http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/babies-antibullying-headlines.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:07 +0000 Infants are used to teach children about respect and curb rough-housing in schools. ]]> 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/mayor-bloomberg-softwar-school.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:29:27 +0000 Mike Bloomberg stresses the importance of technical skills for the future job economy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/one-in-three-american-children-are-overweight-headlines.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:02 +0000 Additionally, children aged 8 through 18 spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media on various devices.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/a-new-social-network-to-transform-education-headlines.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:11 +0000 LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and former Facebook executive Matt Cohler have put $15 million towards the new platform Edmodo.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/teens-customize-school-lockers-with-chandeliers.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:28:58 +0000 Locker Lookz, a startup by two mothers in Dallas, produces and sells locker accessories for schoolkids who want to personalize dull school lockers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/college-students-make-new-connections-with-yapik.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:03:52 +0000 Net Element launched a pilot social networking site that helps college students find what they need within their campuses.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/need-to-know-10-must-read-posts-of-the-week-vol-5.html Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:00:30 +0000 A Bing Initiative: A weekly round-up of the top ten most popular posts on PSFK--from culture to technology, art to business this list has it all.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/edible-schoolyard-project-introduces-food-studies-into-the-curriculum.html Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:30:26 +0000 A new curriculum advocated by slow food guru Alice Waters, hopes to educate kids on the benefits of healthy and sustainable eating. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/uncommon-peer-to-peer-consultancy-helps-you-prepare-for-college.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:25:11 +0000 A group of undergraduates band together to create a means of assisting high school students in their grueling college applications. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/name-12-strangers-youd-spend-a-year-working-with-headlines.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:48:41 +0000 Wieden + Kennedy have just ended the application process for their in-house W+K 12 program where a group of 12 creative people work for 9 months under the direction of the advertising agency on client projects. Did you make the cut?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/micro-donations-help-1000-students-get-an-education-headlines.html Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:42:36 +0000 A Seattle non-profit has used crowdfunding and micro loans to help 1,000 students in third world countries go to school.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/grass-covered-school-teaches-kids-about-sustainability.html Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:44:03 +0000 A school in Southern Spain evokes the feeling of nature with a literally "green" building.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/imagining-a-new-paradigm-of-education-video.html Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:35 +0000 A new curriculum places fostering imagination at its forefront to meet the uncertain demands of our economy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/local-governments-sell-ads-to-counter-economic-woes.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:43:27 +0000 Cash-hungry governments are selling advertising space on school buses and in other public areas to help generate revenue. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/renault-factory-re-purposed-as-a-living-school.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:38:22 +0000 A former car plant in the north of France is being re-purposed as a sustainable learning center. ]]> 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/2011/04/advanced-technologiy-comes-to-uaes-school-buses.html Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:48:50 +0000 Dubai's Fancy Transport introduce RFID and GPS tracking to their school buses fleet.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/innovation-through-limitation-at-tulane-architects-week.html Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:16:22 +0000 With a few thousand straws, a group of young architects and designers sought out to present a multisensory experience that invokes environmental awareness and appreciation for green initiatives. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/the-school-of-lifes-minibar-for-the-mind.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:30:54 +0000 The London-based school has created a thought provoking package of ideas for the Morgans Hotel Group.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/dominos-engineers-a-smarter-slice-for-school-lunch.html Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:34:27 +0000 Domino's Pizza has an ambitious new plan to expand into double the number of grade school cafeterias that feature their pizza nationwide.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/houston-high-school-library-goes-virtual.html Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:18:15 +0000 A Texas school principal junks library books in favor of a "coffee-shop" style e-book campaign.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/advertising-on-school-lockers.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:26:29 +0000 Budget cuts force a Minnesota school district to allow ad placements in hallways. ]]> 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/most-college-students-dont-think-twice-before-plagiarizing-from-the-web.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:39:45 +0000 Is it okay to copy-paste from any online resource without attributing? Many students seem to think so.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/monocolumn-education-hits-the-rocks.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:59:17 +0000 In July, Hamburg citizens will decide whether to abolish what are known in Germany as Hauptschule. These are the standard, open-to-all schools that children of no special ability attend for the final five or six years of their education.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/us-teacher-eats-blogs-school-lunches.html Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:39:37 +0000 The anonymous "Mrs Q" aims to address the questionable quality of student food on the website Fed Up With School Lunches.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/foursquare-graffiti-appears-across-college-campuses.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:03:34 +0000 As universities digitize the college visit by geotagging points of interest for users navigating via smartphone, many officials are running into issues with those digitally defacing the community space.]]> 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.]]>