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I learned from Sal Khan that children often want to get help without the experience of being tutored. Sal Khan’s videos tutored his nephews without them having to be in a directly human conversation with their uncle. So when my daughter pronounced she didn’t care about her weekly spelling words, and didn’t want help, I decided to make a video. Along the way, magic happened…
Ever had that “Elvis has left the building” feeling? I was at the Idaho Discovery Center this weekend for “Life in the Operating Room”, an incredibly cool event where we can all learn how nurses and doctors fix us up when we need to go to the hospital. I was playing with one of the regular exhibits I love, and remembered a recent conversation with Bill Molina, the Discovery Center’s Exhibits Director. Bill had communicated one of the great lessons of hands on science to me, and working at the exhibit I got it big time.
Last year I made pumpkin carving saws that were a great success. This year I upped the ante with InstaMorph plastic handles for the saws. InstaMorph is so easy to use, and inexpensive. I recommend everyone get a container to play with, it will become a standard shop item in short order. I am delighted when “unlikely architecture” appears from remains or remnants of previous structures. In the TED talk above Robert Hammond summarizes the story of Manhattan’s High Line, a rusty industrial railway turned into an elevated park snaking across Manhattan island. We all know the delightful charm of ancient ruins, but it has been somewhat recently that architects have begun to use industrial structures and places once considered ugly to make impressive and soulful urban public spaces. Continue reading From Manhattan’s High Line to Boise’s Hole? |
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