Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesGamifying the classroom is a bad idea | Al Jazeera America “ I was part of a generation of children who learned about dysentery through a video game. Every week, I sat in front of a bay of Apple II … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmart Teenage Brains May Get Some Extra Learning Time : Shots – Health News : NPR. We have long accepted that there are specific critical periods in animals as they grow up – we know a fair bit about how … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo games becoming required coursework in schools – Technology & Science – CBC News. Unfortunately, they got my institution wrong. I’ve got a request in to fix it, but I’ve had no response yet. Below is an edited excerpt (with … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute The Animal Lover’s Dilemma | fieldquestions. This is a GREAT post. Anyone who believes they are preventing cruelty to animals by being a vegan needs to read this. ” Here I was in a vegan restaurant, eating what I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesNice article. The one thing I would disagree with though is: The fact that rabbits require a gentler environment than a factory farm can offer means the market largely relies on family-run operations like his own. “Mother Nature designed them … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesPredatory Learning | Boston ReviewThat something, if not explicitly religious, is, fundamentally, spiritual and forward-looking—qualities that are in short supply in the many hundreds of American communities like Racine, where teachers, parents, and students are surrounded by decline. That motivation … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a record of places I have bookmarked. (I also post them to Diigo, but since I don’t like to leave stuff only in the cloud, I am also keeping a copy here. The Rise of the New Groupthink … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a record of places I have bookmarked. (I also post them to Diigo, but since I don’t like to leave stuff only in the cloud, I am also keeping a copy here. This View of Life: Primatologist Frans … Continue reading