A new visual vocabulary that reflects the multi-dimensional role of great teachers from Hyperakt and Studio 360, with plenty of free downloadable posters. Related reading: A New Culture of Learning.
Google launches YouTube for Schools, offering schools access to 400,000 free educational YouTube videos, including content from organizations like Stanford, PBS and TED, while limiting access to other YouTube content. Schools can customize their YouTube for Schools experience, adding videos that are only viewable within their school network. An interesting take on curation in education.
One teachers approach to preventing gender bullying in a classroom
Inspiring article about a teacher learning how to deal with gender stereotyping in her kindergarten classroom:
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said: “Allie, I’m not playing. It’s time for art. The rule is no hoods or hats in school.”
She looked up with tears in her eyes and I realized there was something wrong. Her classmates went into the art room and we moved to the art storage area so her classmates wouldn’t hear our conversation. I softened my tone and asked her if she’d like to tell me what was wrong.
“My ponytail,” she cried.
“Can I see?” I asked.
She nodded and pulled down her hood. Allie’s braids had come undone overnight and there hadn’t been time to redo them in the morning, so they had to be put back in a ponytail. It was high up on the back of her head like those of many girls in our class, but I could see that to Allie it just felt wrong. With Allie’s permission, I took the elastic out and re-braided her hair so it could hang down.
“How’s that?” I asked.
She smiled. “Good,” she said and skipped off to join her friends in art.
‘Why Do You Look Like a Boy?’
system: how to get more tips in the tip jar
Who: Birch Coffee (@birchcoffee) in NYC
System: Ask a quirky question and get people to vote on the answer with their dollar. I can tell you those jars are always full. Fun and effective.
Oh yeah, the answer: The onion
Why young people should be at the heart of your arts organisation | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional
James Stanley, communications officer at Contact, explains how his organisation is working with young people and why the arts should work with, not for, them
