S.T.E.M. is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. A STEM School focuses on these subjects and has kids that are actively engaged in problem-solving, discovery,...
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Catch up on the latest education publishing thoughts from the irrepressible Marie Brown, an industry icon and our Marble Ambassador.
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Marie’s notes and thoughts on yesterday’s “Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit”, held in Washington D.C.
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Teachers face many challenges in the classroom. They often overlook a simple but essential need for both their students and themselves: water.
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Discovering a new, helpful software tool can be as exciting as opening a gift! Check out some of these free tools that can be used to support remote, collaborative learning in 2012.
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Catch up on the latest education publishing thoughts from the irrepressible Marie Brown, an industry icon and our Marble Ambassador.
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If you are going to be traveling over the holidays here are a few helpful, free smartphone apps:
FlightAware
Just provide your airline and flight number. Accept the push notification feature...
Naturally, normal people feel emotions. In both formal and informal learning, discovering something new typically leads to positive feelings of joy, while experiencing failure often leads to...
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My previous posts have described some promises and some challenging that the groundswell of support for in-depth STEM education to supersede science education as we’ve known it, specifically around the forthcoming Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
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Catch up on the latest education publishing thoughts from the irrepressible Marie Brown, an industry icon and our Marble Ambassador.
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Do you remember the games Scrabble, Simon, and Yahtzee? With Hasbro's Wonder-Link technology, these games have taken a high tech spin, and will only set you back about $20. Scrabble Flash,...
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Some things are so obvious that it is easy to overlook them. One way to improve math and science education is to provide relevant, engaging content. What is more significant to a person than the...
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Last week this Marble got to attend the NAEYC conference. Exploring the exhibit hall was especially fun. I had to pry myself away from the cool tactile materials like…
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We’ve all seen it—the kid that struggles in school. It feels right to step forward, intervene, do something. But how much intervention is too much? And what if the way we’re...
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Imagine that you never forgot-- anything: facts, languages, places, experiences, skills… Would that be a good thing? Be careful, lest the King Midas curse come to haunt your learning and...
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In my last blog post, I described ways that the Carnegie Institute and their partners have tried to “grease the skids” so that the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) may finally bring about a revolution in science education.
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Catch up on the latest education publishing thoughts from the irrepressible Marie Brown, an industry icon and our Marble Ambassador.
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Did you know that Sesame Street's upcoming 42nd season will include segments on science for the very first time? Premiering on September 26, 2012, PBS Kids will debut STEM curriculum that...
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Sliding into my airline seat, I notice that all three people across the aisle have some kind of e-reader open on their lap: two Kindles (I think) and a Nook. I look up a row, and see another...
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Once upon a time, a group of people set out to discover and communicate how to make life better, not just for them, then and there, but for anyone at any time in any place… Who were these...
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