EA and GlassLab Developing SimCityEDU

Aim to provide game as a tool for STEM development.

Streams, Kimber. “Electronic Arts Announces ‘SimCity’ for the Classroom.” The Verge. Vox Media Inc., 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 20 Jan. 2013.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/19/3894034/electronic-arts-announces-simcity-for-the-classroom-simcityedu

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130118006002/en/EA-GlassLab-Announce-SimCityEDU-%E2%80%93-Inspiring-Generation

UK Finds State Has Failed Up To 3,000 “Damaged Children”

“[The] outcome for this highly vulnerable group of children in care who have offended and been placed away from their home area was extremely poor.”

Travis, Alan. “Thousands of the Most Damaged Children in Care Being Failed.” The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 18 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec/18/most-damaged-children-care-failed

http://www.hmcpsi.gov.uk/cjji/inspections/inspection_no/594/

GoldieBlox

Toy aims to encourage girls to experiment with engineering.

Wilson, Lauren. “GoldieBlox: A Construction Toy With a Story Line Builds Girls’€ Interest in Engineering.” AllThingsD. Dow Jones and Company, 19 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.

http://allthingsd.com/20121219/goldieblox-a-construction-toy-with-a-story-line-builds-girls-interest-in-engineering/

http://www.goldieblox.com/

Research Review Suggests Correlation Between Lead Levels and Aggression, Low IQ, and ADHD

Get the lead out.

Drum, Kevin. “America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead.” Mother Jones. Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress, 03 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline

Research Review Suggests Fluoride Detrimental to Neurodevelopment

Study correlates high fluoride content with low IQ.

Choi, Anna L., Guifan Sun, Ying Zhang, and Philippe Grandjean. “Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 20 July 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/

Data Mining In The Classroom

Data Mining In The Classroom

Using analytics for better instruction.

(see pdf on right)

West, Darrell M. “Big Data for Education: Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Web Dashboards.” Brookings. The Brookings Institutiion, 4 Sept. 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012. <http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/09/04-education-technology-west&gt;.

Hello from Mars!

Hello from Mars!

Need more input!

Lakdawalla, Emily. “The Planetary Society.” Hello, Beautiful! The Planetary Society, 7 Sept. 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012. <http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/09072200-hello-beautiful.html&gt;.