by andflywrite | Jul 8, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
A followup to Kris’s recent post on mindfulness and learning. This from the New Yorker about a currently very popular “teacher” of mindfulness techniques. Andy Puddicombe. Mr. Puddicombe has a cloud app called Headspace, which offers support for...
by andflywrite | Jul 7, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Story in FastCompany about using various visual production techniques to create game experience wherein kids learn STEM, without necessarily knowing they are doing “schoolwork”. [gview...
by andflywrite | Jun 28, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Vivent has a radio enabled wireless internet service they are “rolling out” in El Paso. It puts antennas and transmitters on residential roofs, and sort of bundles 24 homes together but says that will support 100Mbps….which is about what Comcast now...
by andflywrite | Jun 27, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Story and storytelling are a part of the “core elements of DLE”… here’s a KRWG Public Radio program on a local group called Storytellers Las Cruces. One of the storytellers notes how stories work well for learning experiences. Plus...
by andflywrite | Jun 26, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Analysts with the NM Legislative Finance Committee detailed the challenges facing NM middle schools in a first-of-its-kind report that looked at everything from standardized test scores to truancy and social issues. The report was released Thursday during the...