The Third Teacher and the Third Room: A visit to SCIL in Terrey Hills, Australia (near Sydney)

The school supports programs in other countries

Anne Knock's blog http://anneknock.com/ informed me about SCIL and then I learned of Stephen Harris' blog.   
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On the front desk of the reception

Slideshow of photos that the school has selected to greet visitors

If you have seen http://scil.com.au/, you will recognize this room

Without these links, you wouldn't be seeing these photos.

The Innovation Center is about 45 minutes north of Sydney.   

What are 5 dangerous objects that children should play with?

There's a workshop in Nightingale Middle School in Los Angeles

Anne gave me 45 minutes of her time and shared the following tips:


The Third Space is the coffee shop or library  (1.  Home, 2. Work or School).  LINK

The Third Teacher is the wall:  1. Parents, 2. Teachers at school.   Go ahead, download some signs...

www.TheThirdTeacher.org the environment


SCIL is planning a tour of USA schools in 2014.   See Harris' blog for summaries of past trips.

This is how you know you are near a school of the future... 

Links to try:  http://scil.com.au/

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