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Enriching user experience and online interactions: Supporting sustained and varied dialogue on Out of Eden Learn

May 17, 2018 · by · in Resources · 1 Comment

The Out of Eden Learn platform is a unique online space that supports young people to interact, share stories and be their authentic selves in a safe environment. It is different from other social media in many ways. Most notably, participants create pseudonyms and at no point share their real names or pictures of themselves. […]

Breaking Down Barriers through Engaging Exchanges

September 25, 2017 · by · in In classrooms · Leave a comment

Mark Urwick is the Instructional Coach at RJ Frank Academy of Marine Science and Engineering in Oxnard, California.  Last year he supported 11 classrooms that were participating in Out of Eden Learn. Getting Started In the early 1990s I started my teaching career in Japan at a small English conversation school about two hours north […]

Paul in conversation with students: a Google+ Hangout

April 28, 2016 · by · in In classrooms, Speaking with Paul · Leave a comment

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+ […]

Out of Flint: Out of Eden Walk to Authentic Writing

March 30, 2016 · by · in In classrooms, Related Projects, Student Work · 2 Comments

Dr. Arina Bokas is a faculty member in the department of English at Charles S. Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan. She adapted Out of Eden Learn activities and other Project Zero frameworks for her first-year composition class. “Authentic writing occurs when students compose with a voice that is uniquely theirs; therefore, it does not follow […]

Beyond Our Platform in Piraeus, Greece: Part 1 of 3

January 5, 2016 · by · in About Out of Eden Learn, In classrooms · 2 Comments

Sarah Sheya is the Project Coordinator of Out of Eden Learn. She joined the team in November of 2014. Sheya, as she prefers to be called, manages the day-to-day operations and develops media and outreach tools for the project. This post is part one of a three-part series on Out of Eden Learn’s recent trip […]

Adapting, deepening, extending: How educators are making Out of Eden Learn their own

December 15, 2015 · by · in Curriculum and Research, In classrooms, Resources, Student Work · 4 Comments

On November 24, 2015 we held a Google+ Hangout called Out of Eden Learn in the Classroom. During this session five educators from our community shared how they have incorporated Out of Eden Learn into their specific classroom contexts. The participants, who all happen to be active on Twitter, were: Andy Richardson, an International Baccalaureate […]

From one story to another

October 23, 2015 · by · in Curriculum and Research, Related Projects · 1 Comment

Aly Kreikemeier is a member of the Out of Eden Learn team and a masters student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is interested in how the arts and education support civic engagement and cross-cultural dialogue. Before relocating to Cambridge for graduate school, I called the high desert home where I worked as […]

Finding a Deeper Purpose in the Classroom Through Out of Eden Learn

August 24, 2015 · by · in In classrooms · 12 Comments

Hollis Scott is a 5th grade teacher at Montair Elementary School in Danville, California. Her students participated in Out of Eden Learn last year. I am a fifth grade teacher in the suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area. I came to teaching after having worked in the corporate banking world, as a startup representative […]

Popping Bubbles

August 7, 2015 · by · in Related Projects · Leave a comment

Barbara Sahli is a Master’s candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education in the Human Development and Psychology program. Her interests in youth perspectives, storytelling, and the impact of cross-cultural interactions on bias reduction and positive intergroup relations led to her participation in Out of Eden Learn (OOEL) group meetings during the past year. When […]

A high school journalism class gets inspired by Paul’s writing

July 28, 2015 · by · in In classrooms · 1 Comment

Melissa Quiter is a journalism teacher at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. She and her students engaged with the Out of Eden Walk in her Introduction to Journalism course. In this world of the 24-hour news cycle, constantly updated social media, and connectivity in the palm of our hands, it’s no wonder that teenagers […]

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