Logan LaPlante gave a TED talk about creating a more fun and creative way of learning that focuses on health and happiness rather than solely making a living. He discusses how his own education improved when he was allowed to write about his interests like skiing instead of being forced to write only about assigned topics. The document then introduces School4YOU, an educational platform that aims to make learning more relevant by connecting it to students' interests and the business world. It advocates for gamifying education and adapting schools to reflect the digital world, in order to inspire students and make learning fun.

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rner Consulting GmbH

2. ”What we want to see
is the child in pursuit of
knowledge, not knowledge
in pursuit of the child.”
– George Bernard Shaw

3. Hacking school
Tedtalk by Logan LaPlante. Talking about a new creative and fun way of learning.
http://findlifesecrets.com/what-if-we-made-education-about-how-to-be-healthy

4. • http://findlifesecrets.com/what-if-we-made-education-about-how

5. What do you want to be
when you grow up?
When I grow up I want to be happy!

6. What if we based education
on being happy and healthy?
Education today is focused on making a living rather than making a life.

7. Creativity is as
important as literacy.
Logan didn’t use to like to write. His teachers forced him
to write about butterflies, but he wanted to write about skiing.

8. School needs to be fun,
creative and put the education in
perspective to what you want to do.
Show students what they need to know in a way that they can understand, i.e.
exemplify from their interests. Exemplify education. Make it relevant.

9. What is SCHOOL4YOU?
School4you is a tool created to make learning easier in our digital and
entrepreneurial world. We work closely with the business world to create
understanding and knowledge whilst having fun.

10. Building bridges between
business and education
Working closely with the business-world enables us to create a school that
inspires young students to long for and wanting to be a part of creating an appealing future.

11. A school that students long for
Having fun and being creative and guts at school is important to us at
School4you. Education is the foundation of our future, but why can’t it be fun?
School4you is a school that lets the students influence their own education thus
making them feel empowered and involved.

13. Gamified education
We cannot stress enough how important creativity, having fun and working
with entrepreneurship is to us. Why not exemplify mathematics with a
fun game where you calculate on the amount of nails needed to build a house,
for example? Better yet – build the house!

14. The school needs to
reflect the climate around it
Ours is a highly digital world and it is progressing even more! Therefore the school
teaching our children needs to adapt to this digital world. Schools working closely
together with the outside world around it, put the things you learn in perspective.
What you learn in school becomes your base on which you build your future.

15. How does SCHOOL4YOU work?
Integrating the educational system with the business world closely ties the students’
present with their future. School4You is a collaborative digital learning platform for
students and teachers. It is a widget and app-based gamified mash up of different
digital media services on the Internet. For example companies can present different
problems that the students work on through these widgets or apps. You can also attach
anything – from any place or person published on the Internet to the work board.

16. The team at SCHOOL4YOU
SCHOOL4YOU is developed by award winning educator Anna Karlsson,
digital entrepreneur Simon Vikströ and inspirational coach and entrepreneur Tina Thö
m
rner.
Our mission is to create and shape a modern and creative school that puts
the fun and creative back in learning.

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