And I think it is critical that we find ways to teach our children the same - there is no way we can teach them to truly prepare for what they will face 10-15 years from now - but we can teach them to innovate, think for themselves, and give them the skills necessary to make a living no matter what the world is like in 2017.
So this holiday season, give your children a gift that will teach them a thing or two about business. I promise you they will love it if you find them one that fits their interests - my kids are particularly fond of Zoo Tycoon - see below!
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Educational Games Produced by the Federation of American Scientists
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Video games, once confiscated in class, are now a key teaching tool. If they're done right.
Kurt Squire knew something unusual was happening in his after-school Western civ program. His normally lackluster middle and high school students, who'd failed the course once already, were coming to class armed with strategies to topple colonial dictators. Heated debates were erupting over the impact of germs on national economies. Kids who didn't know Pompeii from Plymouth Rock were suddenly mapping out the borders of the early Roman Empire.
Kids are not ambivalent when it comes to video games: They love them. Young boys, especially, have been pouring quarters into slots since Computer Space, the first commercial arcade video game, appeared nearly 35 years ago. While pixelated hits like Pong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong first stole gamers' hearts, less glamorous educational titles, like Oregon Trail (1974) and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985), have held their own.
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 Toronto, Canada-based Moola has been operating an invite-only beta for a little over 18 months and will on Friday open their site to the public (they'll be officially launching at the TechCrunch Meetup in Boston). Moola has created a multiplayer online game network in which people compete head-to-head for real money. That's nothing new, but Moola's hook is that the site is completely free. You can't deposit money into Moola, instead you earn your starting funds by looking at ads before playing games. Moola is calling their creation a Massively Multiplayer Rewards Game (MMRG).
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Velkej Chytrák je největší československý server sdružující vývojáře tvořících v nástroji pro tvorbu her Game Maker. Kromě udržování komunity se tento rok pořádal již druhý ročník Letní vývojářské soutěže, která byla určena jak začínajícím tvůrcům, tak i ostříleným veteránům na poli Game Maker scény.
openfrog writes "An inspired professor at University of Washington-Bothell, Martha Groom, made an interesting pedagogical experiment. Instead of vilifying Wikipedia as some academics are prone to do, she assigned the students enrolled in her environmental history course to contribute articles. The result has proven "transformative" to her students. They were no longer spending their time writing for one reader, says Groom, but were doing work of consequence in a "peer reviewed" environment, which enhanced the quality of their output."
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Pilotní výstava
WEB 2.0 generace má za cíl ukázat technologické, podnikatelské, ale i umělecké trendy spojené s využíváním nové generace webových služeb na internetu, tzv. web 2.0 aplikací typu Youtube, Flickr, Google Map, Facebook či LastFM.
"V rámci výstavy Umělci v laboratořích představíme nová díla pětice mladých českých umělců a umělkyň, jejichž cílem na výzkumných stážích ve vědeckém prostředí bylo spojittechnickou vizualizaci s uměleckým obrazem", uvádí kurátorka výstavy Denisa Kera.
Výstavy
WEB 2.0 generace a
Umělci v laboratořích budou otevřeny v prostorách AV ČR na Národní třídě již od 5.11.2007. Jsou součástí festivalu
ENTER, který je oproti minulým ročníkům
Entermultimediale z roku 2000 a
Entermultimediale2 z roku 2005 rozdělen do tří na sobě nezávislých sekcí, které budou probíhat v době od 8. do 11.11.2007 v Domě U Kamenného zvonu, Galerii CIANT, galerii Francouzského institutu či na Akademii věd ČR.
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