January 2009
4 posts
“`I can’t believe that!’ said Alice. `Can’t you?’ the...”
– Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Jan 27th
Treasure Boxes
Hmm.  Ok, there may or may not be boxes but there most certainly will be treasures…or not.  Bear with me.  This is about the experience of learning through artifact…and building global perspectives among children and adolescents.  It has natural science elements, technology, arts, culture, language, etc.  The “boxes” might be used in classrooms, libraries or museums.  They...
Jan 27th
The Ingenious Innovative Designers Journal
An idea I have toyed with for a few years.   I am thinking about the ways that idea generators might engage children’s ability to be creative.  I am thinking about creating a medium for challenging them to create, design, illustrate, imagine solutions to simple but sort of exotic ideas. Imagine a new vegetable. What does it look like? How does it smell? How does it taste? Create a...
Jan 27th
Community History Trunks, Crow Canyon... →
One of my inspirations for the Treasure Chests.
Jan 27th