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 [...]
This 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 [...]
In this episode, Alan talks to Lona Jack-Vilmar, Literacy Coach at International High School at Lafayette in New York. The discussion centers around a Wikipedia-based article that Lona created on the Wodaabe, a nomadic group that resides in Africa. Similar activities have the potential for modeling appropriate use of Wikipedia within schools.
In this episode, Elliot Washor, co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company in Providence, Rhode Island, tackles the question, “What is learning?” In large part, the answer to this question forms the philosophy of all Big Picture Schools. Once again, the 2008 Building Learning Communities Conference, will feature a pre-conference session hosted by the [...]
Jaw dropping. This sums up what we thought the first time we saw the three-dimensional model Zaki Tahari created of the recently-completed Washington International School library. Using a video game, a set of blueprints and a high level of motivation, Zaki created an absolutely stunning model that we know you will love. In this video [...]
We invite you to listen to Dr. Yong Zhao from Michigan State University. This podcast was recorded at the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston, MA July 2007. In this keynote address, Dr. Zhao discusses Digital Citizenship in a Global Economy.
We invite you to listen to Dr. Mitchel Resnick from MIT Media Lab. This podcast was recorded at the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston, MA July 2007.In this keynote address, Dr. Resnick discusses Tools For Creative Thinking.
We invite you to listen to Professor Angela McFarlane from the University of Bristol. This podcast was recorded at the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston, MA July 2007. In this keynote address, Professor McFarlane discusses Online Communities of Learning: Lessons from the Worlds of Games and Play.
In this episode Alan interviews Professor Angela McFarlane, from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. This conversation was recorded in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Xchange conference in June 2006. Alan and Professor McFarlane discuss a variety of topics including designing more meaningful work for students and the digital divide. We [...]
In this episode Alan interviews Dr. Mitchel Resnick from the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge MA. Dr. Resnick discusses the work he is doing with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT in designing software for students that promotes creativity and critical thinking skills. Dr. Resnick will be a keynote speaker at this year’s [...]
