The Making of Them (or “Why Teddy Bears were invented”)
All rather depressing.
The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree
Love this from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency There’s an asteroid the size of Montana heading toward Earth and if it hits us, the planet is over. But we’ve got one last-ditch plan. We need a team to land on the surface of the asteroid, drill a nuclear warhead one mile into its core, and get out […]
I can smell your colon . stepping into my bedroom . let me love you constantly
Bless the twitterati litterati. Reminds me of the swooning visitors on the 7 North Gastro Unit. Thanks brainpicker
Derek Cabrera and Teaching Thinking with DSRP
Derek Cabrera is an impressive character – superbright and does good social entrepreneur work. He’s also decided that thinking can be taught with something called DSRP – Distinctions, Systems, Relationships, and Perspectives. His new book “Thinking at Every Desk” looks interesting ,...
Why should children have to collaborate?
Collaboration, in more and more of what I read online, is a pre-requisite of good “21st century” learning environments. I can see why it is important, but as with a lot of online discussions, it seems needlessly binary. One has the sense you either subscribe to the “we should all be collaborating model” or you...
A machine to stop people talking
If they could make this a little bit smaller this could be hours of fun.
Self-knowledge, Personalised Learning and Butterflies.
There’s a lot of talk about making learning personal at the moment. We should all be tailoring it to the needs and interests of the child. Much of it is sensible and I agree with much of the sentiment. I also think there is a risk that comes attached. That risk is an overt focus […]
David Mitchell & Passionate Passion
Old gold on a mightily overused word
Francis Gilbert & Escaping The Education Matrix
Rather nice this. Modest, unassuming and probably right.