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In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an emotional quality that separates those who master a field from the many who simply work at a job. –Robert Greene, Mastery
I’ve been teaching at a Sask Polytechnic for the past Four years and at a University if Regina for one. Since my second year I’ve always incorporated class projects that involve real world organizations, here’s why.
The back story…. I think I subconsciously want to teach using projects because the classes that included real works projects were the classes I found I learned the most in. Whether be Al Derges unconventional approach to the class or Lorne Schnel giving us real examples from the company he was running at the time. One of my favourite classes was one where we actually got to pitch an insurance company out of Toronto a new marketing strategy. I only remember that because our commercial was incredibly forward thinking and probably would have made them millions. Sadly they didn’t use the Idea. I didn’t care, I got to work on a real problem.
I had this idea of creating a learning moment by helping students “experience” entrepreneurship. By experience I obviously mean failing at something, learning, retrying, and succeeding. Here was the video I recorded before I started my first class project. Little did I know I was stumbling upon a gold mine of possibility!
Students need to work on real world problems, they learn more that way. At least that was my theory when I was in school, it holds true 10 years out. What an amazing conclusion!! The best way we learn inside or outside of school is by doing.
The “marketing apprenticeship” was born.
After your formal education, you enter the most critical phase in your life—a second, practical education known as The Apprenticeship. –Robert Greene, Mastery
My top three reasons why I always do a real world class project: Read more
My best guess is you must experience it.
I don’t have the answer but I do know it’s not the traditional way of textbooks, quiz’s, sitting in desks and writing tests. Memorization is not a quality we need in the world of 2015 and beyond, so why do we keep putting so much emphasis on the standardized test? Read more
“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer… because it teaches you how to think.” -Steve Jobs
I think this video is amazing. Kids need to learn more about computers, more about the internet and more about how the future is going to be created by them.
Lets teach our kids to code.
Thanks to everyone who came out to dive into the deep world of Google Analytics and measurement tools with us. The morning went very well, stimulated some educational conversation, and highlighted some compelling case studies. This workshop was geared toward non-profit organizations and will be followed by workshops open to all companies. See you all at the next one!
Hey Saskatoon, what are you doing September 18th? Sask Made Marketplace and Strategy Lab have teamed up to offer an afternoon workshop titled “Everything You’ve Heard About Social Media Is Wrong”. An afternoon workshop about your online marketing strategy.
You’ll learn about Twitter, Facebook, blogging, how to establish an online strategy (and how to measure it) and how to standout. You’re going to learn a lot.
When: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Location: The Saskatoon Club, 417-21st East, Saskatoon
(Dress code in effect. Smart, casual business attire, no jeans.)
Cost: $50 – CAMA Members
$60 – Non-CAMA Members
Here’s some inspiring words from Meph Jaystruck…
Here’s a little video I put together about it…