Perhaps the smash hit \’Kids\’ was but a precurser to MGMT most recent appearance on one of Pop Lock and Learn\’s favourite television show \’Yo Gabba Gabba\’? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hBoce_WqXg]
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Last week we brought you some cool technology that makes use of the latest in 3D virtual space by utilizing a combination of 3D goggles, video and sensors. Today we have something phenomenal that may one day allow for a child in Vietnam to attend a lectures from Ivy league PHD\’s without leaving their
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The title of this post may seem provocative and quite scary to most teachers and authoritative figures in the educational system. In fact it is meant to represent the contrary. Handing over power and giving student more autonomy in the classroom actually promotes the core virtue that every educational system holds dear – teaching students how to think, not
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Emotions are an integral part of human nature from birth to death. Through emotions we react and respond to life in so many different ways including anger, happiness, fear, love and loneliness. Emotions influence our environments; they inspire our wants and needs; they affect our bodies and impact on our relationships and ultimatly build our
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Abbott and Costello are masters of turning a numeric riddle into knee slapping humour, everyone knows the old \”who\’s on first\” routine. We hope you are having a productive weekend, make sure you take a little break for a chuckle with this classic humour. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo4NCXOX0p8] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLprXHbn19I]
It is said that a child has 2 million minutes from the beginning to the end of highschool…Two Million Minutes to build their intellectual foundation…Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately career…Two Million Minutes to go from a teenager to an adult. How do North American students use these 2 million minutes in
Considered one of the worlds leading thinkers, creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we are educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. He has written a book called \”Out of Mind – Learning to be Creative\” as well as \”The
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We all know the old saying \”you don\’t really know unless you see it for yourself\” right? A collaboration between WATG and EON Reality Inc has resulted in an immersive experience one step short of teleportation. The iCube is composed of three white walls and a floor, all about 10′ x 10′ in size. Onto
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Here is a bit of Seinfeld/SNL humor to end the \’back to school\’ week, have a great weekend! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFjyh0R3rw]
Over here at Pop Lock and Learn we are in the early stages of writing another subject to add to our collection of learning resources. In doing our preliminary research for the \’Hip Hop World Geography\’ edition, we came across a wonderful cartoon teaching kids the names of the states and their capitals. We wanted to share with you,
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