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How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired.com
Snip: That’s why a new breed of educators, inspired by everything from the Internet to evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and AI, are inventing radical new ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive. To them, knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students’ own curiosity-fueled exploration. Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside so students can teach themselves and one another. They are creating ways for children to discover their passion—and uncovering a generation of geniuses in the process.
Gates, Zuck, Dorsey chip in to teach 10M students coding | CNET News
While computer programming and coding are becoming more common K-12 class options, these subject matters are still a mystery to many students. A nonprofit called Code.org is trying to change that by enlisting a star-studded entourage of techies to help with its new “Hour of Code” campaign.
The goal of Hour of Code is to introduce computer programming to 10 million K-12 students in the US during Computer Science Education Week. The event happens December 9 to 15[, 2013].
Joining the cause are several individuals, such as long-time philanthropist Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Companies are also supporting the initiative, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Yahoo, and others.
via Gates, Zuck, Dorsey chip in to teach 10M students coding | Internet & Media | CNET News
Also See: Gates, Zuckerberg Back Code.org’s Mission To Bring Computer Science To Every School | FastCompany
Education in the 21st Century [Infographic] | TopMastersInEducation.com
Cramming for Career Fair | Information Space
Cramming for Career Fair | Information Space
Seven informative tips for LIS students planning to attend career fairs. Although the article is specific to the SU iSchool most of the information is general in nature. I wish my school had held one for LIS students while I was completing my MLIS.
Principal sues students over parody Facebook, Twitter accounts | CNET News
An Oregon middle school educator tries to paint his mocking students as hackers in order to bring an action against them under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Read: Principal sues students over parody Facebook, Twitter accounts | CNET News.
The Power of eLearning…in the Library | Lumos Learning
Meet the Drone That’s “Guiding” New Students Around MIT This Fall | Gizmodo
Navigating a new campus is all part of the nostalgic movie montage that is freshman year of college. The changing leaves! The quaint Gothic architecture! The… drone tour guide? That’s the concept behind Skycall, a playful prototype that’s designed to help visiting Harvard students find their way around MIT’s notoriously confusing campus—which has been called “one of mankind’s most difficult and disorienting labyrinths.”
The full story: Meet the Drone That’s “Guiding” New Students Around MIT This Fall | Gizmodo
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