http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/chat-roulette-language-learning.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:09:45 +0000 Verbling is a new online service creates spontaneous dialogues between random pairs who want to become proficient in new languages.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/cheap-accessible-higher-education.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:32 +0000 The Faculty Project curates free online lectures by professors from top universities. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/no-classroom-walls-school.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:21 +0000 An open space facility gets rid of classroom walls and provides a fun interactive environment in which students can learn. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/game-functionality-and-systems-gesture-based-gaming-future-of-gaming.html Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:31 +0000 Motion-sensing technologies are capable of responding to a wider range of natural movements, enabling developers to create more intuitive game experiences. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/company-uses-gaming-to-teach-the-world-to-code.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:00:56 +0000 PSFK discuss the Future of Gaming with the founders of Codecademy, a company that has developed a new way to teach people programming.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/fostering-a-love-for-learning-through-game-mechanics.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:55:52 +0000 PSFK spoke about the Future Of Gaming with the founder of DimensionU, an interactive online gaming platform and learning resource intended to help students in grades K-12 hone their math and literacy skills.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/language-the-words-we-choose-and-what-they-say-about-human-nature.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:02:39 +0000 Harvard University's Steven Pinker elaborates on what the study of language reveals about human nature and how we relate to and connect with each other.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/people-learn-while-they-sleep-study-suggests-headlines.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:51:24 +0000 Scientists speculate that an unconscious form of memory may enable the brain to process information without one's awareness.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/ibm-boasts-first-chip-in-cognitive-computing-headlines.html Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:45:01 +0000 Imagine a microchip that reacts to new information the way the human brain does. IBM announces development on technology that can do this.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/do-we-learn-less-when-we-speed-read-on-mobile-devices-headlines.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:29:13 +0000 Modern technology allows us to read anywhere and allows us to read fast. But does speed reading affect the way our brains process the information?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/ed-cotton-coding-the-corporate-language-of-the-near-future.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:01:01 +0000 Ed Cotton asks us to consider learning coding as a new language. As our lives become more invested in the internet and computers, there is no doubt that knowing coding will provide us with more opportunities in the job market.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/reinventing-the-classroom-experience-with-youtube.html Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:40:05 +0000 An entrepreneur is asking whether students should take classes at home, and do their homework at school. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/when-curiosity-counts.html Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:55:10 +0000 Without tests or grades, one school of thought challenges our views of education, and has the alumni to prove their point.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/the-robot-internet.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:31:26 +0000 Scientists are exploring whether Robots can 'intuitively' share information with each other, independent of human command. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/ugly-fonts-can-make-you-smarter.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:07:03 +0000 An intriguing study by Princeton psychologists suggests that students can learn and retain more of their lessons by using fonts that are harder to read. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/grant-mccracken-will-time-travelers-please-announce-themselves-at-the-front-desk.html Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:51:36 +0000 It's time to start training time travelers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/the-growth-of-bartering-network-ourgoods.html Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:24:58 +0000 Describing each of their available projects as 'adventures' the network now lists a population of 798 hungry members with a service which brokers partners, skills and labor. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/a-computer-that-reads-and-learns-from-the-internet.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:31:39 +0000 The Never Ending Language Learner, built by Carnegie Mellon University, has the ability to acquire knowledge from the web.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/frog-design-meme-ingful-education.html Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:31:49 +0000 Education is, historically, full of memes. The ones that are successful (i.e. spread well) capture fundamental needs at a subconscious level and communicate them.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/roam-an-old-library-buss-journey-through-east-london.html Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:25:43 +0000 A unique project brought this roaming "village green preservation society" through East and South East London to give talks and interact with local creativity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/a-portal-to-the-mind-how-gestures-relate-to-learning-and-memory.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:33:18 +0000 Scientific American explores how our gestures can have a profound influence on how we take in new information, and explains why they can also offer clues to how we think.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/learning-from-failure.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:32:10 +0000 The FailFaire series brings people together for informal sessions to learn from less than optimal results.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/school-of-one-to-each-their-own-classroom.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:36:15 +0000 A special New York City school personalizes an educational program for each students' needs. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/frog-design-10-good-reasons-why-tv-is-good-for-you.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:22:50 +0000 A contrarian view on the much vilified medium.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/the-importance-of-play-in-evolution.html Mon, 03 May 2010 19:50:33 +0000 The Evolution of Childhood: Relationships, Emotion, Mind, is a new book by anthropologist and neuroscientist Melvin Konner, which takes an in-depth look at human development and evolution.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/reimagining-the-design-of-etsy.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:13:52 +0000 In an exclusive collaboration, the popular online marketplace is redesigned and reimagined by a class of ten students at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/want-to-boost-your-brain-power-take-a-nap.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:30:00 +0000 New research out of UC Berkeley suggests that an hour's nap can very effectively recharge the brain, making it better able to learn. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/brooklyn-brainery-inexpensive-collaborative-learning.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:25:08 +0000 Heading into its second semester, the Brooklyn Brainery is a different kind of educational institution that offers casual classes which are open to anyone.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/how-to-learn-by-making-mistakes.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:52:31 +0000 When does doing something wrong actually make things better?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/kinematics-project-teaches-children-about-motion-and-data-interaction.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:14:04 +0000 Kinematics is intended to give developing children innovative ways to explore motion and data interaction in the physical world.]]>