Storytelling as an essential skill in the 21st century
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media, MindShare Learning | @MindShareYouth For the past few editions, the Youth File has been exploring essential skills for students in the 21st century, from entrepreneurship to design thinking. And how…
A lesson in “design thinking” for students
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media Specialist, MindShare Learning Follow on Twitter @MindShareYouth The “design-thinking” process for education championed by IDEO and the d.school at Stanford are a method to problem-solving and improving the…
Re-imagining the educational experience through games
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media Specialist, MindShare Learning “Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce Play is at the heart of games. To wonder,…
Entrepreneurship: An essential skill for young grads
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media Specialist, MindShare Learning Albert Einstein once said “I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough.” In times when the future is uncertain or even ambiguous, many…
Youth Fusion: Helping curb Quebec’s high dropout rate
Let’s face it: Canada (and the world) is more complex, connected and interdependent than ever. The new generation of Canadian leaders face challenges that are said to be more daunting and difficult than…
Podcast Interview with Dr. Jeremy Friedberg, Spongelab Interactive
Dr. Jeremy Friedburg, trained in molecular genetics and biotechnology, and now a long-time game-based learning educator for the sciences as a founding partner of Spongelab Interactive. We met at his offices in downtown…
Podcast Interview with Kate Gatto, TakingItGlobal for Educators (TIGed)
I recently had the chance to catch up with the TakingItGlobal team down at their Toronto offices to find out more about TakingItGlobal for Educators (TIGed). TIGed in its sixth year running, it’s summed…
Podcast interview with Dr. Debra Pepler, Professor, York University
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media Specialist, MindShare Learning Recently, I caught up with Dr. Debra Pepler, Professor and Researcher from York University and co-founder of PREVNet a national network of Canadian researchers focusing on bullying….
Inspire Discovery with the Motion Picture for this Media Literacy Week
By Aislinn Malszecki, Digital Media Specialist, MindShare Learning It’s Canadian Media Literacy Week Nov. 7 – 11, 2011. And I wanted to highlight several interesting video and animation resources to help connect your…
