Archive for May, 2010
Martin Gardner, RIP
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Ambigrams, Art, Books, Creativity, Fun, Identity, Learning, Mathematics, News, Personal, Philosophy, Puzzles, Worth Reading | No Comments »
Martin Gardner, 1914 - 2010 Martin Gardner died five days ago. Gardner was an influential writer about mathematics and was one of the greatest influences on me (and my friends) as ... Read more..The existence of futility
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Fun, Learning, Video, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
I have written about the value of seeing humor in the futility of existence (see this and this) but humor can also be found in the existence of futility. Below ... Read more..Failure has to be an option
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in Creativity, Learning, News, Philosophy, Research, Teaching, Worth Reading | 3 Comments »
I just read this great interview with Diane Ravitch on Slate.com (The wrong stuff). Diane Ravitch started out under George H.W. Bush as a strong supporter for NCLB (and ... Read more..TPACK Handbook, new review
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in Publications, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | 1 Comment »
Just found out about a review of the Handbook of TPACK by Dorian Stoilescu and Douglas McDougall for the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (2009). You can read the ... Read more..Visually representing a song
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Fun, Personal, Poetry, Representation, Worth Reading | No Comments »
How can anybody resist this flowchart / visual representation of Hey Jude! Check it out. Don't you just hear the song as you move through the boxes and arrows. Read more..