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Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve wins Educator of Year Award

Congrats to Dinosaur Hill!

The organization won the Educator of the Year award at the Rochester Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Awards.

"Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve was honored with the Educator of the Year Award, citing 34 years in which the center has offered programs to the citizens of the greater Rochester area. Programs such as maple sugaring and Halloween events attract 30,000 visitors each year." (Full article at Oakland Press)

I serve on the board of directors at the nature center in Rochester, Michigan. It is a great organization and I encourage you to check them out if you live in Oakland County.

Their website is at http://www.dinosaurhill.org

Social Engineering for Public Good

Over the past few weeks, I've seen a few videos that have been picked up by the blogosphere from a Volkswagen sponsored project called TheFunTheory.com.

The takeaway is that by hacking the public mind with fun, people can be gently encouraged to make better decisions.

Fun = behavior change

Here are a few of the videos they've released.

Bottle Bank Arcade:

Piano Stairs:

The worlds deepest bin:

Interaction

• Interaction Design Association
• Movement, a presentation by Matt Webb
  This presentation puts forward 'movement' as a metaphor for the Web, introduces the motivations flowchart design process, and demonstrates Snap, a way of syndicating interactions from websites to the desktop.