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Camilla Elliott

Tynker : cloud-based programming - 7 views

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    Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. Tynker is inspired by Scratch from MIT. It is a completely browser-based implementation written using Open Web standards such as Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and does not use Flash.
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    Animate drawings,create music, build ages, craft ebooks. Browser-based programming designed to teach computational thinking.  Use for science, maths etc.  Lesson plans available.
Roland Gesthuizen

Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T. - YouTube - 1 views

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    "15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus. "
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    We watched this during #motm13 and discussed what is the difference between innovation, creativity etc. An inspiring video.
Ian Guest

Ghostly International presents Matthew Shlian on Vimeo - 3 views

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    "Matthew Shlian works within the increasingly nebulous space between art and engineering. As a paper engineer, Shlian's work is rooted in print media, book arts, and commercial design, though he frequently finds himself collaborating with a cadre of scientists and researchers who are just now recognizing the practical connections between paper folding and folding at microscopic and nanoscopic scales."
Roland Gesthuizen

High Scalability - High Scalability - Grace Hopper to Programmers: Mind Your ... - 2 views

  • Here's a short, witty, and wise video of her famous nanosecond demonstration. An amazing lady, great innovator, an engaging speaker, and an inspiring teacher.
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    Computing pioneer Grace Hopper, inventor of the compiler, searched for a concrete way to create an intuitive understanding of just how fast is a nanosecond, a billionth of a second, which was the speed of their new computer circuits.
Ian Guest

The rules of a creator's life - 15 views

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    9 rules a creative person lives by.
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    Just try changing 'creator's' to 'teacher's' and see if that cap fits!
Shelly Terrell

Trello - 12 views

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    "Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process."
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    "More than just a to-do list or a task manager, Trello is anything you want it to be-a lesson planner, a community bulletin, a repository for inspiration. We support the way you think, not the other way around."
Shelly Terrell

Ideas to Inspire - 2 views

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    Interesting ways to various tech tools
Shelly Terrell

Using Generators to inspire learning! - 7 views

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    several links to online generators
Clay Leben

Working with Stories - 3 views

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    Participatory Narrative Inquiry a process in which groups gather and work with real stories of personal experience to do useful things in their communities.
Ian Guest

Days Of The Year - 4 views

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    "Days Of The Year aims to bring all of the world's weird, funny, wonderful and bizarre holidays under one roof, and to create the ultimate guide to celebrating each and every day."
Andrew Jeppesen

One Day On Earth - The World's Story is Yours to Tell - 4 views

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    On October 10, 2010 (10.10.10), across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period and contribute their voice to the largest participatory media event in history.
Ian Guest

the RSA's Channel on Youtube - 5 views

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    Their Youtube channel has some excellent videos *especially* the RSA Animate ones - incredible! "The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action."
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