“Run! Run from the dragon as fast as we can!” When my children were very little, so little their little legs moved quick but traveled slow and their attention was enraptured by every pebble, line and shadow, I grew impatient and a bit frightened by backing cars on the walk from the car to the …
Category: Innovation
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Mar 03
Mitchel Resnick: Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society
What does it take to inspire sustained interest in science and inquiry? On Thursday, February 28, 2013, the LRDC (Learning Research and Development Center) of the University of Pittsburgh opened their first lecture of the 50th Anniversary Distinguished Speaker Series with the question. Dr. Resnick was introduced by Chris Schunn of the LRDC who …
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Dec 12
The Lies We Tell: A Review of Imagine: How Creativity Works
I was so excited to get my hands on Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine: How Creativity Works. I had read reviews when it first came out and put it on my request list at the library. The audio book came in and I couldn’t wait for each small trip in the car to hear more. His storytelling was extraordinary and …
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Nov 30
Three Electric Cars for under $100: A STEM NOVA Project
I had the great honor of working with the boys of Troop 414, about thirty of them ages 11 to 18. The night had been set aside to introduce the boys to new STEM Nova program the boy scouts of America have rolled out. The award program enables scouts to “Be Prepared” in a world …
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Nov 20
Kindergarten and Circuit Boards: The Children’s Innovation Project
It was amazing to see students at the end of 1st grade, only 2 years into the program, drawing electrical diagrams and cannibalizing circuitry from one toy to create something completely new. I attended the November 5 workshop by the Children’s Innovation Project at the CREATE LAB at Carnegie Mellon University. Melissa Butler and Jeremy Boyle presented the …
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Oct 28
Assigning Wikipedia Entries for a College Classroom
Grow a Generation advocates active learning, engaging young people in meaningful projects, and tapping into a person’s intrinsic motivation to learn. I’ve challenged parents and teachers to see technology as a tool to help develop a generation of innovators, critical thinkers, collaborators, young people able to take criticism, to fail and rise, who are empowered …
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Oct 16
What is a Media Lab?
I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted the job as director of the new Baden Academy Charter School Media Lab! I will continue to build my company, Grow a Generation (and finish the book!), teach part time at Duquesne, and volunteer in various roles such as Beaver County STEM. I now embark on …
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Oct 07
The Biggest Story Problem – A New Documentary
I was given a chance to preview a new documentary film on the state of math education in the United States, The Biggest Story Problem: Why America’s Students are Failing at Math. The film opens with stories of Middle School students struggling in math and quotes some alarming statistics. Three quarters of US students fail …
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Aug 19
Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World
USA Today calls Tony Wagner’s latest book “A road map for parents who want to sculpt their children into innovative thinkers.” I couldn’t agree more. Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World focuses on what we must do differently, as parents and educators, in a globalized and technologically altered world …
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Jul 25
Games for Change 2012
I enjoyed an incredible lunch Monday sponsored by The Sprout Fund with Nikki Navta of Zulama and Todd Keruskin of Elizabeth Forward School District at spoke at a lunch & learn at Sprout offices today about their experience at the Games for Change Festival earlier this summer. Keynotes and presentations from the festival are online. …
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