Reading through my google reader today, I came across an article in the economist announcing a New York public school opening called \’Quest to Learn.\’ The publicly funded school for students from grade 6 to 12 was established on the research principles of Dr James Paul Gee who is at the forefront of exploring \’What Video […]
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We took a bit of a summer vacation ourselves here at the Pop Lock and Learn Blog but things are back in that fall September swing. With all the controversy this past week directed towards President Obama over his back to school address to the children of America, we thought it would be great to be
If you are having trouble prying your child away from the computer to do their homework then we have just the site for you. Under their \’Education\’ section Miniclip has put together a great set of fantastic online edutainment games to keep your childs brains nourished while they are having fun.
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As education design becomes more complex and challenging, a new form of storytelling is required in delivering a new level of interactivity, integration and a more democratic relationship between storyteller and audience. Educators (facilitators) should draw from the games industry to add value to their knowledge development as a step to taking mathematics learning to
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1. Does your child say he or she hates school? If so, something is probably wrong with the school because children are natural learners. When they\’re young you can hardly stop them from learning. If your children say they hate school, listen to them. 2. Does your child find it difficult to look an adult
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Oliver Knill over in the Department of Mathematics at Harvard University has been compiling a collection of movie clips where math has been referenced. This reminded us over at Pop Lock and Learn of one of our favourite Walt Disney short films \’Donald In Mathmagic Land.\’ This was made in 1959, proving that \’Edutainment\’ is
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A very interesting link showed up in Pop Lock and Learn\’s inbox today leading to an article discussing research that has been conducted on how between childhood and adulthood neural map of the brain rearranges to conceptualize arithmetic. We have long been intrigued by the subject of brain development and all the activity that takes
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Today we came accross a fantastic lesson plan resource that teaches students to: -examples of metaphor in the lyrics of a song. -interpret the meaning of the metaphors they find. -create images that depict the metaphors found in song lyrics. here is the link
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When working with young children, music can be a fun and helpful way to teach different lessons. Singing songs adds several elements of involvement as many songs include the opportunity for movement and structure to the different activities
Read more: http://curriculalessons.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_music_to_teach_young_children#ixzz0FKowWwRs&B
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One of the reasons Pop Lock and Learn began making music to educate children was that we noticed the commercial art form of hip hop had been hijacked by the criminal minded. We really couldn\’t imagine being 6 years old, seeing and hearing what they play on radio and tv. The violence alone that is
