Following on from my previous post about the Tinkering School and how creating meaningful experiences for children allows better learning, is this article about the Kolle 37 playpark in Berlin, Germany. Here at the playground the children have the opportunity to build their own huts, make fire, work in the garden, watch and work with animals or just play. There are different projects in which the children can develop their creativity. They also learn ...

Part of my role for the church here is to develop our partnerships with local schools and I often go in to primary and secondary schools to take assemblies or lessons around particular themes. We have also recently been running a Youth Alpha course at the local Academy (where our church meets on Sunday mornings). Yesterday, I ...

Gever Tulley, is the founder of Tinkering School and author of the book 'Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do).' He is also a self-taught computer scientist who holds multiple technology patents. The tinkering school offers an exploratory curriculum designed to help kids – ages 8 to 17 – learn how to build ...

Techcrunch ran an interesting article today about 'Time to Know', an Israeli technology company trying to revolutionise classroom based teaching. The basic thesis Time To Know is operating under is that today’s current classroom is following a teaching paradigm designed in the industrial age, i.e., a teacher standing in front of a class, a blackboard on the wall and students at their desks. Think of it this way… Imagine time warping a teacher ...