Archive for March 17th, 2011

Thursday Links

March 17, 2011 @ 2:52 pm | Filed under: ,

First, a little St. Patrick’s day present for you:

HT: my SIL Susan

Plus a couple of links that caught my eye.

A Curiosity-Driven Education – E.D. Kain – American Times – Forbes

“The students ranged from gifted to near-drop-outs. They wrote their own curriculum, took no tests, worked independently and collaboratively, and designed from the ground up how and what they would learn for a semester. By all accounts, their efforts were a huge success.”

Board games for family fun

This list of board game recommendations is a couple of years old, but there are a few there we haven’t tried, and I’d like to.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.