Some of his philosophies parallel ITP's curriculum. We also learned the Arduino there. I am learning Python so I can try to hack a raspberry pi... Wish me luck.

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Fred Wilson on MOOCs (just a warning that this video is ~1 hr):

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Nice article about MOOCs from the Nytimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html

Found this article about George Lucas donating $4 billion (sale of Lucasfilms to Disney) to education (Edutopia):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/george-lucas-donate-4-billion_n_2067145.html

Harvard on "Active Learning" methodologies:
http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture