Ehrman Crest Elementary And Middle School

One of the best inventions of 2022. Playful. Interactive. Children's museum.

Useful link: https://www.svsd.net

Thinking Huts

Maggie Grout started the NGO, Thinking Huts, as a teenager, with the aim of 3D-printing schools in countries where some children lack the opportunity to get an education. She has just printed her first school in Madagascar---only the second 3D-printed school in the world.

Useful link: https://www.thinkinghuts.org

GIA Emphasizes Emotion Over Education

Why it took so long?

Useful link:

https://discover.gia.edu/diamonds-graded-by-GIA

Finnish Lessons 3.0

Get to know Pasi Sahlberg.

Useful link: 

https://pasisahlberg.com

Green School International

Eco-friendly. Reinvented traditional schooling for 21st century students. Must visit.

Useful link: https://www.greenschool.org

Build UP

The program gives teenagers the skills and the toolkit to become homeowners. I wish the schools in Kerala (India) taught the same. 

Useful link: https://www.buildup.work

Thinking Huts

Designed by Studio Mortazavi, an architecture firm based in San Francisco and Lisbon, the school is a project of the nonprofit Thinking Huts, which aims to increase global access to education through 3D printing. This first iteration will be built later this year on the campus of a university in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. With an exterior pattern based on Malagasy textiles and 3D printed using material from the local area, the building is both an example of advanced building technologies and reflection of vernacular building styles. Take a look.

Useful links: https://www.thinkinghuts.org I https://studiomortazavi.com

KidSense / Roybi Robot

KidSense.AI uses deep learning technology to offer a sophisticated automatic speech recognition system for children. Trained using children's voice samples, KidSense powers the Roybi Robot--an AI-driven smart toy that teaches languages and basic skills in science, technology, engineering and math.

Useful link: https://kidsense.ai

Solving Public Problems

The 12-week course titled Solving Public Problems, is based on a forthcoming book of the same name by Beth Simone Noveck, director of The Governance Lab at New York University, a center that focuses on how to improve people's lives by changing the ways we govern. It's also an extension of a course Noveck teaches at NYU and coaching she's made available to both students and professionals.

Useful link: https://solvingpublicproblems.org

Random Thoughts

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character-----that is the goal of true education.

Global Teacher Prize 2020

Ranjitsinh Disale, a teacher from a village school in India, praised for improving the education of girls, has won this year's Global Teacher Prize. 

Useful link: https://www.globalteacherprize.org/winners/ranjitsinh-disale-2020

A College Degree Is No Guarantee Of A Good Life

Arthur C. Brooks was spot on. No one can build a life alone-----we all need help-----but in the end, our lives are our own.

Useful links:
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/will-going-college-make-you-happier/613729
https://arthurbrooks.com

Outlier

Get to know Aaron Rasmussen, founder of MasterClass. Outlier is Aaron's new startup for online courses.

Useful link:
https://www.outlier.org

A Message From Brian Chesky

Letters from CEOs are inert. The CEO and Co-founder of AirBnB, Brian Chesky changed that with his letter to employees when he fired 25% of his company because of the pandemic. He did it differently. He taught us how to do business with people again in this difficult time in human history. Must read.

Useful link:
https://news.airbnb.com/a-message-from-co-founder-and-ceo-brian-chesky

Seventy Five Scientific Research Projects You Can Contribute To Online

Smithsonian magazine has compiled a collection of dozens of projects you can take part in from home. Give it a try.

Useful link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/75-scientific-research-projects-you-can-contribute-online-180975050

Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?

Children learn better when they are ready. Why stress them out?

Useful links:
https://minedu.fi
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-are-finlands-schools-successful-49859555

Is Education The New Currency?

I think so. Why not?

Useful links:
https://www.learningeconomy.io
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200210-is-education-the-new-currency

Negotiable

A brilliant initiative by the Women's Jewelry Association.

Useful links:
https://www.womensjewelryassociation.com
http://www.idexonline.com/Memo?id=45350

Random Thoughts

Can intelligence exist without stupidity, or in a practical sense is there always some amount of stupidity that must exist if there is also the existence of intelligence? I think intelligence and stupidity are a zen-like yin and yang.

Project Reset

A brilliant initiative. Other countries should copy and practice.

Useful links:
https://www.courtinnovation.org/programs/project-reset/more-info
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/low-level-offenders-nyc-can-now-take-art-class-instead-appearing-court-180973410