Lego Education Ambassador Program Application, and Teaching Philosophy, July 26, 2022
Lego Education Ambassador Program and Teaching Philosophy Tuesday, July 26 2022
Philosophy
My role as a teacher is to provide a forum that facilitates students to think and question – and play, have fun and converse in their learning - and to recognize that the world can’t be reduced to a right or wrong or black and white argument.
The world is messy and complicated, and I seek to teach in a way that facilitates students navigating in the world, potentially with language.
Cultural differences that form people’s understanding of concepts that we take for granted - such as law, justice, and morality - become a focus in my teaching, and part of critical thinking as learning for my students.
I seek to encourage students to open their eyes, think for themselves, and ask critical questions.
In many ways, my wiki World University & School teaching philosophy, and regarding Lego Robotics - https://scott-macleod.
GENERAL INFORMATION
General information about you and how we can reach you with updates.
1.First Name
Scott GK
2.Last Name
MacLeod
3.Email
sgkmacleod@
4.Mobile Phone Number
4124780116
5.Work Phone Number
4154804577
SCHOOL INFORMATION
This information will be used for informational purposes and to aid in research and product development for LEGO Education.
6.School Name
World University and School
7.School Address
PO Box 442, 670 Ridgecrest Road
8.School Website
http://
9.Type of School
Public
Private
Charter
Career and technical
Online universities in ~200 countries, and wiki schools in 7151 known living languages for all ages
10.Ages/grades of students served (select all that apply)
Early Childhood
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
11.What is the average class size at your school?
Seeking to build on the class size potential of CC-4 licensed "CS First with Google at
World Univ & Sch" - https://csfirst.withgoogle.
12.Please include any other information that you think is important to know about the demographics of your school or district.
Seeking to offer online free degrees at the International Baccalaureate level, Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, & MD levels in all 200 countries, and in their states, and especially in their counties or county-equivalent.
13.What standards are you teaching to (i.e. Common Core, NGSS, ISTE Nets, CTE, etc)?
World Univ & Sch is building on CC-4 OCW.MIT.EDU (in 7 languages currently) and CC-4 CS First with Google at WUaS as standards
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Please note that you will be required to send your CV and current photo to community@lego.com to complete your application.
14.Job Title
President, CEO, Founder, Professor, Presiding Clerk
15.Grade Level(s) you work with
World Univ & Sch seeks to offer free online high school degrees in each of all 200 countries and in their main languages (as well as free-to-students' CC-4 MIT OCW-centric Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD degrees, in each of 200 countries) ... and potentially with WUaS Home Robotics
16.Job Description
Developing CC-4 OCW.MIT.EDU -centric wiki World Univ & Sch, eg, see - https://
17.How long have you been working as a teacher?
~45 years
18.Please provide a brief bio (3-5 sentences maximum)
Scott G.K. MacLeod is an American academic and Professor of Information Technology Studies, Sociocultural Anthropology and Sociology at CC-4 OCW.MIT.EDU -centric wiki World University and School (http://ScottMacLeod.com). A passionate educator, he is World University and School's founder, president, CEO, and presiding clerk (in the manner of un-programmed Friends/Quakers). Regarding WUaS and LEGO Robotics' kits for #WUaSHomeRobotics, MacLeod is seeking to develop best approaches to building out Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, and IB degree pathways, for example, with this CC-4 LICENSED MIT OCW course - https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
https://scott-macleod.
19.List your degrees / certifications / educational institutions attended and dates of graduation
2003-2004 – D.R. Diploma of Research, University of Edinburgh, Celtic & Scottish Studies – Thesis Topic: UNESCO World Heritage Tourism to St. Kilda: How Computer Users Visit Online ‘Place’
2001-2003 – M.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, focusing on sociocultural anthropological theory and information technology
Yoga - Certificate in 2 year program from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco (1991), completed in 1 year
1985 - B.A. in Social Science of Religion, German, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
1979 – Diploma, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20.What committees / leadership roles have you served on within your school?
Scott GK MacLeod is the President, CEO, Founder, Professor, Presiding Clerk of both wings of WUaS: 1) World University and School, and 2) WUaS Corporation. In addition, he also currently serves on the Academic Credit Committee at WUaS, and is clerk of the Languages/Nation States' Committee at WUaS.
See, for example:
https://wiki.
NETWORKING EXPERIENCE
Share how you have supported or participated in other networks, ambassador programs or within the educator community.
21.Are you a member of other professional teacher networks? (If so, please list them.)
Friends Association for Higher Education (Quaker FAHE), 1501 Cherry Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19102 - https://quakerfahe.com
Tourism Studies’ Working Group (TSWG), Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley - http://www.tourismstudies.org
22.Are you a member of other ambassador programs or educator groups? (If so, please list them.)
NA
23.Please list any speaking engagements or panels that you have been a part of.
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.youtube.com/
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.
24.Are you active on social media related to your school or classroom? (If so, please share an example.)
Most active here -
World Univ and Sch Twitter - http://twitter.com/
WUaS Press - https://twitter.com/WUaSPress
Scott MacLeod - https://twitter.com/
Languages - World Univ - http://twitter.com/sgkmacleod
“Naked Harbin Ethnography” book (in Academic Press at WUaS) - http://twitter.com/HarbinBook
OpenBand (Berkeley) - https://twitter.com/
See, too -
"Here are WUaS's & Scott's Social Media pages"
25.Do you regularly participate in Twitter or other social media chats or groups? (If so, please list them.)
Occasionally in some Twitter social media chats in non-English languages, but am awaiting real real time voice translation
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Share more about your approach to education.
26.What is your teaching philosophy?
In many ways, my wiki World University & School teaching philosophy, and regarding Lego Robotics - https://scott-macleod.
27.What does playful learning mean to you and how do you integrate play into the classroom?
28.What is your favorite teaching moment?
29.How did it impact you and your students?
30.What do you think is the biggest challenge facing students today, and how are you responding?
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