[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTNnB93zPc&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Skateboard P aka Pharrell is known for his music production but most probably famous because of his passion. For some people, with success comes a freedom of thought that opens their mind to solving the ills of society. Pharrells extracurricular focus seems to be on education. In this vid he sits down with Dr […]
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The University of Michigan Health System\’ Child Development & Behavior section has done a fantastic overview for parents to understand what role television should potentially play in child development. This dedicated page is full of stats and researchable links touching on the topics below, happy reading! Children and TV TV\’s presence in kids\’ lives TV and
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Today we have an early example \’edutainment\’ specifically, a lighthearted but in-depth look at the atom from the 1950\’s in cartoon form. Although the educational content may be dated, the animations are a great deal of fun to watch, enjoy! Perhaps most interesting is that societies view on nuclear energy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPb0hFtd27A&hl=en_US&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfO14BtNxE&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
In the ebook Michael Zimmer outlines a variety of leading web-based tools that can be used in almost any classroom regardless of content area. This is a simple guide to bring teachers upto speed on common web based applications that students are already using and that teachers should be integrating into their day-to-day educational outreach.
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One of our favourite speakers, Sir Ken Robinson, who we previously tipped our hat to in our \’Are Children Educated Away From a Creative Mindset\’ post goes back to TED to makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids\’ natural talents can flourish. [ted id=865]
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When considering what works in education, one must draw conclusions from basic or big bigger ideas in knowledge networks to figure out the best way to form that relationship of osmosis between the teacher and the student. This audio/visual presentation by Darren Kuropatwa gives one a good base when struggling with the age old question
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Another wonderful \’RSA Animate\’ of an interesting talk given by Professor Philip Zimbardo conveying the secret powers of time how that expresses who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world. Keep up the great work RSA Animate of innovating educating through the medium of illustration for
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I ran into a new friend who is a researcher in neurology, discovering how octaves and tones affect different parts of the brain. An interesting conversation proceeded whereby we discussed whether it is the brain that see\’s the world or the world that see\’s the brain… Indeed, we agreed there would be no answer in sight and this
We will let the video below do the talking… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPO_HGafBsE]
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