Archive for the 'Insightful' Category

Creating Your Own Website: Domains and Hosting

Often times teachers and friends want to set up their own website. You can certainly use existing services like Blogger, WordPress, Google Sites, PBWorks, to create a web presence. But having your own place on the web, that you control and set up is easy and rather cost-friendly (as long as you don’t post something [...]

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RSA Animate Videos: Drive and The Power of Time

If you really take some time, you can find some remarkable videos on YouTube. I’ve stumbled another set of videos in the spirit of TED by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). I’ve watched two of them: The Power of Time and Drive. These are gems, not only for [...]

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Dan Meyer: Ted Talks. Math Class Needs a Makeover

Math textbooks are no better than a episode of Two and a Half Men; they encourage laziness in our students. We need to rethink how we we teach math.

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