An Education Nation

   I've started reading "Education Nation" by Milton Chen and so far it has been a manual for understanding the future of teaching and learning. Chen makes note of the six quickly evolving "edges" in education and tells his readers that these edges need to be pushed as far as they will go. The thinking edge is creating new ways to think about learning and how we incorporate subjects in projects with something called "project based learning". Chen uses the example of building a robot. If a science class builds a robot as a project there are multiple platforms of learning, it gives students a chance to teach each other, and also gives students a chance to network and get to know their fellow class mates. I have always learned so much more in project based learning than the boring old lectures because it really catches my attention and gives me a chance to think creatively for a cause.