Last call for participation in the 8th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C 2011), we cordially invite you to join us at the beautiful High Museum of Art in Atlanta, USA, from November 3-6, 2011. Conference: Creativity & Cognition 2011 Website: http://dilab.gatech.edu/ccc/index.html Conference dates: November 3-6, 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Archive of posts tagged Education
Webinar Through History’s Lens: How history contributes to a better understanding of science
On 1 April at noon EDT, the AAAS is sponsoring a webinar, “Through History’s Lens: How history contributes to a better understanding of science” that is free but requires registration to view the event. From the announcement: “A panel of historians and scientists will give examples of how history has helped our human understanding of the natural world. The [...]
Article: Poetry, Painting to Earn an M.D.
Medical schools are placing a growing emphasis on the humanities, including courses in writing, art and literature. The programs aim to teach students “right-brain” insights and skills they won’t learn dissecting cadavers or studying pathology slides. Full article
CFP: The Book in Art and Science
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Library of Congress, the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and the Folger Shakespeare Library and Institute, the nineteenth annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP), “The Book in Art & Science,” will be held in Washington, DC, Thursday, 14 July [...]
Article: Does the Digital Classroom Enfeeble the Mind?
By JARON LANIER | New York Times If machines are to improve teaching, we must recognize their limits — and our own capacity for magic. Full article
Article: Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits
This article says that psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong. Perhaps it redeems those of us who like to work in coffee shops?
Article: When is self-plagiarism ok?
When Robert Barbato of the E. Philip Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) heard he was being accused of plagiarizing his own work, he was a bit surprised. “I can’t plagiarize myself — those are my own words,” he said. And he is not alone in his views. Some scientists and [...]
FYI: LEONARDO SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEDIA ART HISTORIES
The Department for Image Science (Danube University) and Leonardo/ISAST are pleased to announce their new cooperative effort, a half-tuition scholarship for the Master of Arts (MA) course in MediaArtHistories, with a start in May 2010!
Education Reform debate
One of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read was Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit. A MacArthur fellow and educator, Delpit argues that many minority students are erroneously labeled “underachievers” due to failures of communication between teachers and students. Delpit’s persuasive arguments for balancing creative thinking with structured learned came [...]
