September 2008
4 posts
And now lets get things started...
The New York Times has an article on how Disney is trying to bring the Muppets back. What’s amazing is that a brand and experience like the Muppets ever left. The show always had a subversive undertone though and we now live in an age where being subversive can get a whole lot of unwanted eyeballs, and other things, pointing in your direction. Let’s HOPE that Disney doesn’t...
Playground around and around
Good Magazine is covering education in their latest issue. They have a series of articles on the decline and current reinvention of playgrounds. There’s a lot of renewed buzz around play and its role in the health and cognitive development of kids. The conversations seem to be shifting away from simply advocating the basic need for play, to discussing the quality and context of play. ...
All that glitters
The latest contender for ultra mobile, yet rugged, and kid friendly computer dominance is the IDEO designed Spark. The world renowned innovation and design firm has partnered with Project Inkwell to conceptualize a slick rendering of what they imagine the future of educational computing to be for the K - 12 set. The Spark is not pretending to be a magic bullet for poverty in the 3rd World as was...