by andflywrite | Dec 13, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
NYTimes has an ongoing “video feature” called Anatomy of a Scene, in which as short clip from a recent movie is shown while the director comments on what he/she was doing with that scene. A quick way to keep abreast of various elements of the cinematic...
by andflywrite | Dec 10, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
According to a recent article in EdSurge, there’s a non profit developing a game engine that supports learning and include assessment metrics. It goes on to note that this game engine can be used by other ed game developers. GlassLab Games (“Glass” stands for...
by kris | Dec 9, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
PSA, like the practitioners I follow in online communities, is looking for both an effective online learning experience as well as the face to face support available for youth and adults with low literacy skills. One of the groups I follow is the Adult Education LINCS...
by andflywrite | Dec 7, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
A tiny college based on socratic dialogue on great books has been ranked in some list as worst college in US, prompting editors at newspapers to send reporters out for a story. The Guardian filed this report, which emphasizes the unique and dramatically non mainstream...
by gary575 | Dec 6, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
One knows that the field has grown quite broad when there is a curated list of this number of sources. Clearly there is a need for an advanced search function to be able to locate specific content across the multitude of sites and platforms.
by andflywrite | Dec 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Jer Thorp does a TED talk on what he does, which is take data and turn it into a graphical “narrative” for the NYTimes, and others. He finds a way to help us see the meaning, and the human story, in data. Jer Thorp’s work focuses on adding meaning and...
