Dr. Pauline Dow (@PaulineDow), an Associate Superintendent in our district, shared this recent TED Talk by Steven Johnson, “How Play Leads to Great Inventions,” in a tweet this week. Steven Johnson, you may remember, is an author I’ve mentioned on this blog because I was fascinated by his book, How We Got to Now. Johnson is adept at … Read more
I saw a tweet about a construction toy called, “Brackitz” that intrigued me the other day. I followed the link to their website, and clicked on video that shows their product being featured on the Today Show. It looks like a great addition to any Maker Space. As I watched the video segment, though, I … Read more
Well, it’s Phun Phriday. I did my best to find something completely fun and relatively non-educational. I suppose you could make it into something educational if you really want to get into the human-like behavior of elephants and the horrible consequences of poaching them. But that’s not what Phun Phriday is all about. Watch carefully … Read more
My 2nd grade GT class started working on their Global Cardboard Challenge projects yesterday, and I am so glad we are participating this year! I mentioned the Global Cardboard Challenge in a recent post, and the kids were amazed when I showed them that Nirvan Mullick (the director of Caine’s Arcade, and one of the … Read more