10 Fun Ways to Feed Your Mind this Summer | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.
These include:
See the article for the full discussion.
23 Mobile Things: Join the Australian / New Zealand Course « Tame The Web
Excerpt below from Tame the Web | http://tametheweb.com/2013/05/01/23-mobile-things-join-the-australian-new-zealand-course/
What are the 23 Mobile Things?
You can view the 23 Mobile Things on the official blog here –http://23mobilethings.net/wpress/the-things/
What is this NZ/Australian cohort all about?
simple; it is just establishing a group of librarians in NZ and Australia who are keen to do the 23 Mobile Things at the same time. This cohort will give us mutual support and contact with each other so that we can learn together and keep each other motivated. Hopefully it will help you grow your own personal learning network (PLN) and have fun and great collaborations throughout the course!
Libraries offer resources, from research to licensing support, that are essential to the future of MOOCs as they grow both in numbers and in seriousness. As MOOCs become an increasingly valid and valuable resource, it’s clear that they can benefit from another great educational resource: librarians.
via Librarians: Your Most Valuable MOOC Supporters – OEDB.org.
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16 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in June – OEDB.org.
I particularly intrigued by Public Libraries: Become a Community Publishing Portal (PLA) and Support Patron Learning in Small Spaces with Small Budgets.
Hogwarts for Hackers: Inside the Science and Tech School of Tomorrow | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
The article takes an in depth look at the unique education approach at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), where students have the opportunity to work on self-directed projects.
The humanoid NAO Robot can interact with kids in a way that grownups sometimes can’t.
via A Robot For Autistic Kids, Now In Schools | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.
Extraordinary and heartwarming.
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Robot Aids in Therapy for Autistic Children | The Wall Street Journal Online
Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn. It teaches vital problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills. Plus, it can be downright fun for you both. Here are some of the best tried-and-true apps for teaching kids of all ages how to code.
via How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code | LifeHacker
Apps discussed cover from the very young to older learners and include:
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Collection of Links: Resources for Learning to Code | The Modern MLIS
It’s hard to beat classic episodes of Sesame Street for timeless, near-universal educational appeal, but engineer and Adafruit Industries founder Limor Fried still saw an unmet need in the educational-video space. “We looked around and didn’t see an ‘Elmo for engineering’ or a kid’s show that celebrated science and engineering,” she tells Co.Design. “Every kid seems to have a cell phone or a tablet, but they know more about SpongeBob than how a LED works on the device or TV they’re watching, and we wanted to change that.” So she and her team at Adafruit created Circuit Playground, a Youtube series that combines chirpy puppets with hackery know-how via A Web Series For Kids Aims To Be The “Elmo for Engineering” | Co.Design: business + innovation + design.
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The Sandbox Review: A big playground of pixel fun | Droid Gamers
The Sandbox is a neat game for those who enjoy puzzles, world creation, physics and just causing mayhem.
Top 5 Sites for Online Learning | Information Space
The 5 sites discussed are:
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