Brian Kuhn, of the Coquitlam School District in British Columbia, fiddles with the pom-pom-twirling hat he helped build in a July 21 workshop held at the MIT Media Laboratory. Professor Mitchel Resnick and members of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the Media Lab hosted the workshop, 'Sowing the Seeds for Creative Thinking,' in conjunction with a November Learning education conference. Photo / Donna Coveney
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