New technologies are shedding light on what really makes adolescents tick—and providing clues on how we might reach them better. A recent interview with British neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, the author of the 2018 book Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage … Continue reading Decoding the Teenage Brain (in 3 Charts)
Hey! My name is Greg, but most know me as JavaScript Teacher. I’ll keep this simple – I make coding books and give them away to the coding community and schools for free. As a teacher, my mission is to make sure that … Continue reading JavaScript Teacher is creating books
How permissive content licenses, inspired by OSS, helped shape today’s digital commons. Do you care to know the location of all the streetlamps in Minneapolis? The mission number and details of each Soyuz capsule launch since 1967? Or what kinds of pictures of coffee … Continue reading A license to share
What truly diverse + inclusive international programs can teach Americans While diversity and inclusion might be ubiquitous terms in the mission statement of any progressive university, these words alone do little to address the lack of diversity within the curriculum itself. … Continue reading Why Can’t the U.S. Decolonize Its Design Education?
Global Education Market to reach $10 Trillion by 2030 The global education market is set to reach at least $10T by 2030 as population growth in developing markets fuels a massive expansion and technology drives unprecedented re-skilling and up-skilling in … Continue reading Education in 2030. The $10 Trillion dollar question. Five Scenarios for the Future of Learning and Talent
About 45 minutes of diesel car pollution reaps 30 milliliters of AIR-INK, now on display at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum On a trip to India in 2012, Anirudh Sharma captured a photo of a diesel generator blowing black … Continue reading This Ink Is Made From Air Pollution
How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons. When the bell rang for early dismissal on a recent afternoon at Cold Springs Middle School in Nevada, students … Continue reading The Power of Being Seen
EEF study reveals that using online games to strengthen short-term memory can improve their maths results by three months Giving primary pupils strategies to support their working memory, and practising these strategies using online games, can boost their mathsresults by three … Continue reading Improving pupils’ short-term memory boosts maths results, study finds
Jordan Shapiro, author of The New Childhood, on the roles of parents and schools in teaching children to use technology through play. For the past several years, Jordan Shapiro has been busy writing and speaking about games and digital play. He’s … Continue reading Digital Play for Serious Learning
Check out Edutopia’s collection of articles, videos, and resources on using video games, simulations, and gaming concepts in the classroom. Games in the Classroom Interactive Fiction in the Classroom, by Matthew Farber (2015)As a classroom tool, interactive fiction sharpens close … Continue reading Game-Based Learning: Resource Roundup
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