via scribd.com Here’s a helpful resource to find out about some tools you might not know about. Information is good.
Month: July 2011
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
via artandwriting.org Honoring our student artists, writers, and game designers. Some previous winners: Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Bernard Malmud, and Philip Pearlstein. Good stuff.
Context | Institute of Play
Many social institutions are challenged to fulfill their missions in the complex new global reality arising as a result of advancements in digital technology. Take educational institutions, for example. A report released in 2009 by the Center for …
National STEM Video Game Challenge 2010 Youth Prize Winners – YouTube
via youtube.com Amazing! I feel so behind!
National STEM Video Game Challenge
via stemchallenge.org
The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teach – The Washington Post
via washingtonpost.com
Skoodio
A new way to help teach our students to be media producers…look forward to this. Skoodio NewSchools Venture Pitch 2011 from James Truong on Vimeo.
RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilisation
This video gives us something to think about in terms of how our brains are wired. How will this impact what happens in your classroom? How do you teach empathy? Why it this an essential skill?
teachingtochangela.org
via teachingtochangela.org
Barry Diller, IAC Launch Proust, A Social Network For Nostalgic Seniors | Fast Company
via fastcompany.com I love this!!! The perfect gift: an iPad and teaching my parents how to use Proust.
Persistent Pondering 