Watch this beautifully shot profile of entomologist Brian Fisher. A researcher at the California Academy of Sciences, Brian shares what he loves about his work in the field and studying ants in particular. "You can't see much when you see them on the ground. But put them under a microscope and they just dazzle you …
I love teaching teens about intellectual property. I get a lot of puzzled looks whenever I say this among other educators, but it’s true. Teens are so much more media-savvy than I was as a young person, since their lives are so immersed in media wherever they are. They are constantly consuming music, photos, videos, digital games …
Interesting news in the digital learning field. It looks like there will be a 2016 Digital Media and Learning conference, despite MacArthur Foundation ending their support for the DML area this year. *Save the Date!* The 2016 DML Conference will be held Oct. 5-7, 2016 at @UCIrvine. More info coming soon. #2016DML pic.twitter.com/Ffg8sH0jOo — DML2016 (@dmlconference) …
Back in May when I was on expedition in the Philippines, one of the most helpful resources we brought with us was a set of our biodiversity videos created for the Khan Academy translated into the local Filipino / Tagalog language. Most Filipinos have some facility with the English language, which is a part of …
I didn't even realize there was a World Emoji Day. Apparently its on July 17? Anyway, this tweet from the @Calacademy account was particularly adorable. In honor of #WorldEmojiDay, visit us & we'll show you for-realz versions of ??????????????????? pic.twitter.com/KZtwj9O6ta — CA AcademyOfSciences (@calacademy) July 17, 2015
Last week, Google Science Fair organized a neat Google Hangout with some of the scientists who went on the last Philippines Verde Island Passage Expedition. I caught some of it live and now am happy to share the full archive of the video chat below. Participants included: Terry Gosliner, senior curator of invertebrate zoology Elliott Jessup, …
I'm excited to share the news that episode one of the podcast "Object Oriented" is now out! As a reminder, "Object Oriented" is a monthly audio podcast featuring my friends Barry Joseph, head of digital learning at the American Museum of Natural History, Eve Gaus of digital learning at the Field Museum in Chicago, and myself. Each episode, we talk about a …
California Academy TechTeens Kate, Victoria and Emma created this video project inspired by the "Habitat Earth" planetarium show. They asked our visitors whether they thought if was possible for humans to get to zero waste. Here's what they found out. For more about the TechTeens see http://www.calacademy.org/techteens . For more about San Francisco's Zero Waste initiative, …
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Check out this short and sweet video on the citizen science bioblitz that happened in March in Golden Gate Park. Created by Chloe, Mark and Madeleine of the California Academy of Sciences TechTeens program. For more about citizen science at the Academy, see http://www.calacademy.org/citizen-science.