By Dr. Jill T. Tussey and Dr. Leslie Haas Education continues to evolve and grow while the goal to help students become strong readers remains constant. Early childhood classrooms provide learners with support and structure to develop life-long literacy and social-emotional skills. There are many ways to naturally embed both…
Young Mind Interactive provides content development support for Reach the World, the North American classroom partners for the Endurance22 Mission, as well as the Weddell Sea Expedition, both of which were searching for Earnest Shackleton’s sunken ship the Endurance. Over the past few years, we have designed classroom worksheets illustrating…
by Jason McKee Board games are fun, social activities that can stretch the mind. When children are involved, they get even better–creating clean, enjoyable family evenings. Yet, if you get it right, you can also learn while you play. How? Read on for more. What is Learning through Play–and why…
Young Mind Interactive’s Creative Director and digital artist Jeffrey Wiener will lead the class through a series of drawing exercises using the iPad and the app “Procreate”. He’ll review techniques for mimicking sketching with pencils, charcoal, pastels using small statuary and natural objects as subjects. Multiple cameras will be utilized…
By Steve NelsonDec 31, 2021 Silver linings are hard to see in cloud cover as thick and unrelenting as 2020. 2020 was a year best seen in the rearview mirror (perhaps 2020 hindsight?). Only the willfully blind – that is to say 74 million Americans, give or take – might…
Growing into the professional adult you wish to become can be amplified by exposing yourself to new opportunities through networking. Pet Hedley, Investor, Advisor and Author (Meet 100 People), TedX speaker, and former Managing Director at General Atlantic gives an inspiring interview to Soledad O’Brien on MatterOfFact TV that ambitious…
A whole new world: Education meets the metaverse
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This policy brief offers a path for bringing best educational practices of how and what children learn to guide the design of the metaverse.
Researchers explore an unlikely treatment for cognitive disorders: video games
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Video games distract, amuse, and inspire. But new research begs the question: can they heal?
Why interactive and game-based instruction beats lecturing every time
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Going through the motions is easy for experienced lecturers, but we should all go the extra mile to make our classes interactive, challenging and fun, says Nancy Boury