The future of education eliminates the classroom, because the world is your class
Hypercities (credit: UCLA et at.) Technology can turn our entire lives into learning experiences via “socialstructed learning,” an aggregation of microlearning experiences drawn from a rich ecology of content and driven not by grades but by social and intrinsic rewards, suggests Marina Gorbis, Executive Director at the Institute for the Future, in Fast Company. “Today’s obsession with MOOCs is a reminder of the old forecasting paradigm: In the early stages of technology introduction we try to fit new technologies into existing social structures in ways that have become familiar to us,” she says. What if we could access historical, artistic, demographic, environmental, architectural, and other kinds of information embedded in the real world via augmented reality devices? “This is exactly what a project from USC and UCLA called HyperCities is doing: layering historical information on the actual city terrain.
How to establish a Farm to School program
Two north Atlanta moms hit on a great idea while standing at a neighborhood school bus stop. While waiting for their children to come home from classes one afternoon last year, Elizabeth Davis and Angela Renals discovered they had several mutual interests: environmentalism, healthy eating and growing their own food. That’s when Davis suggested they attend an inaugural county-wide Farm to School meeting. Chesnut Charter Elementary School hasn’t been the same ever since. It’s been less than a year but Chesnut now has a Farm to School program that includes an organic vegetable garden, a start on a small orchard, visits from farmers and a monthly, locally grown fruit or vegetable day. The school also recently won a grant to help fund the program. Part of a trend Similar programs have been established at 9,807 schools in 2,305 school districts in all 50 states, according to the Farm to School network website. Farm to School genesis Modifying children’s eating Pull the junk food Curriculum Cafeteria
Queen's 'We Are The Champions' is the catchiest song ever, say scientists
September 30, 2011 14:59 Band's classic beats out Sum 41 and the Village People to top the list Queen's 'We Are The Champions' has been found to be the catchiest song ever written, according to new scientific research. Scientists at Goldsmiths University conducted new research into what makes a song memorable and compiled a list of the ten "catchiest" songs of all time, reports the Press Association. In order to get the results, they observed thousands of volunteers singing a selected list of tracks. During the court of the research, they discovered that sing-along songs contained four key elements: Long and detailed musical phrases, multiple pitch changes in a song's 'hook', male vocalists, and higher male voices making a noticeable vocal effort. Using this formula, the scientists found that 'We Are The Champions' was the track most were able to sing along to. Music psychologist Dr Daniel Mullensiefen said of the results:
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10 motivos para moderar el consumo de fruta
Las frutas contienen antioxidantes, vitaminas, minerales y nutrientes que son parte importante de una dieta balanceada, pero comer demasiada fruta puede tener repercusiones negativas en la salud. A continuación 10 motivos para moderar el consumo de fruta. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Se trata, en suma, de una lista que nos recuerda la conseja de que todo exceso solo redunda en el desequilibrio de nuestros procesos vitales. [elephant]
Scientists Warn of Low-Dose Risks of Chemical Exposure
Since before the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring 50 years ago, scientists have known that certain synthetic chemicals can interfere with the hormones that regulate the body’s most vital systems. Evidence of the health impacts of so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals grew from the 1960s to the 1990s. With the 1996 publication of Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and J. Peterson Myers, many people heard for the first time how such exposures — from industrial pollution, pesticides, and contact with finished consumer products, such as plastics — were affecting people and wildlife. In 2009, the American Medical Association called for reduced exposure to endocrine- disrupting chemicals. Last week, 12 scientists – including such experts as Colborn and the University of Missouri’s Frederick vom Saal — published a paper that they say significantly advances the debate. Not all experts in biology and toxicology agree with the study’s conclusions.
James Cameron Talks Avatar MMO
James Cameron has been keeping very busy. He's currently writing an Avatar novel and working on scripts for the two Avatar movie sequels that will hit theaters in 2014 and 2015. He's also working with Ubisoft on video games based on those films, and now he's collaborating with Disney Imagineers on a new Avatar theme park that will open at Walt Disney World in 2016. After announcing the new theme park attraction, which will be built in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Cameron and business partner Vince Pace, whose Cameron Pace Group (CPG) is helping filmmakers and broadcasters create 3D content, spoke at the 3D Entertainment Summit about the bright future 3D holds. Cameron took some time from his busy schedule to talk about the role video games will play in the Avatar universe, including an MMO experience, in this exclusive interview. What role do you see videogames playing in the 3D landscape with PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and NVIDIA 3D Vision? I think Avatar is a perfect IP for an MMO.
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