As the holidays come to an end, thoughts of students and lesson plans replace time spent indulging in puddings and turkey. But teachers know all too well that it’s challenging enough to motivate a class on a Monday morning after a weekend, nevermind after a longer breakAs the holidays come to an end, thoughts of […]
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman’s brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny. Through vivid examples, Goleman […]
Something special’s brewing in edtech when gaming industry greats make the move from Pong to pedagogy. On January 22nd, 175 educators, entrepreneurs, and investors packed the Cross Campus co-working space in Santa Monica for the “Educelerate: Games and Learning” event. Panelists included Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, Chuck E. Cheese and now BrainRush; Trip Hawkins, […]
IF…The Emotional IQ Game Launches for Apple iPhone Praised Toolbox of Social/Emotional Skills Helps Kids of All Ages SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IF…The Emotional IQ Game is now available on the App Store for all Apple iOS devices, from If You Can Company, the highly-praised learning game startup from Trip Hawkins that uses gameplay to teach […]
We all have now officially kick started the cricket season with the Asia Cup 2016 in which India is doing an amazing job. Now its time for ICC T20 Worldcup which will be entertaining us soon in the coming days. The First Round matches are scheduled from 8th March 2016 to 13th March, 2016. After […]
Every “move” your child makes in the game is a choice. “Behind the scenes” we’re assessing each choice against 20 distinct SEL skills. These are the skills we’re working to build in your child. We call these our ExSEL goals. IF…’s 20 ExSEL goals were derived from the study of state teaching standards for SEL, […]