If you could choose this or the recorder …
which instrument would you learn?
Google makes broad-based knowledge more important
Mind you, mastering “crap detection 101,” as digital guru Howard Rheingold dubs it, isn’t easy. One prerequisite is that you already know a lot about the world. For instance, Harris found that students had difficulty distinguishing a left-wing parody of the World Trade Organization’s website from the real WTO site. Why? Because you need...
Kids these days …
“We’re trying to stop our little darling spending so much time on it”“Us too. It’s such a waste of time.”“I just can’t see the good in it.”“I’m all for a bit of fun, but games we used to play were – well – more imaginative.”“And the temper! I ask...
The unseen damage of VAK and Multiple Intelligences
This is fascinating. I’d never quite made the connection that a belief in learning styles might make for a fixed mindset. Thanks @brainkotts Can Everyone Be Smart at Everything? | MindShift Mendoza-Denton extends the idea that what’s harmful about emphasis on achievement and intelligence can also be applied to...
So we made it ourselves
I still resent how difficult skateboarding is but I do love this. from Digital Czech via Matt Jones
Leo Tolstoy or Lee Child?
I saw Jerusalem last week. It was 3 hours long, some of the country folk a little generic, but fabulous. Then I went to a night out at the new Bush Theatre. It was smaller, less hyped, but in its own way just as wonderful. Both were a relief. Recently, I have found bookshops, music […]
Flipped Classrooms
Have mixed feelings about flipping classrooms (so to speak). Part of me loves the idea, part of me is suspicious of the hype and evangelical say no bad things about it. But hey, maybe that’s me and evangelicals. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
Alec Baldwin wanting to kill radio
Made me laugh. via 3quarksdaily
Multiple choice problems
Love this – thanks Rich and Raymond
Doodling and Maths
Vi Hart’s site is fabulous. I keep banging on to my students that it’s not just OK but important to doodle in maths. It helps you ‘see’ problems if nothing else. Some get it, some think it’s just a bit weird. Then I show them videos like this. Vi, despite the manic voiceovers, shows that […]