"Creativity is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status."
- Sir Ken Robinson, TED Conference, 2006
As nerd conventions go, TED is pretty much the cream of the crop. And we mean that as the highest of compliments.
What began in the early 1980s as an annual conference to bring together experts in the fields of technology, entertainment, and design, has now blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon that provides both financing and platforms to the brightest minds from just about any field you can imagine. (Learn more about TED&n …
When The Galahad Legacy hit bookstores this year, some people assumed (wrongly) that this was the end of their beloved Galahad series. But it's not. There are more Galahad stories forthcoming.
In fact, we want YOU to write them.
Announcing the first-ever Galahad Fan Fiction Contest, open to all eligible students in grades 6 through 12. The concept is simple: write an original short story involving the characters from Galahad. It could be a continuation of the series that picks up where Legacy left off, or it could be the personal backstory of one of your favorite characters... or i …
Our friends over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers took part in the Galahad Scavenger Hunt Blog Tour last month.
Now, blogger extraordinaire GMR follows that up with this interview with series author Dom Testa -- mainly to talk about The Big Brain Club. But she's throwing in a pretty cool prize: the chance to win a copy of the first three books in the Galahad series (each of which won an EVVY Award as Best Young Adult Book) as well as a copy of The Mindbender Book Volume 1.
The contest deadline is May 20, so don't wait. Head on over, read the full interview, and reg …
Welcome back... This week we look at the largest crocodile in history, the first glimpse of light from an alien super-earth, and the chemical that makes some people procrastinate more than others. But first: do you smell that, or is it just me?
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Perhaps none of our senses is as tied to old memories as our sense of smell. What gives?
A lot of it has to do with geography. Not the kind of geography you learned about in middle school, but the geography of the brain. You see, the olfactory bulb is part of the brain's limbic system. And that part of the brain happens …
The students of Horizon Middle School in Aurora, Colorado, are the latest recipients of programmatic support and technology donations from The Big Brain Club.
This Spring, 67 students at Horizon became the latest collection of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students to have their work professionally published. The resulting book, The Big Brain Club at Horizon Middle School, was published and donated back to the school by The Big Brain Club. 100% of sales from the book benefit Horizon's library.
The Big Brain Club also donated a classroom set of iPod Touch devices for use by the Horizon teaching staf …
