As the term is coming to an end, I have some time to reflect on different things that I have been thinking about recently. One of them is the use of electronic response systems (clickers) in elementary classrooms. I have… Read more3T: Toastmasters, Technology and Teaching
I haven’t been contributing consistently to my blog this term, as I have been very busy. However, today I have to report that I think I have a good excuse for being silent. On Saturday November 5, 2011 we (our… Read moreUBC Faculty of Education Mathematics and Science Fair 2011
A few days ago I happened to lay my hands on a very special book by a Canadian educator, an elementary teacher with years of experience, Mr. Marjan Glavac “Teaching Is…: Moments that inspire and motivate teachers to make a… Read moreTeaching Is… by Marjan Glavac
During the penultimate day of AAPT I attended a very interesting session about cheating in physics homework assignments. One of the presentations was done by Prof. Wolfgang Bauer from the Michigan State University. The idea by Prof. Bauer is not… Read moreAAPT Summer Meeting Day 4: Cheating on Physics Homework
I just started a collection of resources on science education: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-education-for-21-century I used a new tool called “Scoop.It’ – check it out. I hope this will be a useful resource. I haven’t been posting much recently as I also maintained… Read moreNew Collection of Science Education Resources
Today I happened to stumble on a very interesting blog by Vi Hart. Actually it was shown to me by a student who is a mathematics teacher and who loves it. I enjoyed it very much as well. It is… Read moreVi Hart – An amazing blog on Everything
Google First Global Science Fair Prizes have been announced and the winners are… click here to find out. I am very proud to report that many of the top winners are girls. I happened to look through their projects (published… Read moreResults of the First Google Global Science Fiar
It would be interesting to know what the creators (the major brains behind it: Fermi, Oppenheimer, Einstein, Bethe, …) of the atomic bomb would have thought about the consequences of their brain child. Unfortunately none of them is alive and… Read moreTrinity Day: Reflections of Enrico Fermi’s Granddaughter…
A few nights ago as I was driving to buy some groceries, I turned on CBC Radio and stumbled on Ideas – an evening program with Paul Kennedy. I find most of the programming on Ideas very interesting, but this… Read moreCBC: The Wild Journey: The Anne Innis Story
A student of mine today draw my attention to the following statistics: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-texting-today-using-apps-tomorrow/ American teens (ages 13-17) on average send or receive a whooping number of 3339 messages a month. I am not sure if this stats is relevant to… Read moreTextmessaging by American Teens
