There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when […]
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Our team
March 14th, 2016 by IDEA
At IDEA, we are united by a vision where technology is more than just functional—it’s personal, interactive, and intuitive, enhancing our ability to share and understand the vast tapestry of human knowledge and facilitating the exchange of meaningful information that fosters a deeper understanding of the world around us. Our team is a living embodiment
Older programs
March 14th, 2016 by IDEA
IDEA’s older programs provide insight into the organization’s thought leadership, as well as our innovative solutions that formed at the crossroads of technology and education. ColoRotate “Color theory” is often obsolete or based on inaccurate theories of vision. IDEA’s ColoRotate improves users’ intuitive understanding of how colors work, without requiring them to have a theoretical
Letters Give New View of Artist By KATE TAYLOR, Staff Reporter of the Sun | August 21, 2007 A new collection of Vincent van Gogh’s letters casts doubt on the popular notion that his mental illness was also the source of his artistic genius. A curator at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Leo Jansen, and two Dutch
Lighten Up By Caroline Kettlewell Friday, March 9, 2007 I am no fan of winter, and you may take that as a gross understatement. I don’t like the cold. I don’t like the pale, watery light. I don’t like the bare gray branches and the dry brown leaves scuttling ahead of arctic breezes. Winter may
NEWS WATCH NEWS WATCH; Who Is Springing Forward and Who Isn’t By SHELLY FREIERMAN Published: March 29, 2001 The clock may say 7 a.m. but it will feel like 6 a.m. Daylight saving time begins on Sunday at 2 a.m., when clocks are turned ahead one hour. WebExhibits has an online guide to daylight time
April 5, 2002, 8:30 a.m. Problem Time Private enterprise and your watch. By Lawrence W. Reed Remember the old Chicago song, “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” Well, if you asked that question about 120 years ago, you could have received as many as 38 different answers in just one single state. Since this is
Where Homework and the Internet Meet Check out the best Web sites for getting your schoolwork done or for just having fun. Launch Point, a regular feature of the Education Page, is a collection of smart resources for students and parents found each Wednesday in The Times. The subjects for Launch Point are taken from
WebExhibits
March 14th, 2016 by IDEA
Launched in 1999, IDEA’s WebExhibits was a trailblazer in online museums. At the time of WebExhibits’ inception, interactive virtual exhibits were relatively unknown to institutions whose core competencies lay in managing brick and mortar operations and whose revenue models emphasized ticketed attendance and donors. With more than 110 million visitors, IDEA’s virtual museum helped pave
Season, customs have many seeing red “Things seen are mightier than things heard.” Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet laureate, “Enoch Arden” (1864) I’m seeing red. We’re in the red. I’m red faced. It’s a red-letter day. He walked the red carpet. We painted the town red. Few colors have as many meanings and connotations
WebExhibits By Phil Nast, retired middle school teacher and freelance writer Cause of Color Exhibit: Explore why we see the brilliant colors of butterflies like the Blue Morpho. WebExhibits is an interactive and cross-curricular museum of science, humanities, and culture for K-12 and higher. Exhibits explore color, color vision, pigment, calendars, daylight savings time, poetry, Van