Experiential Education I tutored middle school students as part of my service learning course requirement, and I’ve found that multiple schools in Durham has changed their traditional ways of teaching science: now they adopt more games and interactive methodologies in students’ learning experience. That’s an excellent epitome of experiential education. Experiential education is a philosophy of education that describes … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Electronic music industry Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. From its emergence in early 20th century when it was more used in experiments than public performance, electronic music has developed drastically and even incorporated as an essential part into the main stream music. After the technology progression in digital audio at … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
South Park: Political humor & Satire South Park is probably one of the most famous American adult animated sitcom of all time. The reviews it receives are very polarized. A lot of people keep assuming South Park is nothing more than wall to wall curse words and gross out jokes. While others, including me, think that it is an intelligent satirical encyclopedia on almost … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Stalker or Artist? Sophie Calle is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. One of the most significant feature of her is the detective-like ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives. For example, in her 1979 work Suite Venitienne, Calle followed a man she met at a party in Paris to Venice, where she disguised … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Fountain — the blurred boundary between art and everyday life Fountain is a 1917 work produced by Marcel Duchamp, who was know as the vanguard of modern art and responsible for revolutionary development in multiple art forms. The popular version of this art piece’s creation is that Duchamp purchased a standard Bedfordshire model urinal from the J. L. Mott Iron Works. He brought the urinal to his … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Boycott Chinese products Boycott Chinese products is a slogan used by Internet campaigns that advocate a boycott of Chinese-made products. Reasons for the boycott include the perceived low quality of products, territorial conflicts involving China, support for separatist movements within China, and objection to more specific matters relating to China, such as the eating of dog meat and … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Khan Academy Talking about revolutionary pedagogy that has had certain social influence, we can’t ignore Khan Academy and its impact in this technology age. Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with a goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Boundary of media control Whether you admit it or not, your personal view on the world has been largely shaped by the media feed you read and watch every single day. With the advancement of technology, the influence has been amplified by faster news spread speed and easier online interactions. And one aspect it particularly influences is social movement. … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
Interactive public art The yellow rubber duck shown above went viral for the last few years. The original giant floating artwork was designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. His creation serves a very simple purpose: making more people happy. Without any doubt, popularity of this lovable duck proved his goal has been accomplished. It went out for a world tour from Saint-Nazaire … Continue reading "Experiential Education"
