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How do you Teach Creativity?
“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
- Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling, a native of Portland, Oregon, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of only two people awarded two Nobel Prizes in different fields, and the only person [...]
Using the Web to Promote Critical Thinking
I am probably one of the Web’s biggest fans. Without Google Maps I would have trouble finding my own nose. Whenever I’m in a new city I use Yelp to find places to eat, drink and play. Whenever I can’t find my cell phone or lose my keys, my first thought is to Google them [...]
Digital Art: Cool Tools for Encouraging Creativity
Why do we care about arts in schools? Students who are encouraged to express themselves through a variety of mediums exhibit higher self-confidence and increased creativity. In a speech presented by Jerome Kagan, Ph.D. at the 2009 Johns Hopkins University Summit “Neuroeducation: Learning, Arts, and the Brain,” suggests that greater focus on general art programs [...]
Studying Orwell, Twitter-style
* By Carleigh Romano, Madison Hearney, Victoria DiVilio and Elizabeth O’Sullivan
This is a collaborative article written by the 8th grade students of Saints. Philip and James School in New York about their technology class:
This year we are working on a project that consists of learning while using 21st century technology that we obviously love. You’re [...]
A Teaching Moment: Using Skype in the Classroom
It’s amazing what people are willing to do if you take the initiative to ask.
My absolute favorite new media tool is Skype. Although I don’t have a budget to pay travel costs for bringing speakers into my classroom, I have had great success using Skype to hold live chats and Q&A sessions with media professionals.
A [...]
A Teaching Moment: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Basics
With more than 1.5 billion Web sites, 400 million Facebook users, 5.5 million Twitterers, and over 100 million blogs, it can be difficult to stand out in cyberspace. While there are a multitude of tips, tricks, tools and tags that can help attract search engine traffic to a site, the process of search engine optimization [...]
