Learning Sciences

By this classroom, students work and learn naturally by communicating with each other and with the teacher actively in real time. Interactive tablets, computers and the board provide students work with groups using technology, while natural learning happens.

summerize where the technology will be in 10 years in schools. But what can we say about our schools? Even people are paying big amount of money for private schools, they still not have such a technology in their class. Technology getting cheaper and cheaper everyday but still I wonder how many years we need to wait to see these kind of technlogies in our school?

This is great example to CSCL but when I thought about Kutay's question according to our country; my answer get upset me :/ Because while we cannot use the smartboards at our clasroom, that kind of usage is just a dream :/

Some new features and apps are getting more popular in UK for collaborative platforms. This news give some examples and also some usage styles and benefits of these apps for the individualized and group works.

That tool (wepresent) is efficient but I think it may not be as user-friendly as like told at the article. Because there will be online platform that you can create your slide and share with your class and it can be more basic inspite of some less possibility.

Although it is a kind of advertisement, I like this smart technology products and the idea of smart classroom. Small groups can be engaged very easily for collaborative activities and they can touch the multi touch screen at the same time. Also, teacher can connect it to smart table with a software.

I think it is basic but very effective application. Especially it is fun and when thinking the usage of it is for children, it is a great advantage.

Welcome to the Learning by Design Project website. (If you are looking for the Learning by Design software application, you'll find it here.) This site is a resource for participants in the Learning by Design project, or for those who want to find out more about the project.

This is a website focuses on mainly contemporary styles of learning and teaching. One of its focus is on learning by design alongside some others. There is a lot of content: knowledge on LBD or its pedagogy. They also offer online courses, some suggestions for teachers who want to utilize LBD in their classes and ways to evaluate learners' knowledge.

It's a really informative video which explains project based learning. I liked its clear guiding questions to make students reach the solution just like experts.

I impressed his creativity and I thought that it's worth to share it although it's not much about education. But, he can give you an inspire! :)

İt is also a common video which explains the PDL in some key points

Tynker is the English online platform where the students (children) are taught programming. The aim of the platform is to provide a solid infrastructure for STEM to prepare for the 21st century. Its slogan is "the easiest way to learn programming at school" and more than 20,000 schools use this program. It also include design base learning. I think learning programming at early ages is very important for children to develop their critical and algorithmic thinking skills. This platform facilitates both teachers' work and makes it fun for children.

I really like the program. Even I can use it to learn the basic things from this program. Thanks for the share!

This simple video makes the essential elements of project based learning (PBL) come alive and brings to light the 21st Century skills and competencies (collaboration, communication, critical thinking) that will enable K-12 students to be college and work-ready as well as effective members of their communities.

A system of small cubes that can be used for STEM. Each cube has sensors that are sensitive to different things and can gain the ability to move in this way. Thanks to all these sensors, everyone can use their creativity and design robots for different purposes. An application that I think would be very useful, especially for young children. Although the prices are a bit expensive (330$), I think it is a tool that children can enjoy and learn at many sizes.

In this video kids build their designs and exhibit them, hence their parents could see what their children do, how they learn etc.

In that video, there is a project called Kids Build. Children built cities based on given maps of Boston. They construct the city environment by different materials. Although, it seems really fun, I did not understand what teachers target to teach students? Is it for only creativity? Since children are not so grown up, concrete thinking was targeted I think. Still, what was the "content" is still blur for me. edit: Opps, duplicate :).

Here's a previously-shared example of learning by design by "Kids Build!" project. I think just getting the hands of the kids dirty is an outcome by itself. Although they do not possess abstract thinking skills at such a young age, I still think these are the ages when an interest sparks in the child, which could then turn into a passion.

Purdue Polytechnic involves the Renaissance Academy Students to build a remote-controlled helicopter. Great example of learning by design :)

This video mentioned about a film noir murder mystery. Gadget solved this crime with case-based reasoning :)

We are especially familiar with the psychological flow triggers. In this slide, Steven Kohler who is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the cofounder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project varies flow triggers in four categories; psychological, environmental, social and creative. Kohler mentions flow triggers in more details in his book called The Rise of Superman. I watched trailers of his book beside watching this slide. I think it is a good point to relate creativity and flow in this way. Also, social and environmental aspects are essential because not in every flow moment, we're alone. So, I think this slide (and the book if you can buy) would be informative for you.

Action sports superstars including Robbie Maddison (moto daredevil), Jimmy Chin(photographer), Travis Rice (snowboarder), Dean Potter (climber), Mike Horn (adventurer) and Danny Way (skateboarder) join author Steven Kotler to go deeper into the science and neurochemistry of how flow states are triggered, and their effects on your brain.

Shared video is related to flow in education. It gives information about happiness, creativity, divergent thinking, and key elements of the flow. There are some statistical data for creativity, graphic of flow and examples from different fields. Enjoy :)

This animated video explains Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI's Flow Theory. So, how much of your time do you feel in the apathy part of the graph?

I haven't read this book before, but as I understand from the book review, it worth to be read. I suggest you to watch this review for understanding the relationship between challenge and skill better.

A good summary of the flow ;)

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Ted Talk about how the flow term is appeared. Beyond, how he started to deal with psychology and the only aim of him to find an answer to "What makes a life worth living?" He searched an answer at different area and find the best answer at psychology. Although he know nothing about Carl Jung, even he doesn't know the name of him (I am surprised to that); after participating at one of his conference; he affected and started to deal with psychology. Finally, after this studies, he appeared the term, 'flow'.

I also add the most famous painting of Dali, persistence of memory. Because flow term remind me that painting. I think we are at our surreal world at the flow instance and also the time term is completely lost. http://www.dalipaintings.com/images/paintings/the-persistence-of-memory.jpg

I like this painting of Dali! Although it can be commented in various ways, we can comment it from the point of view of flow theory like; in the flow moment you don't realize time flies until that moment ends. Thus, I agree with you that it really fits into distortion of sense of time.

Genco Erkal and Fazıl Say performing this poet with piano. Not only they are in the flow, also people who is listening and watching also feeling that moment.

Very good example, very good poem, very good performance. I think "ölmekten korktuğun halde ölüme inanmadığın için" line is one of the best meaningful verse at Turkish poetry. Also, I think this one is better in terms of performance and recording qualities; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEbsNaWA7-I

I took a great opportunity to listen them live last year. Its name was "Nazım Oratoryosu" . That was an incredible performance. I recommend that if you have a chance, you can listen them without thinking.

An interview about flow theory and research with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who is a professor.