Update: April 2, 2013 Given Mike Rice's conduct berating players at practice captured on cam and sent all over the social media airwaves w/Rutgers news today, I have to reprise this post to remind … [Read more...]
CoLABoratory of Creativity: Program for the Future 2010
March 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
March 1, 2010 Once upon a time, I spent 25+ years as a creative director at virtual agency: Copy/Concepts. Collaboration came very naturally to me, as we all divvied up our specialty areas and … [Read more...]
Swine Flu School Panic? NGC Now Offers Sick Day Media
November 16, 2009 by 7 Comments
Nov. 16, 2009 Tune into the way back machine to get some pertinent media wisdom for today’s H1N1 pandemic scaring the stuffing out of young kids. See the poster at left? It was produced in 1939 at … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Meets Health2.0 For Kids Wellness & Therapy
October 9, 2009 by 7 Comments
Oct. 9, 2009 Once upon a time in my former life as a creative director and copywriter, I was asked to create a compelling headline for a learning simulation where young Stanford law students could … [Read more...]
Storybird Kids Online Book Community Hatches Creative Fledglings
September 10, 2009 by 15 Comments
Update 11-19-2014: Storybird Studio (Q&A here) launches for educators today, as a "suite of easy-to-use creative, administrative, and social tools for writing, reading, and storytelling" … [Read more...]
healthGAMERS: Newly Launched Hub For Serious Gaming
June 26, 2009 by 3 Comments
June 26, 2009 Just as some kids can sniff out an ‘educational’ experience and shut the learning light switch off (or dim it at best) others do the same with the phrase "Serious Games." Though it's … [Read more...]
SmartyCard: Summer Screen Time For The Quiz Whiz
June 3, 2009 by 16 Comments
June 2, 2009 Been at Ypulse all day with updates to come, so here's part two in the SmartyCard series! Message for summer study time? Save a tree, ditch the workbooks! Without fail, every year I … [Read more...]
SmartyCard’s Summer Challenge With Scholastic: Heads Up for Fall!
May 28, 2009 by 18 Comments
May 28, 2009 I was just about to post an in-depth review and analysis of the merits and watch-worthy aspects of the new SmartyCard.com "learn and earn" kids' program for 3rd-6th graders, when I … [Read more...]
Do Older Kids Outgrow Easter Egg Hunts and Dyeing Eggs?
April 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
April 12, 2009 Passover, Easter and religious convos aside, let’s just say EVERY generation seems to love spring fun and festivity. My parents hosted a pack of 85 year olds in an impromptu ‘just do … [Read more...]
Serious Fun! Making Media to Study for SAT Exams
March 10, 2009 by 1 Comment
Mar. 9, 2009 I’ll admit I had my doubts. When Jack at MIT told all of us on the Classroom 2.0 hub that BrainyFlix was asking kids to make viral videos for pass around fun about SAT vocabulary words … [Read more...]
Beyond Tech Toys: Pico=A Playful Invention Company (Part Four)
February 6, 2009 by 5 Comments
Feb. 6, 2009 Today I had the pleasure of speaking with global fellowship recipients in Stanford's Innovation Journalism Program (here's VentureBeat's audio of Director David Nordfors explaining the … [Read more...]
