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CUrrently reading: Facing the CHallenge of Numeracy in Adult Education. Here is the link — well, not exactly, and I hope it doesn’t change. YOu see, it’s about numeracy, and there is no link on the caalusa.org page that gets directly to it. There’s no mention of numeracy on the front page, and this is […]
September 22, 2011
I got a promo email from Virtual Nerds yesterday. They got a *little* publicity in theNew York Times a while back; they do what Khan does but more formally, and at cost. The videos are better, IMO — just because it’s done more professionally, and I suspect also with a bit more regard to the […]
September 15, 2011
… I showed one of the videos to a math class. SOme of ’em thought there were too many sound effects 😉 That would be the exploding noises I made when positive and negative canceled each other out… and after the singing, during which I blushed, I was asked if I were the narrator… Basically […]
September 6, 2011
So, over at the Drexel Math Forums — where you’dathunk they’d be all constructivist… this is a typical post: Announcing the grand opening of WatchDoLearn.com This simple website ties short instructional videos to practice worksheets on the same topic. Most of the videos are from Khan Academy and most of the worksheets are from Math-Drills.com […]
September 6, 2011
So, I don’t think much of how Salman Khan “explains” averages — this little puzzle is much sweeter. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/calmore.html
September 6, 2011
… okay, the audio isn’t right yet, but I’ve got the “subtracting” rough draft. Want to get times and division (which are so much simpler), but In the Meantime, Fractions are calling ’cause I’m doing a presentation 9/20 and 9/21. I’m more than a little curious as to whether it’ll get better than previous effort […]
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September 27, 2011
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