I spent yesterday thinking about Learning - Education, the economic spinoffs, the cultural impacts - the societal shifts and sharing our gifts.
I decided that I would just post a few TED.com videos, after all TED 2011 is happening in right now in Long Beach - I'd love to be there, and maybe someday I'll get an invite - but until then, I can work on changing the world from my small corner of it.
Enjoy the videos - They are truly amazing...
Here are the OPT action items that deal with Learning -
Opportunities for Becoming (life-long learning and skills acquisition)
a) Invest in the early learning and child care sector to ensure that a minimum of 20 per cent of infants and 50 per cent of two- to five-year-olds in the province may access a registered early learning space.
b) Provide a literacy mentor, through collaboration with the business and non-profit sectors, to every student in Grades 1 and 2 who is struggling to read, so that every child may graduate with adequate literacy and numeracy skills through the leadership of Elementary Literacy/Litteratie au primaire.c) Introduce an early learning and child care act.
d) The McCain Foundation will fund five additional integrated early learning sites.
e) Advance the community school concept with a particular focus on literacy and numeracy, life skills, experiential learning, trades, cooperative education and extra-curricular activities.
f ) Continue training teachers to expand educational program options to accommodate diverse learning styles.
Opportunities for Belonging (community participation) c) Strengthen the ability of low-income people to enter the skilled workforce through the provision of training, education and volunteer opportunities as part of the transition to work as well as on-the-job training.
d) Reduce barriers to continuing education, making it more accessible and affordable.
These are all ways that we can enact real change in the future of our Province...
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