Monthly Archives: September 2008

However, I came across this video sometime back and with Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought it had to be shared.

Way back when I was a student in university, every once in a while a prof would force us to go and read old newspapers on microfilm in order to do primary source research. While I really do love poking … Continue reading →

This is another approach to teaching with videos. It definitely makes the point well. I’m not sure that it’s appropriate for high school kids, but the approach it takes could definitely be used in high school if you made sure … Continue reading →

I don’t know if music really does help you learn but that’s the theory behind the group Rockin’ The Standards. Their musical focus seems to be math, and they do have a few interesting approaches to get the kids to … Continue reading →

Ethan Zuckerman gives a really quick overview of the Internet and its social qualities in this five  minutes video. It lends some perspective to the current march towards FaceBook, MySpace and other sites like that.

When I was taking art in school way back when, I never could quite seem to get the hang of perspective. It seems a simple thing to say that smaller objects in the back may actually be bigger than bigger … Continue reading →

Prime numbers were something I always found fascinating when I was in elementary school. The hard part, of course, is taking really big numbers and trying to figure out if they’re prime or not. For those of you math teachers … Continue reading →

Wordle is a great tool for analyzing articles or stories and the like to see which words are used frequently. If you understand those words you’re far more likely to be able to understand the article itself. The National Post … Continue reading →