Thriving on the Edge of Chaos: An Introduction to the GliderCell Theory of Education

In this video, Lee Chazen tells the story of how he turned a bad set of circumstances into a new theory for education. All classes and content can be adapted to fit your needs. For more information, go to: https://glidercell.com/.

You can contact GliderCell directly by writing to: info@glidercell.com -------- Contents of This Video ----------- 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Purpose of the video 01:04 - My Teaching Story and How the Global Challenge Project Started 03:34 - Ready to quit teaching, but I had one idea left to try 05:24 - The moment of truth: pitching the idea to students 08:15 - The GliderCell Theory of Education 09:55 - The Story of GliderCell 11:49 - Three New Courses 12:12 - The User Generated Classroom 13:18 - The World According to Disc Golf 15:55 - HikeStorming 17:31 - Podcast and Conclusion For information about Global Challenge, HikeStorming and The World According to Disc Golf, see the following: http://theglobalchallengeproject.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/hikestorming https://soundcloud.com/glidercell/the-world-according-to-disc-golf/s-ggNKmiHKj3N Video editing by Ivan Juric https://octopod.productions/ Special thanks to the following for ideas, inspiration and feedback: Nordic Bildung @ https://nordicbildung.org/ Metamodernity by Lene Rachel Andersen https://nordicbildung.org/books/metamodernity/ The Sacramento Politics and Philosophy Meetup https://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Politics-and-Philosophy-Group/ More ideas @ http://rightbrainworld.blogspot.com/

Can you be intelligent and superstitious at the same time?

Why is it that when things seem uncertain, we turn to the supernatural, i.e. things which seem to have mysterious or magical powers? Can you consider yourself to be intelligent or logical if you believe such things? If the placebo effect is real, how is that any different than a superstition?

The GliderCell Concept: A Weekly Brainstorming Session

Join us for a weekly brainstorming session. Share your ideas with people from different lines of work and get immediate feedback.

This meeting is for anyone wishing to share an idea, plan or project. One of the themes of GliderCell is to promote cross pollination or bring in people with multiple perspectives. In education, they refer to that as "heterogeneous" groups. Others refer to this with terms like "integrated thinking" or "consilience." Whatever you call it, it seems to work! This is your chance to meet others, network and try out your ideas in a judgement free, open and creative environment. A good mix of so-called Left and Right Brain people would be ideal. You might be an entrepreneur, teacher, writer, musician, scientist, researcher, architect, engineer, technologist, fitness guru, business owner, lawyer, physician, plumber, runner, hiker or gym owner. Polymaths (creative generalists) and project managers are encouraged to attend. For more information, see https://glidercell.com/join-us

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Bridging The Communication Divide in America

Note: This message came out of a long Facebook Messenger group thread that was started before election night. As the discussion moved along, it became clear that none of what we were talking about would go anywhere unless the two sides had open lines of communication or, possibly, a safe middle ground where they could share ideas and information. Shane's message is what finally moved me to propose something, i.e. actually attempt to work on the problem.

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” -- Hunter S. Thompson. 

Some thoughts and a proposal 

by Lee Chazen

We are in a strange time. There was an election in the U.S. that, as of this writing, has still not resolved peacefully. So many things have gone askew in the last several years. Yet, this can also be a great time for creatives, thinkers and problem solvers to step up. That’s why I’m writing to you. I have an idea of what we can do.

There is a huge communication problem. It is everywhere. Between people with different identities, groups, cultures, nations, haves, have-nots, political entities and on and on. We don’t have what I think Daniel Schactenburger recently referred to as an “information commons” or words to that effect. We don’t all go to the same sources for information.

Coming from a background in academic debate (high school, college, and coaching) I know that half of a debate can often just be about the criterion -- or having a clear understanding of what it is the two sides are debating about. If they do get to that sweet spot, it’s a fantastic debate! If they don’t, the judge will usually give them poor marks for having a lack of “clash.” One side is talking apples. The other side is talking oranges. It’s damn confusing! The problem we are having in America right now is that we don’t even know what the topic is or how to approach it. We are having a hard time even asking the right questions. And, even if we have the right questions, we don’t know how to ask them, how to frame them or the kind of language to use.

What are we talking about? What are the facts? Where did we get those facts? There seems to be less discussion around that and more discussion about the thing or trigger that just set us off.

That brings me to what I’m working on and why I’d like to invite you to a Zoom call.

I started a group about four years ago called GliderCell -- that emerged out of discussions with Ed Mulder. We both had ideas in the field of “emergence” and “self organizing systems.” l thought the group could be some kind of consultancy, solving problems in education, business or government. We would design frameworks, games or projects in order to make these systems more productive, engaging and democratic.

But, it’s a hard sell. People don’t know they need this kind of thing until they first understand the underlying concepts and WHY they work so well.

And, there’s an even bigger problem than this. There are people who have a great analysis of society and all its various malfunctions, but are not able to communicate this in plain language. Or, they can't seem to communicate the message to the right people -- whether they are in politics and business, where these things are sorely needed. I mean, absolutely needed!!

What if we were to strengthen this consultancy by bringing in top thinkers, educators, former journalists and “explainers” to help us get out of the mess we are in? Disinformation, poor educational models and not understanding how to critically examine information got us into this mess. An effective group can get us out of this.

If you would like to have a discussion around this, we will put together a Zoom call. Just leave your contact information in the comments section so that we can invite you.

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