NEW YORK, NY – Conley Tutoring is an after school program focused on coding and game development for teens. Their mission is to give teens an entry into the world of coding as a way for them to build resilience, creativity, autonomy and community, while developing professional-level technical skills. After reading The Art of Learning, …
Tag: Loving the Game
Calgary Gymnastics Centre
CALGARY, CANADA: Calgary Gymnastics Centre is a non-profit organization dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of the children and adults who train there. Luke O’Geil, a coordinator and competitive trampoline and tumbling coach, works with young athletes between the ages of 9 and 14 along with Brittney Jewan who is a Coach …
Erasmus+/EVS Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Aleksandar Dimitrov spent three months working as a volunteer with Erasmus+ and the European Voluntary Service in conjunction with the Kawempe Youth Development Association Uganda. The project is designed to empower Ugandan youth through educational and vocational training and improvement of personal well-being with an aim to provide the students with …
Santa Fe Public Schools
SANTA FE, NM – Geoffrey Moon is a Gifted Education Specialist within the Services for Advanced and Gifted Education Department for the Santa Fe Public Schools. He first heard Josh Waitzkin speak at the National Association for Gifted Children conference in 2009, and has maintained an interest in bringing The Art of Learning principles to …
Colaiste Dhulaigh
DUBLIN, IRELAND – Colaiste Dhulaigh is a community college in Dublin, Ireland, dedicated to providing the students within the community with the skills and confidence they need to further their education and enter the workforce. Dave Curran, the Head of Journalism and a Student Services team member in the Media department at the college, has …
Loving the Game of Making Music
By NIKOLA TOŠIC There is a powerful memory, which always resurfaces when I am helping people make music. It is of my brother, my sister and myself, ages 7, 6 and 5, digging through a crate of Legos, working on whatever it is our minds were determined to build. In that serene setting we found …