University of California rebrands itself with surfer charm.
[education / branding / design / creativity]
While I love my alma mater (Go Dawgs!!), this UC rebrand makes me feel like I went to an old fashioned and outdated school – and has me wishing we would invest in some design help! The UC refresh is scalable, flexible, dynamic and adaptable. And yes, “boldly Californian,” in the words of the school.
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United Noshes: one meal per UN member, Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
United Noshes is a project that aims to cook one ‘feast’ from every United Nations member and permanent observer from A-Z. After carefully researching recipes, the food is prepared in traditional ways and shared with friends. To see the countries and feasts thus far or to sign up to attend a meal with these Brooklyn-dwellers, visit UnitedNoshes.com.
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The education of Mark Zuckerberg.
Even before The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg was always a point of public interest. With Facebook’s public offering in the works, Zuckerberg is under even more of a spotlight. This NYTimes article explores how Zuckerberg got to where he is today - and it’s a pretty interesting read.
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MIT scientist captures 90,000 hours of video of his son’s first words, graphs it.
Cognitive scientist Deb Roy shows children learn to talk from the feedback loop provided by their primary caregivers (by studying his own kid.) If you think that’s cool, check out the company the guy co-founded, Bluefin Labs.
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Why all our kids should be taught how to code.
John Naughton argues our kids will be ”hamsters for the glittering wheels of cages built by Mark Zuckerberg in his kind,” unless: “Starting in primary school, children from all backgrounds and every part of the UK [should] have the opportunity to: learn some of the key ideas of computer science; understand computational thinking; learn to program; and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of excellence in these activities.” Also related: the above FastCo infographic looked to understand why we don’t have more female in tech. Their infographic showed that girls are typically smarter (& take more Math/Science classes) when they’re younger, but then tend to question their ability and change fields in college.
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Kids’ cognition is changing - Education will have to change with it.
Elon University and the Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report about Generation AO, or Generation Always On, and how the internet is changing their cognitive capabilities, for better or worse. The articles highlight new skills like public problem-solving through cooperative work (crowdsourcing), the ability to search and find information online - and the ability to distinguish quality and veracity, etc. As The Atlantic says, “All these skills can be taught. The question is whether kids will learn them in school, or outside of it.” A quick overview from The Atlantic here, or dive into the first report from the study here.
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