RESOURCES and REFERENCES<\/p>\n
Our work was informed by the work of many influential thinkers and educators some of whom appear on this list. PDS is above all about learning so we know that this list is incomplete and that our learning will continue. Our thanks to the following:<\/p>\n
John Seely Brown<\/a>,for his work on innovation, creativity, play and the big shift and for his book with Douglas Thomas\u00a0A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change<\/i><\/p>\n <\/i>Cathy Davidson<\/a>\u00a0for her book and her blog\u00a0Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century<\/i><\/p>\n Carol Dweck<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Mindset: The New Psychology of Success<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0that reports her research into how teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports.<\/p>\n Edutopia<\/a>\u00a0and the resources at The George Lucas Educational Foundation<\/p>\n Fielding Nair International<\/a>\u00a0for their work in helping schools rethink the learning environment<\/p>\n Howard Gardner<\/a>\u00a0for his extensive body of work including on the importance of multiple intelligences and\u00a0Five Minds for the Future<\/i>.<\/p>\n Cas Holman<\/a>\u00a0on Tinkering and the Art of Play<\/p>\n John Hunter<\/a>\u00a0whose work is inspiring and whose visit was a highlight of the 2012-2013 school year<\/p>\n Ideo<\/a>\u00a0and Tim Brown on Design Thinking<\/p>\n Henry Jenkins<\/a>\u00a0on connected learning and re-imagining a new ecology of education in the information age<\/p>\n Grant Lichtman whose blog\u00a0The Learning Pond<\/a>\u00a0is an ongoing resource and inspiration and whose work with our committee provided a useful burst of creative energy and refreshed thinking<\/p>\n Ewan Mackintosh<\/a>\u00a0for his insights into design thinking, school design and educational change<\/p>\n Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager for\u00a0Invent to Learn<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and the role of making, tinkering and engineering in the classroom within the progressive tradition of creative schooling<\/p>\n NAIS for its resources and research and work on\u00a0sustainability<\/a>\u00a0and for\u00a0\u00a0A 21st Century Imperative: A Guide to becoming a School of the Future<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a02012-2013 Trendbook<\/a>\u00a0and Pat Bassett for\u00a0The Big Shifts<\/a>\u00a0and for his many blog pasts and presentations on change and the future in independent schools<\/p>\n The Partnership for 21st Century Schools<\/a><\/p>\n Will Richardson<\/a>\u00a0for his blog and his book on the changing role of schools in an age of information abundance:\u00a0Why School?<\/i><\/p>\n RISD\u00a0<\/a>for STEM to STEAM\u00a0 and their\u00a0 initiative to add Art and Design to the national agenda of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with the goal of fostering innovation in education and research.<\/p>\n Ken Robinson<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Out of our Minds<\/i>\u00a0and his talks that emphasis creativity, respect for the diversity of human talent and the need for change<\/p>\n George Siemens for\u00a0Connectivism: \u00a0A Learning Theory for the Digital Age<\/a><\/p>\n The Third Teacher<\/a>\u00a0for their focus on the importance of physical space\u00a0 and using design to transform learning and teaching<\/p>\n Triangle Associates<\/a>\u00a0newsletters on strategy and strategy making<\/p>\n Tony Wagner<\/a>\u00a0for Rigor Redefined and Seven Survival Skills and for his advice to schools on how to develop student skills they will need in a global society<\/p>\n Judy Willis<\/a>\u00a0for her presentations at PDS and for\u00a0 work and that of others in the rapidly developing field of neuroscience<\/p>\n Connie Yowell<\/a>\u00a0on re-imagining the experience of education<\/p>\n