2010年11月23日 星期二

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers 2010

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers youtube

TED

http://www.ted.com From rockets to stock markets, math powers many of humanity's most thrilling creations. So why do kids lose interest? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.

Shimon Schocken's rides of hope 2010

Shimon Schocken's rides of hope

http://www.ted.com Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes.

John Hardy: My green school dream 2010

John Hardy: My green school dream youtube

http://www.ted.com Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building.

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