Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning | Video on TED.com

Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning | Video on TED.com:

I need to get my kids to do this on a rainy day...

The Story of Bottled Water (2010) - YouTube

The Story of Bottled Water (2010) - YouTube:

One of the reasons I hate bottled water.

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - YouTube

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - YouTube:

combination of a great talk by sir ken robinson + the marker animation of RSA.

Educational Transformation through Technology at MIT - TEAL

Educational Transformation through Technology at MIT - TEAL:

Interestingly, I'd proposed a "flexlab" last year... so while MIT beat me to the punch, I did come up with it independently- i'm hoping for no computers, but a netbooks checkout system, and 3 portable podiums (spectrum industries' MAP - mobile access podium) and some flexible furniture.

FW: mit education site

 

 

From: DI vonBriesen
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:56 AM
To: Hal Lohn; Todd Koonts; Felesia Stukes
Cc: Chad Ray
Subject: mit education site

 

In looking at some of MIT’s education work I came across this site:

 

http://web.mit.edu/edtech/casestudies/imoat.html  it seems to be just a collection of various inititiaves they’ve had going on- though the date suggests it only goes up to 2005- but who knows?

 

Related research points to these 2 videos as counterpoints to the khanacademy sort of model, which does have its detractors:

 

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

 

This second one I’d seen before, and particularly like it when the RSA folks get hold of one of these and doll it up- replacing the video with their dynamic art (for ken robinson).

 

d.i.