We here at PLL just discovered a show on PBS called Word World. I know, send me for a late slip on this one. For those of you who have not yet discovered this wonderful show on PBS, let us enlighten you. The creatives use animation to teach preschoolers how to read. They literally use […]
Edutainment to boost early reading skills: WordWorld, where words come ALIVE Read More »
Seeing as its Friday, we here at Pop Lock and Learn decided to keep it kinda light. Enjoy your weekend! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yVFxjmIg1E&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
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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&]
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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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]
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]
