Monday, March 29, 2010

The Classic Olla - Oaxacan Pottery

Beautiful demonstration of a gentleman creating a coil pot.

THE POTTERS OF SAN MARCOS

Great video on digging up and preparing the clay.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

FourYearsGo.mov

Artists need to take part here. Artists are creative planners. Who will plan the future of cities and towns? the world?

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Big Thinkers: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games | Edutopia

YES! We certainly need to put games into education like this.

Gee is talking about giving students some hope of the "mass" of what they are studying. Making the material real to the student.

Big Thinkers: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games | Edutopia

Schools Use Games for Learning and Assessment | Edutopia

Another video from Edutopia on games and their incredible, wonderful use in education!

Schools Use Games for Learning and Assessment | Edutopia

Missing Standards in Education?

We have paper and pencil tests every year at more and more grade levels in order to measure student performance. What about measuring things like drive, grit, determination, ability to problem solve, leadership skills? Check out this video from Edutopia.

An Introduction to Comprehensive Assessment | Edutopia