Archive for July 24th, 2012
Educational Technology, Metacognition and “Thinking Fast and Slow” book by Daniel Kahneman
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012I just finished teaching my summer course “Teaching Mathematics and Science Through Technologies”. It was one of the best course I have ever taught – thanks to an amazing group of students who decided to enroll in the course. It was three weeks of daily 3 hour long meetings that gave us an opportunity to […]
The Big Bang Theory and Physics Teaching
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012I really like “The Bing Bang Theory” show… I also think it is a great way to introduce and debate fun physics in the classroom. There are many pieces of excellent physics discussion here. Here are a few of my favourites. The last one was a scene of how the Bing Bang gang met. It […]
Video Analysis in Science Teaching: How technology can help us to get students excitied about science
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012When I am asked how technology can affect student science learning and why it has a potential of making a difference, I often think of the questions one can ask and answer today that could have have been asked or answered even 50 years ago. If I were to ask you how a water droplet […]