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Getting into the spirit
Dec. 8th, 2012 08:44 pmWith Sinterklaas having dropped off his presents, and LB the birthday girl packed off to bed, I can get Ito the festive spirit with this 25 year old classic Christmas tune.
The Alom Shaha Motor
May. 24th, 2012 11:53 amWhy I loved electricity when studying physics at secondary school:
Protons for Breakfast explains how it works. Science teacher/writer/blogger/tweep Alom Shaha must be proud of his little educational invention.
Protons for Breakfast explains how it works. Science teacher/writer/blogger/tweep Alom Shaha must be proud of his little educational invention.
Are you bored in class?
May. 24th, 2012 10:20 amLook at that: scientific proof for something every teacher knows and struggles with.
The study from the University of Rochester (Kidd, Piantadosi, Aslin; 2012) tries to quantify which amount of stimulus is exactly right. As teachers we can only guess after the fact.
They also made a video discussing this so-called Goldilocks Effect.
Via Boing Boing. Quote taken from there.
- "Also important, especially for parents and teachers, is the fact that this study demonstrates that the same response – namely, disinterest or boredom – may result from two different, entirely opposite mechanisms. Children are likely to become disinterested if the learning material is either too simple, because the material is either already known or may be picked up and understood quickly; however, they'll also show that same response of disinterest if the material is overly complex, likely because such material is just too overwhelming."
The study from the University of Rochester (Kidd, Piantadosi, Aslin; 2012) tries to quantify which amount of stimulus is exactly right. As teachers we can only guess after the fact.
They also made a video discussing this so-called Goldilocks Effect.
Via Boing Boing. Quote taken from there.
Books make you think
Apr. 23rd, 2012 09:40 pmAlom Shaha, the writer of The Young Atheist's Handbook, has written a great piece in The New Humanist on what it means to be an ex-Muslim and an atheist.
And because it's World Book Night, he also released a book teaser in the form of a little animation.
Home-made Cardboard Arcade
Apr. 10th, 2012 11:09 pmOne kid with a Summer holiday, lots of imagination and heaps of cardboard boxes built Caines Arcade in the used auto parts shop of his father. Unfortunately he didn't have any customers, until one day a film maker came into the shop, noticed the arcade and started playing. He found a subject for a short film, and made one kid very happy in the process. Check out the film, and be your own small self again once more. You too have probably once made that arcade.
Haven't I seen this before?
Oct. 9th, 2011 08:39 pmIt's been years since I saw Rosas danst Rosas, such a gripping piece of contemporary dance. Seems Beyoncé has felt "inspired" as well. Unfortunately her inspiration smells like blatant plagiarism.
De Keersmaeker says it isn't the first time her choreography pops up on YouTube. She's seen young girls performing it, but she doesn't mind that. This on the other hand is Beyoncé, trying to make money...
De Keersmaeker says it isn't the first time her choreography pops up on YouTube. She's seen young girls performing it, but she doesn't mind that. This on the other hand is Beyoncé, trying to make money...
I'm late in showing this, and it was already sitting in my Google Reads list, but I couldn't pass up on Belgian telly getting publicity on Boing Boing. We're two weeks and as many episodes further, and they keep on making unbelievably funny television with elaborate pranks.
Simon's Cat in "The Box"
Aug. 22nd, 2010 11:00 pmStrangly a 20 and a half month old toddler has similar behaviour, though probably less hairy and agile.
Also read: Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations.
Check out the official website.
Thanks to Boing Boing.
Flashmob in Brussels Central Station
May. 14th, 2010 02:58 pmA complete choir singing Queen's Bicycle Race took over the hall of Brussels Central Station. This stunt from 11.11.11, one of the biggest non-governmental organisations in Belgium, is publicity for their "Ronde van 11", a bicycle tour through Flanders for a good cause.
Tinkering School
May. 11th, 2010 08:33 pmGever Tulley, the founder of Tinkering School and writer of Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do), gives a fifteen minute talk on what could have been his pedagogy when he started his school project. It's more a philosophy on the concept of learning, and should be an inspiration for every teacher.
Thanks to Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing
Thanks to Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing
