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  • Ari Daniel Shapiro - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 10:10am
    In this post, guest blogger Ari Daniel Shapiro explores the concept of emergence which can be present in the highly technical and evolved and the ordinary. Imagine something you use everyday – like...
  • Heather Neal - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 11:03am
    Anyone who has worked in Education for any length of time, volunteers at an afterschool program, or owns their own child knows that getting kids to read can be challenging. According to the National...
  • Heather Neal - Monday, March 18, 2013 - 12:06pm
    InVenture Prize 2013 brought a diverse group of 6 competitors who battled it out in front of a panel of judges and live audience. You can watch the show in its entirety by streaming it online at...
  • Heather Neal - Friday, March 15, 2013 - 4:24pm
    GPB welcomed special guest visitors from Fannin Middle School recently. Students from the Careers connections classes (which I think were called “exploratory classes” when I was in school a few...
  • Rosemary Jean-Louis - Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 10:11am
    What is the future of learning? I remember pondering this question often as I plodded through my Master’s degree program in Curriculum and Instruction. I had no choice of course as the question was...
  • Heather Neal - Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 9:09am
    Tonight is the night that the Inventure Prize winner will be chosen in a live competition show at Georgia Tech, broadcasted by GPB at 7PM. You can watch and encourage your students to watch online...
  • Rosemary Jean-Louis - Friday, March 8, 2013 - 10:55am
    What are your students doing this summer? (Yes I realize we’re still in the throes of winter, but now is the time to make those summer plans.) What if your students could spend some summer days...
  • Heather Neal - Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 9:47am
    NOVA has a fascinating series that explores the real lives of real scientists, The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers. In a set of three to five interviews with each scientist, you get a feel...
  • Heather Neal - Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 12:03pm
    This may be education at its finest. Students combine their cumulative knowledge, creativity, and passion for discovery to solve real, current problems. Created and organized by faculty of Georgia...

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