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"Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in." from NYT.

culture ideas creativity education
january 2012 by kvnglbrtsn

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The Extraordinary Syllabus of David Foster Wallace

"Wallace doesn’t accept the silent social contract between students and professors: He takes apart and analyzes and makes explicit, in a way that is almost painful, all of the tiny conventional unspoken agreements usually made between professors and their students."

education literature learning thinking
december 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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In conversation: Alison Gopnik

"On what’s wrong with the way we teach." Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.

education learning children brain philosophy psychology
november 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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The UX of Learning

"While roughly consistent with Bloom’s Taxonomy, her research yielded much greater insight into the sequential nature of learning and its implications on the digital environment." from A List Apart.

design education learning usability ux
august 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code

"It's tempting to generalize: If programming is best learned in this playful, bottom-up way, why not everything else?"

programming learning education
june 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School

"While learning from a teacher may help children get to a specific answer more quickly, it also makes them less likely to discover new information about a problem and to create a new and unexpected solution."

education play children psychology
march 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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The Virtues Of Play

"...unstructured play turns out to be one of the most important aspects of Pre-K education."

education play children psychology
march 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Interaction Design 1

"In this course students will learn to use the principles of Interaction Design to define a software project..." from WaSP InterAct Curriculum.

design education curriculum reference
january 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Why Johnny Can't Program

"We teach our kids how to get jobs in today's marketplace rather than how to innovate for tomorrow's....And as we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but how to make them."

coding education programming technology culture
october 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Does the Digital Classroom Enfeeble the Mind?

"What is really lost when this happens is the self-invention of a human brain. If students don’t learn to think, then no amount of access to information will do them any good." from NYT.

education technology mind brain learning
september 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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News21

"A national initiative led by 12 of America’s leading research universities with the support of two major foundations will advance the U.S. news business by helping revitalize schools of journalism."

journalism education media news communication
august 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Linguistics Challenge Puzzles

"All puzzles that appeared in the Linguistics Challenge adhered to strict guidelines, as outlined by the charter of the International Olympics in Linguistics and Mathematics."

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august 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Field Studies summer school

"Field Studies 2010 is a four-day field-recording workshop led by three acclaimed sound artists and composers. It aims to explore recording as a creative and practical tool for artists, architects and urbanists, and the possibilities of working with sound as a means to engage with places and people."

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august 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Design Is History

"Part of the graduate thesis of designer Dominic Flask, this site was created as a teaching tool for young designers just beginning to explore graphic design and as a reference tool for all designers. It is supposed to provide brief overviews of a wide range of topics rather than an in-depth study of only a few. It is a constantly evolving, changing, expanding reference library."

design education history resources
july 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Long Branch Environmental Education Center

A small educational institute in Buncombe County's Newfound Mountains, about 18 miles northwest of Asheville, North Carolina.

environment education nonprofit nc
june 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Divided Attention

In an age of classroom multitasking, scholars probe the nature of learning and memory. from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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february 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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DynamicBooks

the next generation of interactive textbooks.

education books future
february 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Transdisciplinary Design MFA

Emphasizing collaborative design-led research, the MFA Transdisciplinary Design in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons will serve as an academic laboratory in New York City for graduate students seeking to define the next phase of design practice globally.

design education
february 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Connect a Million Minds - Home

In April 2009, Time Warner Cable announced its largest-ever charitable commitment of $100 million cash and in-kind over five years to inspire students to pursue science and technology education and careers.

education science technology engineering
november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Waldorf education

Waldorf education is a pedagogy based upon the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component. from wikipedia.

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november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Reggio Emilia approach

An educational philosophy focused on preschool and primary education based on the principles of respect, responsibility, and community through exploration and discovery in a supportive and enriching environment based on the interests of the children through a self-guided curriculum. from wikipedia.

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november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners

If what we find changes who we become, we have to be vigilant about creating content worth exploring, worth discovering. from a list apart.

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november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Teaching Copyright

Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law.

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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

from TED.com

education creativity
november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Minds on Fire

Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 [pdf]

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november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Mozilla Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge

We invite you to help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for learning online as part of the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge, sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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october 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Open Yale Courses

Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.

education resources
october 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Institute for Learning Innovation

The Institute for Learning Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to understanding, facilitating and communicating about free-choice learning.

education learning innovation
october 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Scrunchup

The Web Magazine for Young Designers and Developers

web education resources
october 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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IBR info

An independent, nonprofit source of information about new federal student loan payment and forgiveness programs.

education finance
september 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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MFA in Interaction Design — School of Visual Arts

The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to
research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their
business, social, and cultural contexts.

interaction design education
july 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Media Ecology 101

an introductory reading list

media books ecology education
july 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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The Media Ecology Association

a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the study, research, criticism, and application of media ecology in educational, industry, political, civic, social, cultural, and artistic contexts, and the open exchange of ideas, information, and research.

media ecology culture education research organization
july 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Terriblyclever Design

branded applications for social networking sites and website development. MobilEdu.

design education mobile
july 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Sputnik Observatory For the Study of Contemporary Culture

Sputnik Observatory is a New York not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to the study of contemporary culture. We fulfill this mission by documenting, archiving, and disseminating ideas that are shaping modern thought by interviewing leading thinkers in the arts, sciences and technology from around the world.

culture education ideas
july 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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World Science Festival

to cultivate and sustain a general public informed by the content of science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

science culture education
june 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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HighEdWeb Association 2009 Conference

Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 4-7, 2009.

web conference education
may 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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End the University as We Know It

process to make higher learning more agile, adaptive and imaginative. from nyt.

education future learning economy lib100
april 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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RecycleBank

the product lifecycle from linear to cyclical.