you also have to love it.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: many of us have our natural interests thwarted, supposedly in our best interest.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: in the end it is not what happens that creates your life, it is what you make of itless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: everyone owns their own education, if they are not engaged it is a waste.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: we have to move from an industrial metaphor to an organic metaphor.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 standing ovation for The Sir Ken...don't think I've seen a standing ovation at this conference before.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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Getting ready for a Q&A session with @SirKenRobinson at the #ties10 conference. What questions do you have for him that we should ask?less than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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@anderscj What are some schools who are successfully implementing "personalized learning"? How did they get there? Staff Development?less than a minute ago via TweetDecksaellner
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@anderscj can he give us some examples of schools that are putting these ideas into practice?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckBrian Downing
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@anderscj Does our current system of education have enough capacity to adapt for the future or is it 2 limiting ( and we need a new system)?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckRyan Cunningham
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#ties10 SirKen: I've seen fantastic schools where headmasters & teachers clear the slate & rebuild their programs.less than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: in western cultures we tend to see the subject only and not the whole picture.less than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: we should get rid of subjects entirelyless than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: things that matter in schools 1 the curriculum, 2 pedagogy, 3 assessment, 4 physical environment, 5 partnershipsless than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: The way to engage reluctant learners is to put their focus off-center.less than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: there should be a time each day where students engage in what they are interestedless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 Sir Ken is now talking about the School of One.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: individualization has to do with knowing about how individual kids learnless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: the problem is not standardized testing, it is that only a few things can be assessed in this wayless than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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#ties10 SirKen: nothing is inherently boringless than a minute ago via Twitterrificanderscj
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