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Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games!

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 03.14.2012 | Home
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Dr. Idit Harel Caperton

Children learn best when they are the designers, builders, navigators, engineering and key operators of their own learning.

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Learning Environments that Crack Open Brains (and Souls)

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Technological Innovation, Education, Education Innovation, Learning, MIT Media Lab, Seymour Papert, Gloabaloria, Marvin Minsky, Nicholas Negroponte, Tod Machover, Hiroshi Ishii, Frank Moss, Pattie Maes, Creativity, Computer Programming, Social Network, Imagination, Videogame Making, World Wide Workshop, Stem, Steam, Home News
Dr. Idit Harel Caperton

Researchers at the Media Lab, are letting their brains crack open, dreaming up big ideas, combining art and science and play, producing and presenting their demos, and inventing their future.

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Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework!

Gary Stager | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Gary Stager

Shouldn't people bold enough to call themselves "school reformers" be familiar with some of the literature on the subject?

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