Fourteen years after writing Teaching Zack to Think, there is still no Internet skill more critical than Web literacy. However, simply teaching students to be able to search for and validate information is not enough. The ever-growing amount of information on the Web and the immediate access to experts and peers from around the world [...]
We recently announced that Alan November would be moderating an interactive, global event on May 2nd, 2011. IdeaJam, sponsored by Intel and Google/YouTube and produced by Katalyst, asked participants to problem-solve and create new ideas for classroom design that integrate technology and help boost creativity. The opening discussion of this event was presented before an [...]
How can we help prepare students for the future and encourage them to dream bigger, think creatively and develop innovative solutions? On May 2nd, educators, experts, parents, teachers and students from a variety of backgrounds and points of view will come together in Los Angeles to flex their creative muscles on teaching and learning solutions. [...]
A fifteen minute presentation format is a very short time to try to build a case for a big idea. My Ted Talk is about how the current culture of school typically underestimates the contribution that many students would make to solve real problems and to make a contribution to help classmates learn. Of course, [...]
Today, we are announcing a new resource that will allow you to search through the many resources that we have available on the Web. This might be especially helpful to those of you who are having us visit your schools. It serves as a great way to introduce teachers to some of the topics and [...]
This past summer, during BLC10, we opened up our blog and allowed a group of guest bloggers to create posts about their daily thoughts and experiences. This was a great success and one practice that we have decided we want to continue. After discussing this for a while, our team has decided to invite a [...]
Scientific Learning is hosting a series of complimentary Web seminars of interest to educators. Alan will be leading one of these seminars on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. Creating a New Culture of Teaching and Learning A powerful new culture of empowered teaching and fearless learning is emerging. Access to more [...]
This is our second of two episodes with Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Professor of Learning Research, head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Laboratory and BLC10 opening keynoter. In this episode, Mitch discusses the need for schools to find a balance between being open to new ideas and being able to focus again [...]
The Learning Spiral, Scratch and Global Community - Part 2 [ 14:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis is our first of two episodes with Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Professor of Learning Research, head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Laboratory and BLC10 opening keynoter. In this episode, Mitch discusses the origin of the visual programming tool, Scratch. Additionally, he explains how the “creative thinking spiral” and this engaging tool [...]
Visit this link for the January 18th, 2010 edition of November Learning News. In this issue, we invite you to: Learn more about BLC10 keynoter Rahaf Harfoush. Contribute to Alan’s upcoming book, Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm. Learn more about and schedule an NL Mini-Conference at your school or in your district. Contribute [...]
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