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explore-blog: Maya Angelou reads her wonderful children’s poem...

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:38 +0800

explore-blog:

Maya Angelou reads her wonderful children’s poem Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, illustrated by Basquiat.

bookshelfporn: ‘tsundoku’ - the Japanese word for buying books...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:21:38 +0800

bookshelfporn:

‘tsundoku’ - the Japanese word for buying books & not reading them, leaving them to pile up.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 06:30:37 +0800

frozencrafts: by Irina deviantArt | Etsy

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:17 +0800

frozencrafts:

by Irina

deviantArt | Etsy

bookriot: Set your dials to jaw-dropping for The Library of...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:59:04 +0800

bookriot:

Set your dials to jaw-dropping for The Library of Parliament in Canada.

The low labyrinth at Naga City Eco Park, Philippines. No...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:54:49 +0800

The low labyrinth at Naga City Eco Park, Philippines.
No problem for the taller, older students; but you can hear the 7 and 8 yr olds, in their high pitched voices yelling, “Where’s the EXIIIIT?!?!?”

Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:30:40 +0800

Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012 (by Peter Sevcenco)

Here’s to the schools that advertise different kinds of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:31:00 +0800

Here’s to the schools that advertise different kinds of society, and more cheers to the schools who encourage students to create, change, and reform their own societies.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 06:30:27 +0800

the59thstreetbridge: (by bibliographica)

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:30:27 +0800

the59thstreetbridge:

(by bibliographica)

jtotheizzoe: Wil Wheaton on why being a nerd is awesome Mr....

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:30:48 +0800

jtotheizzoe:

Wil Wheaton on why being a nerd is awesome

Mr. Crusher delivered a message to an audience member’s newborn girl on why it’s so great to be a nerd, and a little advice for future life. It’s a goosebump-inducing video, and you should watch the whole thing here, and maybe just paste it to your mirror or something.

I don’t know how you’d paste a video to your mirror, but you should.

My favorite parts:

“Being a nerd… it’s not about what you love, it’s about how you love it… The defining characteristic that ties us all together, is that we love things.

Find the things that you love and love them the most that you can.”

A message that jives well with my own (see title of blog). I applaud you, Mr. Wheaton.

Instead Of Extending The School Day, Why Not Lower Class Size?

Sun, 12 May 2013 06:30:41 +0800

Instead Of Extending The School Day, Why Not Lower Class Size?:

Why is it so hard to grasp for administrators or school boards?

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Sat, 11 May 2013 11:15:44 +0800

Carl Honore: In praise of slowness

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:05:27 +0800

Carl Honore: In praise of slowness

hacking-curriculum: words to restore faith in humanity

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:30:28 +0800

hacking-curriculum:

words to restore faith in humanity

imagininglearning: theadmissionsguru: Humanity needs a new...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:53:04 +0800

imagininglearning:

theadmissionsguru:

Humanity needs a new story. #magic #love

This is exactly what we are trying to do Imagining Learning! We are trying to help Young people be the authors of this new story and to help bring forth their visions of a world full of magic and love!

Check out more about our work here

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Fri, 10 May 2013 06:30:37 +0800

jtotheizzoe: Why does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:10:31 +0800

jtotheizzoe:

Why does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry or romantic? How can simple sound waves cause so much emotion?

First things first, this is the best t-shirt I’ve worn in any episode.

I went from my comfy chair to the streets of Austin to investigate whether it might be written into neural evolution. Modern neuroscience says our brains may be wired to pick certain emotions out of music because they remind us of how people move!

Humans are the only species we know that creates and communicate using music, but it’s still unclear how or why we do that, brain-wise. Is it just a lucky side effect of evolution, like Steven Pinker says? Or is it a deeper part of our evolutionary history, as people like Mark Changizi and Daniel Levitin argue?

Some brand new evolutionary psychology research says that we may read emotion in music because it relates to how we sense emotion in people’s movements. We’ll take a trip from Austin to Dartmouth to Cambodia to hear why music makes us feel so many feels. The connections between movement and music go far beyond dance moves!

Mike over at Idea Channel has a different opinion, that our emotional reactions to music are purely learned and cultural. Head on over and check it out. Do you agree?

For more reading on this awesome topic, check out these references.

We’ve all experienced this at least...

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:30:43 +0800

We’ve all experienced this at least once!

hacking-curriculum:

this is a part of what’s wrong with the emphasis on testing in our education system…

Good to know!

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:30:32 +0800

Good to know!