First Ever LEGO School in Billund Denmark
Ok, this is clearly one of those dreams come true. Lego have committed to building a school that focusses on creativity and inquiry-based learning in the home of that wonderful little brick Billund,...
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A New Look for Wonderopolis, Still Full of Wonder
If you haven’t checked out Wonderopolis yet, you should. It is a fantastic resource for Geek Parents, educators and anyone who has an interest in inspiring and explaining the world in which we live to...
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“Teaching Kids to Code” Guide: A Fantastic Resource
As GeekDads we are probably more aware than others of the increasing interest from parents, schools and businesses of teaching kids to code. Indeed, politicians, rappers, and even NBA basketballers...
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AcademicEarth.org Relaunches with a Full Slate of New Videos
Education is not just gleaned in the classroom. Many of us are walking, talking testaments to self-taught learning. We were the same kids who told the karate kids that we were good at street fighting....
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Toca Boca Goes Creative With Sago Sago
One of the most successful app development teams in the child and education space is Toca Boca. Through a commitment to social play in the digital realm they have become a household name for anyone...
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Motion Math Games: Real Innovation
I remember receiving a promo code and downloading this little game a few people had been talking about called Motion Math. I quickly mastered the game play through a short, instructional animation...
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How to Raise Good Geeks
Make an intentional choice to get out of the way of our innate joy of learning. Speaking in public is nerve-wracking for most people. When giving presentations, one of the things that helps me lower my...
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Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong
Unfortunately, learning through book osmosis doesn’t make the learning strategies list. Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of...
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Do You Want Your Daughter to Excel at Math and Science? Get a Little Help...
GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math and Science) GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math and Science) are clubs for girls in grades 3-8 with expansions into high school. The organization was founded in 1994 by Laura...
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The Curiosity Cycle: Keep Your Kids Learning and Growing
Image: Mugan Publishing curiosity cycle The learning process that consists of individuating concepts, using those concepts to build models, and testing models. We all have multiple curiosity cycles...
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12 Things to Know About the Rubik’s Puzzle Cube
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Acdx) CC-BY-SA-3.0 About a month ago, I came across my wife’s original Rubik’s Puzzle Cube. I remember seeing these things my entire life, and thinking that the...
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Try Family Meditation for Closer Relationships and Personal Growth
Image CC 2.0 Generic by Flickr user Peter Merholz In an effort to go through life with more mindfulness and as a way to teach my kids to be more introspective and thoughtful about themselves, we have...
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Let’s GeekSource an App!
Crowdsourcing — the practice of using a large collection of people to move mountains. There are plenty of examples such as raising funds for a potential product (Kickstarter), making improvements on...
View ArticleBen Bertoli’s ClassRealm Is Gamifying the Classroom
My GeekDad colleague James Floyd Kelly and I teamed up to do our investigative report on Ben Bertoli, who teaches sixth grade math, science and language arts in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ben’s launching...
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Zachary Levi Talks STEM Skills, Digital Literacies and Human-Centric Tech
Photo: Eric Blackmon Photography I heard his voice as Trooper 4 while playing Halo: Reach. I’ve seen him as the charismatic host of Spike TV’s Video Game Awards in 2011. And my son and I are both huge...
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Lego Education Announces “A Lego Way to Teach”
This month, Lego Education announced the introduction of BuildToExpress, a new approach to learning that uses traditional Lego bricks to help students develop a deeper understanding of what they’re...
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Hands-On Education Hits the Road With SparkTruck
Earlier this year a neat project on Kickstarter caught my eye: “SparkLab: the educational build-mobile!” A couple of design students from the d.school at Stanford University in California had the...
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iPad Game Run For President Teaches Kids About the Election Process
Election: Run For President lets players re-play past U.S. Presidential elections The second half of the U.S. Presidential campaign season gets underway this week with the Republican National...
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Students Who Stay Awake to Study Do Worse in School the Next Day
In the dark ages, before the discovery of coffee. Image: D Sharon Pruitt/Flickr Students who average more study hours do better in school. But a study published last week in the journal Child...
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Toddlers Have Fun Learning ABCs and Music
My two-year-old son, Sawyer, is a bit underwhelmed when it comes to technology. His five-year-old brother has introduced him to a number of devices that include the iPad, the Nabi 2, the LeapPad 2,...
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