by QPS | Jul 25, 2018 | Educational Technology, Media, Parenting, School News
On Friday, 7/20, Midday on WNYC hosted an interesting conversation and call-in show about kids and screen time. The guests were: Angela Santomero, co-creator of Blues Clues, Super Why!, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and other children’s programs designed to...
by QPS | Jun 21, 2018 | Children's Art, Civic Engagement, Interdisciplinary Studies, Media, School News, Social Action
As one of our students’ last art projects of this academic year, instructor Donna Levinstone asked each of them to research a global issue of concern and make a statement poster about it. Students of all ages did this, so younger kids tended to focus on...
by QPS | Apr 16, 2018 | Educational Technology, Media, Parenting, School News, Technology in Education and Personalized Learning
No parent social gathering is complete without someone raising the topic of their kids and digital technology, a conversation rife with anxiety-filled confessions of confusion and genuine helplessness. The conversations are also vague, because the wider discussion of...
by QPS | Mar 7, 2018 | Communication Skills, English Language Arts, Media, Project-based learning, School News
As a way of practicing comprehension, writing, presentation, and other communication skills, one of Queens Paideia School’s collaborative groups did a unit on Fractured Fairy Tales. If you don’t know what those are, you should! Per Marilyn Kinsella, a...
