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On Teachers as Learners…
willrichardson: Seymour Papert on project based learning in 1991: Again, one of my favorite little analogies: If I wanted to become a better carpenter, I’d go find a good carpenter, and I’ll work with this carpenter on doing carpentry or making things. And that’s how I’ll get to be a better carpenter. So if I…
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thomasbolt: brandomarlons: I don’t think that people generally realise what motion picture industry has done to the American Indian, as a matter of fact, all ethnic groups, all minorities, all non-whites. And people just simply don’t realise, just take it for granted that that’s the way people are going to be presented and these clichés…
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hyperallergic: DENVER — “Biennale” is synonymous with “Venice,” practically shorthand for the vaunted Italian art show. But if that city’s annual sinkage and Denver’s sprawling ambitions keep hold, the Mile High City might be a hospitable venue for biennials (biennales) to come. The Biennial of the Americas Hints at Denver’s Growing Pains and Arts Scene
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libraryandarchivesofplay: Ken and Roberta Williams, who founded Sierra On-line computer game company in 1979 and developed it into one of the leading and most influential video game producers of the next two decades, made a major donation of historical materials to The Strong in 2011. The Ken and Roberta Williams Collection, 1979-1996 contains approximately 140…
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I tried the Beme beta. It’s not as simple as “pressing the phone to your chest,” since my chest, like that of many women, is not flat. There’s nothing stable to hold the phone against it at the correct height, allowing me to “capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake,” as Casey…
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It’s genuinely a tricky problem. Visit any gallery and you’ll see screens with error messages or mistaken screensavers. But this feels like a design problem – design something that works in a display without you having to be there – and it feels like a challenge design courses should be tackling, particularly the interactive ones.…
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Try gay orc dating with Tusks: The Orc Dating Simulator
mostlysignssomeportents: If you have ever thought of being a male orc adventuring, traveling and bonding with all kinds of other male orcs, then Mitch Alexander’s Tusks: The Orc Dating Simulator is for you. It’s a really clever and enchanting premise that makes “orc society” feel like a real thing. Alexander (no relation to me) has…