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DIY U: Designing Self Organized Education

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Partner:: Maker Faire
Location:: New York Hall of Science
Queens, NY
Event Date:: 09.18.11
Speakers:: Anya Kamenetz,; Caroline Woolard
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Summary: How do we teach, learn, and credential each other outside the logic of traditional educational institutions?

About the Makers

Anya Kamenetz
Anya writes about the future of education (Generation Debt, DIY U, Edupunks' Guide) and is a senior writer for Fast Company magazine.
diyubook.com

Caroline Woolard
Caroline Woolard is a co-founder of Trade School, a non-traditional learning environment where students barter with teachers for instruction. Classes focus on traditions, techniques, and tactics, and teachers have asked for everything from fresh produce to research help from students. To find out more, go to http://tradeschool.ourgoods.org/about Caroline is also a co-founder of OurGoods, a barter network for creative people.

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Anya Kamenetz

Anya Kamenetz writes about the future of education. In 2011, Learning, Freedom and the Web and The Edupunks’ Guide were published as free ebooks by the Mozilla and Gates Foundation respectively. Anya also penned Generation Debt which dealt with youth economics and politics. Her book DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education investigated innovations to address the crises in cost, access, and quality in higher education. She was named a 2010 Game Changer in Education by the Huffington Post and received 2009 and 2010 National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association.

Caroline Woolard

Caroline Woolard is a co-founder of Trade School, a non-traditional learning environment where students barter with teachers for instruction. Classes focus on traditions, techniques, and tactics, and teachers have asked for everything from fresh produce to research help from students. To find out more, go to http://tradeschool.ourgoods.org/about Caroline is also a co-founder of OurGoods, a barter network for creative people.