We recently hosted a free online talk and Q&A with co-founder of Connected Sparks and Director of Experiential Learning at Columbia University on story-driven learning and 21st century classrooms. If you weren’t able to make it, you can find the audio here: Direct download of audio HERE (“control” click to download MP3) Some highlights from […]
Lyka will be LIVE blogging to readers from Dec – Jan
Lyka and the Great Barrier Reef (book 2 from the Lyka’s Adventure series) was selected as on the the MUST READS for the Australian Summer Reading Club. We are pretty jazzed about this, as libraries across Australia will be participating in this wonderful program. And what’s even more exciting is that Lyka will be guest […]
Wish for the Future: free teaching platform for design thinking + prototyping
Three years ago we designed Wish For the Future: how do we make the world work for 100% of humanity? http://www.wishforthefuture.com/ Wish For The Future is a creative platform to empower everyone to shape the world around them and create a better future now. Participants make a WISH for the future. Then user GRANT a […]
Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School
Laura Fleming, author of Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School, is a leader in Maker culture, next-generation teaching methods, and implementing Transmedia into education. She’s also been a mentor to Lyka’s Adventure since it’s inception 4 years ago when it was only an educational experiment under the title Robot […]
Lyka’s Adventure and UNICEF
In August 2014 our little robot scientist traveled in her Mystery Bag from Toronto to Haiti on a UNICEF mission. She visited the lovely students of the Community School of Citron Marlique. Before the students discovered Lyka inside her mystery bag, the students gave her a warm welcome in song. The magical moment was captured […]
40 must read books on storytelling, play & design
From Connected Sparks Co-founder, Lance Weiler’s (via his Medium page) What are the best books for those interested in storytelling, play and design? While I was prepping for a course that I’m teaching this semester at Columbia University, I reached out via facebook for some reading recommendations. Below is a partial list of some of […]
