Geek Week on YouTube Airs 8/4-8/10/13

The week of 4 August through 10 August has been dubbed "Geek Week" on YouTube.  On Monday, the theme is "Global Geekery" on multi-cultural geek trends and a celebration of Dr. Who. "Brainiac Tuesday" will feature Veritasium and The Spangler Effect with science, education, and "all things knowledge." SuperWednesday will cover superheroes, supernatural and "super-weird".  Gaming Thursday will include live games, games in real life, and a Twitter chat on gaming (#GeekWeek at 1pm PST), while Friday ends up with "Fan Friday" featuring Felicia Day of "Geek & Sundry."  Weekend fare includes "Best of Geek Week Saturday."  For more info and a complete rundown, including info on how to get badges for participating and real-time clues for an Easter egg hunt, visit www.YouTube.com/GeekWeek .

MIT Professors Develop Open Source Math and Science Videos for High School Students

As recently reported by the Kansas City Star (MIT Interactive Videos Get High), MIT professors Richard Larson and Elizabeth Murray have developed open source math and science videos designed to incorporate teacher interruptions to engage high school students in the subject matter.  With titles such as "How Do Mosquitos Fly in the Rain?," "The Case of the Stolen Painting: A Forensic Mystery," and "Measuring Distances in the Milky Way," most are in English, and some with English sub-titles, so that they can be used globally.  To access the videos through the MIT Blossoms Video Library, go to http://blossoms.mit.edu/videos.

STEMbite Videos Using Google Glass Now Available on YouTube

Andrew Vanden Heuvel, a Michigan on-line science teacher, won the opportunity to pioneer GoogleGlass technology in education.  After visiting the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland to teach a physics lesson, he has been using the technology to create "STEMbites" video clips on science and math in everyday life from a first-person perspective.  For more information on the experience, as well as a link to the STEMbites YouTube channel, visit Andrew's Edutopia blog at http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stembite-teaching-with-google-glass-andrew-vanden-heuvel .