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Teaching Kids about Mass Extinction and Capoeira

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Today I had a group of Brooklyn high schoolers do research on the Permian-Triassic mass extinction 250 million years ago and then do a demo of capoeira for a group of Chicago teens over Skype.  I have the best job in the world. More about my day here.

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MacArthur, Digital Youth Network & Chicago Public Library launch “YouMedia” digital youth center

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

Check out this cool video about the launch of the "YouMedia" youth media center in downtown Chicago. A partnership of the MacArthur Foundation, the Digital Youth Network and the Chicago Public Library, YouMedia is a digital learning space where young people from all over Chicago can come together to create and collaborate across a range…

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Frankie Week Day Six: Chicago Shim Shams Live on the Web!

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

More cool submissions are coming in for the Frankie Week "Global Shim Sham" video project! Those clever cats in Chicago organized at their Tuesday night dance last night a Shim Sham for Frankie Week. Not content to merely video record the whole thing, they also broadcast it live on the web! Here's what Nuprin writes:…

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Freestyle to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3pMWtX0DdE

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