I was a cellist growing up, in a home where season tickets to the Symphony and Opera occasioned regular trips into the city. I was treated last week to a special pre-Valentine romantic night on the town by my wonderful husband. The tickets were for the Pittsburgh Symphony’s performance of Holst’s The Planets. While …
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Feb 03
CMU Field Trip 2014: Robots, DNA, and Virtual Mentors
Third and fourth grade research fellows from Baden Academy had the honor and joy to spend a day on CMU’s campus. A ride in Doctor Who’s Tardis couldn’t have been more exciting. Our adventures landed us in four different labs. The Baden Academy fellows not only gazed upon visions of the future, but were able …
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Jan 18
Collaboration Skill #7 – Telling the Lemon Wedge Story
Teaching collaboration is a challenge, whether you are working with kids or adults! Second graders have begun coming into the Media Lab to work in small groups and develop in Google Drawing a Virtual Neighborhood. They are learning basic mapping skills, compass points, and how to write clear directions. They are also learning how to …
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Jan 11
Superhero Pose
Walk into the media lab during a class and shout out “Superhero” and watch 20 some kids leap from their stools, throw their shoulders back and strike a superhero pose with hands on their hips or cast into the air about to take flight. Some think it an odd “attention signal” but I assure you, …
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Dec 27
The Zoob Challenge Kit
Infinitoy generously donated a Zoob Challenge Kit to the Baden Academy Media Lab. It’s wonderful! I can confidently say it is now the go to item whenever kids have a few unassigned moments in the lab. Lunch time and lab time will find two or three kids working together on one of the Zoob challenges. I …
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Dec 26
Gift Cards and Returns: Ideas for Grow a Generation Parents
Empty boxes and broken electronics that kids can take apart head my list of fun for the holiday break. But if you have gift cards and returns, I suggest some of the following great toys that stimulate creativity and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) innovation. The Zoob Challenge Kit has been a great hit …
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Dec 24
Wisdom from People We Will Miss This Holiday Season
The Gifts of Goodness and Forgiveness If there are dreams about a beautiful [world], there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. Nelson Mandala The Gift of Outrageousness I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. Peter …
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Dec 14
Celebrating An Hour of Code
“Every other school family in the U.S. has a child that has done the Hour of Code.” – Code.org Did your child spend time this week learning to write computer code? I’ve had some fun playing with a variety of students. The Virtual Worlds 4th grade classrooms at Baden Academy began programming their ecosystems and …
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Dec 08
Blood Brother and Mylan’s Work to End the AIDS Epidemic
Innovation, resilience, gut-wrenching sorrow, and surprising splashes of color and laughter carried me away last night as I sat the Regent Square Theater and watched Blood Brother. The documentary followed the journey of a young man from Pittsburgh who, in the course of a walkabout through India, fell into the arms of the children in …
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