Friday, March 11, 2011

Banned from Schools, Do Video Games Make Kids Fat & more

10 Things Banned From Public Schools [mental_floss Blog]

Study: Do Video Games Make Kids Fat? No. [Educational Games Research] - Counterpoint to what you might frequently hear reported on network morning "news" shows or you local "news".

Study Better By Changing Up Where You Do It [NY Times via Consumerist]

10 Schools With Amazing Educational Design [Architizer Blog via GOOD] - What would it take to get this kind of design available for any forward thinking school district, without the public footing an insane bill?

Make Them "Your Students" [Sup Teach?] - A simple, powerful idea you can use on Monday.

2 comments:

Jewish School NYC said...

Video games distract from learning, and should not, in most circumstances, be brought to an educational establishment. However, at home, they may make kids large and lazy, but they are a pretty standard outlet in today's society, and are certainly a better alternative to going out and getting arrested.

Tad Jackson said...

Work 'em even harder in PE!