Apr
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This week’s quote is courtesy of innovator, Massimo Banzi, the creator of Arduino. April 2nd is the worldwide Arduino Day. Click this link for more information.
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Oct
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Sep
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Aug
19
A new Fall reality show by producer Mark Burnett and Intel will feature a group of aspiring inventors who will compete to create the next big innovation in wearable technology. The show called “America’s Greatest Makers,” which will air on the TBS channel, according to WSJ / CMO Today and Intel.
The show will be preceded by digital and social content in the early stages of competition, where inventors will try to come up with the next Apple Watch or Google Glass. The show is an extension of Intel’s 2014 “Make It Wearable” challenge, according to THR /Live Feed. Makers will create using the Intel Curie hardware module, according to Variety.
photo by Helen Teague
May
1
Sep
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“Tinkering is, at its most basic, a process that marries play and inquiry”**…serious tinkering with a burgeoning ecosystem.
When was the last time you gave yourself the gift of “Tinkering Time?”
Inspired during a innovatively engaging session by the geniuses at Table Top Inventing http://www.ttinvent.com/
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**Quote from from Exploratorium.com
A Burgeoning Ecosystem-by @MylaZCandelario @dchittur @GriffyHolt @TweetTeague-serious tinkering-Thanks! @ttinvent #fb pic.twitter.com/QmStM0Jp3d
— Helen Teague (@TweetTeague) September 17, 2014
Jul
29
Festschrift – is a word derived from the German language meaning “celebration writing.” It is a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar. Howard Gardner has been identified by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of the 100 most important public intellectuals in the world today. His work has fundamentally changed the way many people (and institutions) think about intelligence.
Howard Gardner turned 70 last year. To celebrate, his wife (Ellen Winner) and one of his former students (Mindy Kornhaber) hosted a Festschrift in his honor. They invited Howard’s teachers, peers, colleagues, and former students to contribute essays inspired by his work and his relationships with them. One hundred and sixteen of Howard’s close colleagues contributed to the two-volume work, entitled Mind, Work, and Life: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Howard Gardner’s 70th Birthday. Each contribution includes a personal note from the contributor and a personal response from Howard. Running 605 pages in length, this is quite a remarkable work, providing a unique and intimate portrait of this extraordinary man and his profound influence on some of the people who have worked most closely with him.
The complete two-volume Festschrift is available for free download as a PDF here, or if you prefer physical books you can buy it at cost from Amazon here. Other options, including kindle versions of the two volumes, are listed here.
My contribution (starting on p. 223) is entitled, There’s More Than One Way to Bridge a Gap: On the Promise of Computational Neuroscience for Education. I wrote it as a doctoral student in Education, soon after I took my first class with Howard. At the time, I was just beginning to wrestle in earnest with the question: “How can scientific insights about the brain and mind help us make education better?” As reflected in this essay, Howard’s teaching was instrumental in helping me frame the key issues in a new and more productive way, which I have continued to build on to this day. If you are interested in the relationship between the brain and mind, or in how we might go about leveraging insights about the biology of learning to improve educational practice, you might find it interesting. I look forward to reading your comments on that or anything else in the book.
Source: The Education Scientist, http://theeducationscientist.blogspot.com/2014/07/celebrating-howard-gardners.html#.U9b7M29X-uY
Nov
27
In early 2013 a collaboration between Finnish and American education researchers took a step forward as Science Across Virtual Institutes was formally launched. Called SAVI for short, Science Across Virtual Institutes brings together sixteen research groups. Each of the eight groups from Finland partners with a group from the US forming eight teams.
“In SAVI education experts from Finland and the USA work together with the aim of improving student engagement in STEM,” summarizes professor Jari Multisilta, who heads the Finnish side of the collaboration. The SAVI program is funded by both Finnish and American sources: the Academy of Finland, Tekes (the Finnish Agency for Technology and Innovation) and the US National Science Foundation. Multisilta believes that motivation for both researchers and supporters stems from a general concern: “Policy makers are becoming more and more aware of the challenges linked to the low popularity of STEM subjects. In the future we will need an increasing number of skilled STEM experts to maintain and develop our societies and economies sustainably.”
The SAVI research teams specialize in different topics of learning innovations in science and mathematics:
To continue reading this article by Maija Pollari or to learn more about this exciting opportunity click here
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