After attending a Career and Technical Education training this week I started to look around for some data. And even after two days of facts and figures, this article stood out to me. Economists have tied actual GDP numbers to improving education. Something that we all felt was true, but here are some hard...
How cool would it be for your science students to help NASA explore Mars? That’s exactly what has happened with these Florida Freshmen. The contest, sponsored by Space Florida, encourages students to develop projects that can be used in space exploration. This group from Golden Gate High School won the contest, and are shipping...
I ran into this article that discusses “Biz Town”, which lets students run a small business. Students learn about the myriad details that surface when faced with real life situations. Like the Symphony aptitude in Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind, there is a large amount of information and details thrown at students. They...
I’ve heard a lot about this program, and I think it may be an effective way to build Dan Pink’s Empathy aptitude from A Whole New Mind. If you are not familiar with “Flat Stanley”, it is basically a pen pal program where elementary students mail a paper cutout of Stanley to other locations...
Crazy stuff. We like to think that we are so advanced, but this article references a 1980′s “Classroom Computer News” publication that addresses many of the same concepts that we face today. Changing technology, budget challenges, and a “rising tide” of criticism from the media. If you can get over the dated look, feel,...
Another example of the importance of Dan Pink’s design aptitude from A Whole New Mind. I never realized how much effort and resources were dedicated to something as simple as a soup label. Food label designed by “neurological and bodily responses” Boing Boing. Share
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