Tools to share

Quickvotes are about finding your choices quickly, in order of preference. They are like polls but are built on Selectricity’s heavy-duty election machinery. They can be created in under a minute and voted on in just a few seconds.

QuickVotes are meant for simple, quick decisions. They are not limited to registered lists of voters. They support simple lists of options -- no pictures, no position statements, and no long descriptions. They are simple enough to decide where a group is going to dinner, what you're going to name a project, or when to have a group meeting.

September 11th showed us we're vulnerable. We are not immune to terrorism; we are part of the battleground. But its horror also showed us our strength. That a city scared to death can be courageous. We all can be heroes. To keep us safe, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority told us to look for signs of danger, and report them. We think we should also look for signs of courage. We call them hero reports.

How do I see the world? How do you see the world? How can we understand each other, solve problems collaboratively, and express ourselves?

beyond the looking, to the seeing is a workshop in seven parts that explores these questions through programming, storytelling, and perspective-taking activities. The purpose of this document is to share the workshop’s approach with other educators, and to provide getting-started guidance.

Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.