There are basically two kinds of learning. One’s relatively recent. The other dates back (way, way back). Take a look at the two videos below. Then select which one you think is more natural, more consistent with the skills we’ve developed via evolution to absorb and process information, and which is more likely to develop [...]
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Learning Styles
Posted in Education, tagged Education on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
None Shall Sleep (In Chem Class)
Posted in College Counseling, Education, Science on December 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Students applying to Cornell University may want to read up on chemistry professor, David Usher. According to this Cornell blog post, he sometimes gently awakens the occasional student asleep in his class by singing Nessun Dorma (”None Shall Sleep”) from Puccini’s Turandot or the Berceuse from Benjamin Godard’s opera Jocelyn, which begins, in Usher’s translation, [...]
Mañana
Posted in Education on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Of all the days of the year, yesterday, turn-back-the-clock-day, was the mathematically best day to practice the fine art of procrastination. It was chilly, cloudy and came with an extra hour, practically begging you to fill-in the time in any way you most felt like avoiding the other things you had to do. And like [...]
Changing Education
Posted in Education, tagged Education on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here’s another must-see video from a speech by Sir Ken Robinson, who focuses on education and fostering creativity. The video is exceptional for a couple of reasons. First, the animation is just really, really cool. Second, although we are now well into the 21st Century, which decades ago had symbolized a more perfect future, Robinson [...]
Father & Son Make Round Trip to Edge of Space (Sorta)
Posted in Education, Science, tagged astronomy, Science on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of space, turns out that traveling to the “final frontier” is no longer just the province of government agencies and science fiction. Luke Geissbuhler, a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, and his 7 year old son, Max, just sent their own homemade space craft on a round-trip journey 19 miles into space and back again. You can [...]
Back to (My Kids’) Old School!
Posted in Education on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Steely Dan swore that they were “never goin’ back to my old school.” But that didn’t stop 100′s of parents and staff from heading back to Back to School Night last Thursday at Burke. The high energy evening was filled with re-connections, hugs, new faces, questions, answers, and lots and lots of hustling up and [...]
Looking for a way to spend your Saturday?
Posted in Culture, Education, Performing Arts, Uncategorized on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 26th Annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival Saturday, September 11, 2010 12-7 p.m. Free! Some events may require free tickets. It’s a new season of Performing Arts for Everyone! This year’s Open House Arts Festival is part of the Kennedy Center’s Celebrate Mexico 2010, a three-week-long commemoration of Mexico’s 200 years of independence and 100 years [...]
Time for Good Study Habits
Posted in Education, Uncategorized on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The NY times has some suggestions for how you (or your kids) could be studying better… READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
The Mathematical Conventioneer: Substance and Souvenirs
Posted in Education, Math, Uncategorized on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a banner few years for math enthusiasts in Washington, DC. Two winters ago, the Joint Mathematical Meetings were in town. Not only did I attend super cool sessions, a few AP Calc students made it to one of the programs. PLUS there were the luscious convention freebies — the ever fashionable plastic pocket [...]
SUMMERTIME FUN FOR GEEKY (NERDY?) GIRLS
Posted in Alumni, Burke Summer, Education, Math, Uncategorized on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ariella Gladstein (Burke ’07, Beloit ’11) and Rachel Braun (Math Dept) had a reunion of sorts in July, enjoying some chai (latte) and chi (statistics). Ariella took Linear Algebra at U Maryland this summer, and discovered some cool matrix connections to least-squares regression estimates that she remembered from her AP Statistics days with Rachel. Girls [...]
Choices Choices
Posted in Community, Education on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After attending Burke’s recent graduation ceremony, I came across the commencement address that Jeff Bezos gave this Spring at Princeton. Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon. When he started work on Amazon, most people didn’t know what the Internet was. Even the people who were aware of the Internet thought that he was [...]
Spotlight on Google – we use it every day…so why not learn more about it?
Posted in Education, Musings on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently on Reddit.com bloggers asked some google employees anonymously what it’s really like to work for them. It’s a pretty interesting interview – definitely worth a read. Check It Out Here Rumor has it that google is developing a site [...]
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition
Posted in Art, Community, Education, History, Musings on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This summer the featured exhibition at the National Building Museum is, LEGOs!! [...]
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