English teacher and researcher Ryan Poll shares why the Netflix show Puffin Rock stands out from its peers in the crowded market space of children’s educational programming. Watching television shows with my kids (ages six, four, and two) means re-watching television shows with my kids. Lately, thanks to the mysterious and sacred algorithms of Netflix,…
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Spoken word artist, filmmaker and activist Prince EA gives his viewpoint on how we can create a better future of learning in this spoken word piece titled “The People Vs. The School System”. “We have a limited number of breaths on this planet. This realization is what led me to create the content I produce now.”…
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What is real creativity and has modern humanity forgotten how to use it? In this article, Agustin Fuente explores how creativity is the secret to what makes humans special – as for the past 2 million years, creative collaboration has always been what humans do best. Humans have incredible creative potential. Our knack for creating megacities,…
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The language of data is commonly spoken amongst innovative economies. Marcus Loh for Asia Times explores how organisations using big data are able to vastly improve their productivity in the fact of their competitors. Copyright of Asia Times It wasn’t too long ago that bourses saw red as a market rout wiped off billions in…
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Writing for Rappler, Marj Casal has reported on the partnership between the Cartoon Network and SparkleLab, which visits schools to teach children the fundamentals of coding through beloved Cartoon Network characters. Whilst for today’s children, coding is becoming as vital a skill as reading or writing, it can also help to develop children’s imagination and…
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Robin Edds article on Buzzfeed shows us diverse range of innovative ideas. 24 Ideas That Are Almost Too Damn Clever like a completely white braille Rubik’s cube and the receipt that comes with the exact nutritional values of the food you ordered, we think that’s very creative! 1. The measuring jug that tells you how much you’ve…
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Leah Stella Stephens talks about Imagination. Creativity. Curiosity and how consumerism has convinced us that we do not need to be and are not imaginative or creative and that we do not have the skills in place to be so. A restricted imagination can lead to lower self-confidence and self-worth. What happens when we neglect these jewels…
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Ben Chapman tells us how the Government are backing an ‘Inventor Prize’ competition, offers £50,000 prize for the UK’s best invention idea for a product which has a social purpose and can help people in the UK. We love how the Government is backing the importance of innovation and creativity. Inventors from across the UK…
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Northwell Health highlights on Buzzfeed 10 Innovations In Health That Will Blow Your Mind showing us how innovative technologies have been used to help people’s physical and mental health. Researchers at the University College London and University of Barcelona – ICREA conducted a study using virtual reality to simulate situations that teach compassion. In the study, five…
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Designer Justin Nardella: Makes props and designs the set of a stage production of ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ by Louis Carroll, he tells Holly Williams how he believes that just as Carroll left the Snark to the imagination, he would do the same, by just creating the Snark as a set of eyes to…
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