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Formal vs informal education, by Joi

I keep meaning to hat-tip to startup hero, Joi for this wonderful post on Formal vs Informal education but I kept forgetting until I looked through my recent bookmarks today. The good parts: Despite my completely dysfunctional relationship with formal learning, I've been able to learn enough to run companies, give talks...

Pilot participant in GS Troop 21812: “Can we use this for school stuff too?”

Yesterday, we started a new group of pilot participants on using BettrAt. We had several girls trained on how to use BettrAt for their informal interests. We were excited to see how enthusiastic they all were with using the site for the things they cared about. People...

Gaming and Informal learning report – from “Engineering Play…”

Mimi Ito, a MacArthur colleague, writes about the sociocultural contexts of game based learning. We're excited to check out her book, Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children's Software (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning). There are some great snippets that we'll excerpt...

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Formal vs informal education, by Joi

Pilot participant in GS Troop 21812: “Can we use this for school stuff too?”

Gaming and Informal learning report – from “Engineering Play…”

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