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Lectures Are Slow to Leave Education
Eric Mazur is a professor of physics at Harvard. Like many successful academics, he was trained to teach in the same way he learned — standing in front of a room filled with students and lecturing them...
View ArticleFlipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video
In 2004, a former hedge fund analyst began recording and posting videos of himself explaining some math techniques, posting the videos to YouTube. By 2012, Salman Khan had more than 3,000 lessons...
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Ben Bertoli’s ClassRealm Is Gamifying the Classroom
My GeekDad colleague James Floyd Kelly and I teamed up to do our investigative report on Ben Bertoli, who teaches sixth grade math, science and language arts in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ben's launching...
View ArticlePiano Apprentice: An App-cessory to Foster Musical Interests
Piano Apprentice is an app-cessory. It turns your iPad into a small electronic piano with the ability to play video tutorials and sells itself as a piano teaching tool. The post Piano Apprentice: An...
View ArticleTeaching and Understanding Physics Using Lego
During my last quest for Lego-based teaching inspiration, I came across those amazing teaching kits and booklets from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the Queen Mary University of London. In just...
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Is This Answer Crazy? Maybe.
It started with a short in-class question. If you know the mass of one mole of platinum and the density of platinum, what is an estimate for the diameter of one platinum atom? Of course, this...
View ArticleEF Classroom App Ushering in Paperless Education of the Future
The EF Classroom App is headlining a digital education interface which will soon see iPads replacing textbooks in the near future. Are we ready? Our kids are. The post EF Classroom App Ushering in...
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Welcome to the Fall Semester: Faculty Edition
It’s time for the beginning of Fall classes. Here are some random thoughts for faculty to consider during this time. Just a quick note: nothing here is new. I have probably gone over all of these...
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Quit Saying ‘I’m Just Not a Math Person’
I often hear "I'm just not a math person." Here's why that's not true. The post Quit Saying ‘I’m Just Not a Math Person’ appeared first on WIRED.
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Marbotic Smart Letters
Teaching kids the alphabet gets easier with this innovative iPad game. The post Marbotic Smart Letters appeared first on WIRED.
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