"Assessing creativity is less about 'proving' creativity, and more about finding ways to 'improve' creativity and creative potential" Powerful framing from @nrusk1 MIT Media Lab #CreativityMatters #LEGOIdea2020

Coming from an country with limited resources, we're needing to harness our own creativity to find smart ways of offering creative learning opportunities to our kids in South African schools #LEGOIdea2020 "creative learning opportunities for all kids, in all environments" Mitchel Resnick

Thank you Martin Gustafsson for digging into the numbers, to help us to see that reading scores in South African schools are in fact improving, albeit still very low, and albeit off a very low base.... every bit helps theconversation.com/new-evidence-s… via The Conversation Africa

Massively moving image for me in a moment of massive unknown amidst corona virus arriving on our shores. Nature is old, nature is ever evolving, nature is powerful

Excellent and important initiative by Caveat Free legal assistance to business leaders on how to navigate legal aspects of #LockdownSA

Equity-Focused Approaches to Learning Loss during #COVID-19 buff.ly/2yxZPa7 from Karen Mundy & @Fihi_maFihi via Center for Global Development #education #schoolclosures use the mounting evidence on #acceleratedlearning to plan now to help children from poorest households catch up

Really valuable research and insights from the latest The LEGO Foundation report on Children, Technology, and Play - including case studies from SA. #learningthroughplay #creativelearning

I can't help but feel like we're missing a beat with how we relate to 'Growth Mindset' in our school culture...Such an opportunity for improvement I believe. New Study Shows Where ‘Growth Mindset’ Training Works (And Where It Doesn’t) edsurge.com/news/2019-08-0… #edtech via EdSurge

"The future of education is here" indeed. Excited to be partnering with Michaela Horvathova of Center for Curriculum Redesign, and WCEDNews this morning as we explore how to leverage this moment to embed more future-relevance in our existing practices. #SaveOurFuture

Talking about reframing and rebuilding Curriculum with Michaela Horvathova, WILLIAM CEDEÑO and Sandbox Schools as the Covid pandemic calls on us to respond now to the possibilities in the future of schooling

Thank you Michaela Horvathova and Center for Curriculum Redesign for bringing the deeply researched recommendations and practical pathways to making education more relevant Sandbox Schools

On Friday my team had the privilege of hosting a conversation about the SA school curriculum. With the learning losses of 2020, we're faced with an unusual opportunity to simultaneously trim the curriculum in the short term, whilst improving curriculum relevance in the long term

Excited to have been part of a dialogue this morning, hosted by National Education Collaboration Trust and Business Leadership South Africa, on "Ethics of our times". We shared how the Sandbox Schools project is exploring the purposeful development of competencies like Ethics in SA schools #SocialEmotionalLearning

Looking forward to joining this great team of entrepreneurs & passionate educators in the launch of our webinar series today-Rethinking WHERE & HOW learning happens Carolina Rodeghiero Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group WCEDNews MIT Media Lab WCED eLearning RJ Mitchel Resnick Melanie Smuts @valentureschool

Excited to be sharing this learning experience with MIT Media Lab and Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group!

Great to be involved in the global Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) with the Edhub's Sandbox Schools Project

Join us today at the Global Education Conference Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) discussing sustaining educational opportunity during COVID-19, education reforms, and curriculum to mitigate to, adapt and revert climate change. Program here: tinyurl.com/y2yfx5mn Register: tinyurl.com/y4qehpkq

Where could you start if you wanted to prepare kids for a super fast-changing world of work? Come and join us at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Global Education Conference today as we share our ideas on infusing 21st Century competencies into the South African curriculum

Thank you Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Fernando M. Reimers for the opportunity to be part of the Global Education Conference yesterday. Fantastic to hear all of the smart and innovative ways fellow students are tackling education continuity during Covid

Quite a thing to see your name in black and white as a co-author, on a topic close to your heart, alongside people you admire! Thank you Sarah Gravett for the opportunity to contribute to your book, and for being a wise mentor, collaborator, and sparring partner!