The Fun Theory

Can you get people to do something more often if you make it fun?   The Piano Stairs demonstrated this.
Now check out these other demonstrations: Bottle Bank and The World's Deepest Bin.  Then check out the website.

The world needs "childish" thinking

"Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to lealrn from children as much as to teach."

TED Talks. (2010, February). Adora svitak: What adults can learn from kids. http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html

What the World Eats

This is an interesting photo essay that centers on what people around the world eat and spend on food for a week. I see many applications regarding social studies, ELA, math, etc. Here are several resources on this I've found:

Time photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

YouTube video

Educator's Guide

Hardcover Book for Kids

Video Writing Prompt

Musical Stairs

Still Just Searching? 20 Google Tools to Test Drive

One of the blogs I follow is Randy Rodgers The Moss-Free Stone. Randy is great about putting up links and describing web 2.0 tools. Check out this post:


Still Just Searching? 20 Google Tools to Test Drive