About:

Karla has worked in Sydney, London and Central Otago developing her passion for brain-based learning, philosophy for children and gifted education. She’s also an ICT facilitator who has made an art of bringing the digital world into good face to face learning about who we are online, and why that matters.

Karla loves creating authentic leadership opportunities for young people, so it’s no surprise that her current role is being the ‘sole adult’ amongst a talented bunch of youth leaders as part of her work with the Sticks and Stones cybersafety project. Today she talks about authentic collaboration, and really letting students lead the way.

Key Points:

Religious diversity and finding the similarities within difference

Alternative education meets standardised testing

One day school as a place for giving new approaches due time

The mess or real learning

How we need to see young leaders as experts

Involving students in important processes

Building confidence in New Zealand teachers

Sticks and Stones youth projects

Other resources and Links Mentioned:

Karla in Pond

Karla on Twitter

Project Positive website and Twitter

Sticks and Stones website and Twitter