Out of Eden Learn – which did not acquire this name until six months into the project – began as an exploratory collaboration between Project Zero and journalist Paul Salopek, with the loose ambition of establishing an online learning community to accompany his walk around the world. There were shared interests around having audiences slow […]
Susie Blair has been a Research Assistant for the Out of Eden Learn project since the summer of 2015. As a Research Assistant, she helps organize and collect student work, conducts research with the project’s principal investigators, manages the project’s social media accounts and creates resources for participating educators. She holds a B.A. from Northeastern […]
Despite intermittent internet service, long and tiring days of walking, and various roadblocks along the path of his trek, Paul enjoys finding time to engage directly with the Out of Eden Learn community. Before heading off on the trail once again, this time toward the Silk Road of Central Asia, Paul participated in a Google+ […]
As I write, Paul is getting ready to set off across the bleak and remote steppes of Kazakhstan. According to Paul, this part of his journey has been one of the most demanding because of the logistical preparations necessary to walk across terrain that hasn’t been traversed on foot in decades. Nevertheless, he recently found […]
Ver abajo la versión de este blog en español. Vanenka Mosqueira is a Spanish teacher at Atlanta International School. Her students participated in the recent Spanish pilot of Out of Eden Learn. Previously, she adapted some of Out of Eden Learn’s materials for her students. Vanenka follows the International Baccalaureate curriculum. “To educate with the […]
We are proud to share a new video called Out of Eden Learn Glimpses from the Classroom: Kiriaki Melliou, with videography and production by Sarah Sheya. To accompany the launch of this video, Kiriaki has written a blog post to explain how Out of Eden Learn fits in with her educational philosophy and classroom practice: […]
Note: English translation follows Micaela Manso participó en el primer piloto de Out of Eden Learn en español en octubre de 2015 con estudiantes de Michael Ham Memorial College (nordelta) en Buenos Aires, Argentina donde coordina el Library Learning Commons. A fines de octubre de 2015, comencé a participar en el primer piloto del Viaje de Aprendizaje […]
Recently, the Out of Eden Learn team held a retreat to discuss our strategic vision and work priorities. Increasingly, we feel the need to distill key lessons we’ve learned – and continue to learn – from the experience of developing Out of Eden Learn. How can we crystallize for others what lies at the heart […]
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