Building a Marsbase is a Horrible Idea: Let’s do it!
Adults Education
Humans love to explore. Strangely enough even horrible places – like Mars. Let’s see how building a Mars base could work and how insanely nerve-wracking exactly it would be.
How Deadly Are Gambit's Exploding Cards?
Adults Education
The Ragin' Cajun is known for his explosive power and his signature weapon of choice, playing cards, but how dangerous could they be? Kyle stacks the deck on this week's Because Science!
Nujeen wasn't supposed to make it out of Syria, but that's not stopping her dreams.
Adults Education
Nujeen wasn't supposed to make it out of Syria, but that's not stopping her dreams.
Teaching Housing and New Desks for Nalube Primary School
Adults Education
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The myth of Sisyphus - Alex Gendler
Adults Education
Sisyphus was both a clever ruler who made his city prosperous and a devious tyrant who seduced his niece and killed visitors to show off his power.
Liberals vs Conservatives
Adults Education
Are Republicans and Democrats different because of biology?
Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud
Teachers Education
Educational researcher Sugata Mitra won the 2013 TED Prize. His wish is to build a school in the cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another using on-line resources and collaboration. Dr. Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall experiments have shown that children are able to teach themselves and each other without formal teaching, if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest.
Cambridge English - Need a plan?
Teachers Education
Cambridge has a great website with a teacher zone that has free lesson plans.
What we're learning from online education
Teachers Education
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
An Educator's Guide to the "Four C's"
Teachers Education
Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society. See the preview and download the full article for additional links on the subject.
Public Webcasts
Teachers Education
EDUCAUSE 2014 Annual conference has sessions that you can view live, or in recorded forms. Topics for the sessions range from "Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom?" to "Badging to Support Professional Development and Career Building".
Lessons From Finland: What Educators Can Learn About Leadership
Teachers Education
A excerpt from an article written by, Barnett Berry and Ann Bryd, and Alan Wieder that focuses on educators in Finland see themselves as leaders.
Higher Education Strategy Associates
Teachers Education
Daily reflections on issues, trends and data in higher education. Review recent posts and sign up for daily emails.
Does The Current Education Model Make The Grade?
Teachers Education
A panel of experts discuss issues with education and what the future may hold. Watch the debate and have your own discussions with colleagues.
5 Must-Watch Documentaries on Education
Teachers Education
If you are seeking out new and unique perspectives on what education means around the world, these films are for you.
The 13 Most Innovative Schools in the World
Teachers Education
Innovation can look like a lot of things, like incorporating new technology or teaching methods, going on field trips, rejecting social norms or partnering with the local community. It can be a floating school, like the one in Lagos, Nigeria or one blind of gender, like in Stockholm, Sweden.