There is a fascinating article in the NY Times magazine this week about what techniques make a good teacher in primary and secondary schools. Teachers …
What price for a hardcover electronic book?
The CEO of one of the major publishers, Macmillan, had a bit of foot in mouth disease in a blog post a couple of days ago when he explained that his …
Who Wants to Edit a Textbook?
The big news today in e-textbooks was a major publisher announcing a new digital textbook product. They include the usual suspects for features such …
Progressions in Skiing and Biology
I just finished teaching a few workshops introducing people to cross-country skiing, something I help with each year. In a good cross-country skiing …
The iPad vs Open Content in e-Textbooks
The release of the iPad from Apple this week has people talking about the death of textbooks and how this new platform will revolutionize education. I …
How to Learn Physics Through iPhone Games
Following the herd, I bought myself an iphone a couple summers ago to see what all the fuss was about. And like many others, mine has become a game …
Great Teaching vs. Great Teaching Techniques
An article on math teaching by mathematician and teacher Paul Lockhart has gone viral on the net and reached me recently. In his "Mathematician's …
Group Theory
There was an interesting news item in the October 9 edition of Nature about applying group theory to scientific authorship by John Whitfield. …
Cool Projects at NSF’s CCLI Meeting
Three weeks ago now (swish, there goes the time) I was at the CCLI conference sponsored by NSF for projects that have received funding from their …
