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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Nov 15
Visualizing Math: Free Demonstrations on Wolfram Demonstrations Project
A New Kind of Yin Yang Rotation from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project by Frederick Wu Mathematics, like the air we breathe, is part of every subject we study, image we gaze on, and sound we hear. To hear someone say they don’t have the math gene, strikes me with the same sadness as to hear …
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March 14 Pi Day: Scratch Programming Challenge
Make an Animated Card for Pi Day A Grow a Generation Scratch Programming Challenge Available to all ages! Log into Scratch and create a celebratory card that recalls Pi on March 14. Submit the URL link to your creation and I will add it to the Grow a Gen studio for all to …
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Oct 26
Distracted: How Mindfulness and Meditation Transformed a College Classroom
“I was able to feel relaxation, tranquility, focus.” – Dan Suriano “It helps get my thoughts and feelings in order,” – K.J. Miller “The mandalas brought us together and cleared our minds” – anonymous “I enjoyed it so much, I couldn’t stop [when the assignment was over.]” – Ventura Simmons “helped me calm down at …
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Oct 12
Risk Taking: Finished Product or Fluid Open Collaboration?
We are in a time of mass collaboration, a time when there is no longer a comprehensive textbook a marine biologist professor can offer to their students. WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species, is an online database in which marine research is immediately updatable. Global partnerships in research can be made quickly. The information …
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Sep 07
Syria – A Teachable Moment in Critical Thinking, Digital Tools, and a Hermeneutic of Suspicion
A Facebook post grabbed my attention last week. It was an August 29 letter from Trappist nuns in Syria to President Obama. But was it real? I used the opportunity to model for my Global and Cultural Perspectives class efforts to authenticate sources. The letter claimed to be from Trappists nuns living in Syria. Trappists …
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Aug 25
Science Center claims Moon Landing May Have Been Faked
“Going to the Moon may have been a hoax.” These were the opening lines in the Montréal Science Centre’s iDTV Newsroom space exploration activity. I visited the Centre last week while in Montréal, terribly excited and open to experience another phenomenal invitation to the public to get excited about science and technology. We bought our …
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Aug 12
What is the Maker Movement?
A subculture of Do-it-Yourself (DIY) kids and grownup kids is emerging across the nation and the globe that is exciting! Makers pursue engineer-oriented projects such as electronic prototyping, robotics, 3-D printing, often combined with traditional arts and crafts, metalworking, and woodworking. Innovation is celebrated! I suggest you watch a few of Sylvia’s Mini-Maker Show on …
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Aug 10
Build, Then Build Some More!
“Build, then build some more,” was the advice John Thornton, the president of Astrobotic gave the students touring his facility Friday as part of the Grow a Generation Space Robots Exploration Day. It was a hopeful message, encouraging students to develop the skills they need to enter a new era of space exploration, science, …
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Jun 28
Games for Change Opening Keynote and Going Beyond the Common Core
Michael Jones, chief technology advocate at Google, gave the opening keynote at the 10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival. Michael was the chief technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search and the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide. He demonstrated two new technologies coming out of …
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