I absolutely love the work of Cognitive Media. This is their latest: an explanation of the financial crisis produced for the RSA. I would love for someone to build some Yacapaca quizzes around this reinforce the learning. Anyone know if there is a copy of this hosted on a site not normally blocked in schools?
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Thanks Andria Johnson for this fun interactive introduction. After pressing the “>” button, give it a minute to load; it’s well worth the wait.
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A teacher I’d better not name just told me that Yacapaca was blocked in his school because a student submitted an assignment about internet safety that included the phrase “child porn”. The student solved the problem by editing his assignment on his iPhone and resubmitting it. Score 1 for mobile technology and -5000 for misguided censorship.
When students find that in order to continue their education, they must subvert the school’s systems, they will increasingly ask why exactly they are supposed to be going to school in the first place.
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How come the PE department can get students to turn out on a cold, wet Saturday afternoon to do their subject, when you find it hard to get them to even turn in their homework on time?
Part of the answer is that the PE department have harnessed the power of (more…)
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