21st Century Learning Model with Matt Barnes

#087: 21st-century education needs to involve fostering our children’s creativity and curiosity, giving our kids the opportunity and freedom to explore and learn more about what speaks to them. Listen in to hear more! Join the Conscious Parents, Thriving Kids community on Facebook today. This is a place for encouragement, support, ideas, and strategies for raising today’s children in a conscious and mindful way. Come join this global community of liked minded parents. Sue, the founder of Conscious Parents, Thriving Kids, and the host of this podcast will be with you every step of the way to answer questions and provide ongoing opportunities for learning and growing on your parenting journey. Join the Conscious Parents, Thriving Kids community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/138844930006014/  Today’s guest is my dear friend, Matt Barnes Matt Barns has run an education reform nonprofit, consulted with school districts in Texas and Oklahoma, and served on nine educational boards including a selective public university, a private college, a Head Start System, and everything in between. He blogs at TheEducationGame.com and works to inspire parents to adopt a 21st Century learning model that shamelessly focuses on the student. Connect with Matt: TheEducationGame.com BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS CONVERSATION  1. 21st-century education needs to involve fostering our children’s creativity and curiosity, giving our kids the opportunity and freedom to explore and learn more about what speaks to them. This is a beautiful way to inspire, motivate, and tap into who our are children truly are. 2. Spending time teaching and talking about media intelligence with our children so that they have knowledge of the positive and negative impacts of many different channels, social media, games, and technology as a whole. 3. Embrace the power shift that is happening right now and use it to create a learning plan most appropriate for your children and family. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to our weekly podcasts then rate, review and come back for more Conscious Parents, Thriving Kids every week! 
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