Every year something very neat and unexpected happens at AAPT National Meetings. It is of course super fun to see all my physics teaching friends and colleagues, but it is something I expect to happen. However, I am always going… Read moreMeeting Ben Franklin at Summer 2012 AAPT in Philly!
I 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… Read moreEducational Technology, Metacognition and “Thinking Fast and Slow” book by Daniel Kahneman
I just got this information today about a European video that aims to attract girl to science. They apparently invested considerable money into their campaign: Science, It’s a girl thing! When I watched this video, I couldn’t believe what I… Read moreScience: It’s a girl thing!
For me as a science and mathematics teacher “Wolfram Alpha” is something that will help us and our students to build intuition. I use it all the time and I hope my students will do the same. I am amazed… Read moreStephen Wolfram Talks about Computing as a Theory of Everything…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38[/youtube] I love museums of glass and Corning Museum of Glass is one of my favourite ones. I was fortunate to visit it three times. However, this video just made me wonder how technologies, like the ones mentioned in the… Read moreA Day Made of Glass
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoT7qH_uVNo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] I am very fortunate to teach a very exciting graduate course this summer: A course on the use of educational technologies in mathematics and science teaching. This course makes me think about a lot of things, including how technology… Read moreMedia and Children: How technology changes us
I am re-posting my own post from the www.bcapt.ca web site: It is not that often that science news makes the front page of our newspapers and the headlines of news reports. Today is the day. Today, on July 4th,… Read moreHiggs within reach…
I think it is worth watching for any teacher… I enjoyed this TED talk very much.
A few days ago I inadvertently allowed Google to install GooglePlus on my Galaxy tablet. As the installation has been completed, I realized that Google started forcing me to see the news and the links that it believed were important… Read moreEli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles” – an important TED talk to Educators
