Revisiting Chess

This is really interesting:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-03-chess-2-the-sequel-how-a-street-fightin-man-fixed-the-worlds-most-famous-game

As I was reading it, I was imagining this as a STEM project. Learning to build something while actually building it.

Measuring Learning

This article is really interesting, and completely  matches my experiences in teaching middle school students.

Also, check out Negroponte's ideas about evaluating learning.

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