Win a FREE family baking kit! (ends Friday) 🎉
In the spirit of the holidays (and our 100th edition of the OpenEd Daily), we’ve partnered with our friends at Baketivity to give away cake pop-making kits ($40 value) to five OpenEd families. Like us, Baketivity believes in bringing learning into real-world projects and hands-on activities (like baking!).
Over 100 families participated in our last giveaway – don’t miss out on this one.
To enter the giveaway:
- Take a photo of your family in the kitchen
- Submit your photo: → submit here ←
The winners will be selected this Friday.
Looking forward to seeing your kitchen moments!
Warmly,
Ela Richmond & the OpenEd team
P.S. Can’t wait to start baking? Check out all the family kits at Baketivity.com and use OPENED10 for 10% off your order.
And now, let’s take a fond look back at some of our favorite segments from the first 99 issues:
💡 BEST THOUGHTS (Ideas that Changed How We Think About Education)
- Education vs Conditioning: The Difference Between Learning and Training (Podcast)
- To Diploma or Not to Diploma? The case for (and against) a high school degree
- Playing with LEGO is more valuable than Algebra (Isaac Morehouse)
- “You Won’t Ruin Your Kids”: A 20-Year Homeschooling Veteran’s Wisdom
- Single-Subject Obsession: When “Hyperfocus” is a Feature, Not a Bug
📊 BIGGEST TRENDS (Changes Reshaping Education)
- Google Says GPAs are Worthless
- Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education | TED Talk
- Sweden’s Screen Time Wake-Up Call
- Dr. Phil Takes Note of alternative schooling
- Helicopter Parents Go to College (The case for letting go)
- The 8-Year-Old Who Coded a Harry Potter App
⚒️ OUR FAVORITE TOOLS
- How to create a legit high school transcript for your home-based learner
- “Tell Me More” (Three Magic Words That Transform Kid Conversations)
- Math Without the Misery: Making Numbers Fun Again
- Khanmigo: Your AI Study Buddy
- 25 Ways to Socialize Outside School (Renegade Educator)
- The Two-Week Rule: Testing New Approaches Without Jumping Ship
(STATS) OF THE DAY
The OpenEd Daily by the numbers:
- Words written: 48,623
- Memes shared: 23
- Coffee consumed: ∞
- Most-used emoji: 🍎
- Mentions of “LEGO”: 11
- Number of times we apologized for our bad jokes:
0(okay, we’re sorry… 1)
That’s all for today!
– Charlie (the OpenEd newsletter guy)