concept networks & systems thinking/dynamic modeling

[Diane Brandon]

Very exciting! I want to go -- and live close to NE Massachusetts. I 
don't see any attachments to the email.
Diane Brandon

On Jan 27, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Patricia Haines wrote:

> a useful tool related to the concept network is Systems 
> Thinnking/Dynamic Modeling, or System
> Dynamics. Teaching/learning tool used in k-12, from kindergarten on 
> up, corporate planning (Peter
> Senge's SoL included), and advanced medical and scientific research - 
> to explore by creating graphic
> representations how everything is connected - extraordinary. System 
> Dynamics leaders speak of it in
> terms of "systems citizenship" - a way of understanding and engaging 
> the world that all of us need
> for navigating - and creating - a sustainable global future that works 
> for everyone.
>
> If any of you work with educators, k-12, higher education or 
> community-based, you might check out
> CLE June conference in northeastern Massachusetts. Four days, with 
> folks from throughout the world,
> that are like a full semester of grad school with none of the stress! 
> educators and scholars totally
> on an equal basis - extraordinary. I attach some basic information.
>
> Patricia Haines
> Director, Level Green Institute, Ithaca, NY
> Co-Chair, Adult & Community Learning, U.S. Partnership for the Decade 
> of Education for Sustainable
> Development (uspartnership.org>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Macrae <wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk>
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Sent:         Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:14:13 +0000
> Subject: as an open spacer, do you talk about concept networks?
>
>> First, concept network is an emerging term. If you already use 
>> different
>> language for the idea, why not tell me at wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
>> Me no wheel reinventor! That said here are 2 examples of concept 
>> networks
>> currently going the rounds. Do you have one to add or want to join in 
>> either
>> round?
>>
>>  CONCEPT NETWORKS what might these be?
>>
>> 1
>> For example, there are about 10 well endowed (mulitibillion dollar) 
>> hi-tech
>> philanthropists' foundations. Does even one of them enable a concept 
>> virtual
>> community where a thousand or so people could debate ideas and if one 
>> best
>> contender got produced a year, the foundation would find some small 
>> way of
>> testing it out.
>>
>> 2
>> we know of many cultural creatives (young at heart in any city we 
>> visit who
>> want to change the world's humanity on at least one issue that seems 
>> to make
>> common sense as well as provide a bridge to multicultural harmony and 
>> ending
>> terror); however if you ask yourself the question, what list of 20 
>> attributes
>> help measure whether a city supports or pollutes the atempts of young
>> creatives to activate such good work for humanity:
>> where is the listing being commonly debated? if you do have a 
>> listing, do you
>> know of one city anywhere whose system supports more of the 
>> attributes than it
>> destroys. We don't but our correspondents are looking through 100 
>> cities,-why
>> not join in such a colaboration survey or suggest some young people 
>> do?
>>
>> cheers chris macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
>> http://exponentials.blogspot.com
>> http://project30000.blogspot.com/2000_01_01_project30000_archive.html
>>
>>
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