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Lilies in the pond problem 6 Nov 2008 | 02:00 am
This is a teaching resource I developed to demonstrate exponential growth. Have a go a solving the problem on the first page before moving onto the solution lilies-in-the-pond3 The following is an ex...
Ma and Pa Kettle do Math 2 Nov 2008 | 12:22 am
The video was pretty funny. A very interesting demonstration of the use or misuse of mathematical algorithms. I am not sure how the writers found an incorrect algorith for multiplication that worked ...
Graph2Go Demonstration 1 Nov 2008 | 03:31 pm
I have created the movie demonstrating the use of using graphical calculator on my mobile phone. The following things were used Mobile phone with J2ME and Symbian OS. I used my Nokia 6120c mobile wit...
Re: Is It Age or IT: First Steps toward Understanding the Net Generation. 29 Oct 2008 | 12:12 am
Referring to Kal’s post. Kal you are too positive with regard to this article. From experience with my son, if I did not get him away from his multi-media centre in his bedroom I think he would turn i...
Mark Bauerlein online interview 28 Oct 2008 | 11:59 pm
Online presentation by the author – showing how earnest he is in condemning the way digital technology has made the current generation mentally deficient. He feels that teenagers are no longer engaged...
Re: Concern over teen Internet habits 28 Oct 2008 | 11:10 pm
Reading Thao’s post and the article about suicide of two teenage girls is alarming, as if the internet is the cause of these types of incidents. I’m pretty sure this was happening way before the inter...
Bauerlein, M (2008) Screen no match for the page 13 Oct 2008 | 09:18 pm
bauerlein_2008 This a very interesting article recently published in The Australian newspaper that argues that the technological revolution associated with e-learning dumbs down the learning process ...
Romeo, G (2004) Teaching, learning and technology: Research, reform, realise their potential 12 Oct 2008 | 08:51 pm
Romeo, G (2004) The paper was part of a presentation about the use of computers in education. The author discusses contemporary teaching pedagogy such as learner centred environments and the use of n...
Papert, S (1980s) Constructionism vs. Instructionism 12 Oct 2008 | 12:25 pm
Papert , S (2008) These web pages are series of speeches that Papert gave to a Japanese audiences in the 1980s. The author talks about a student learning mathematics in particular using the programmi...
Harel, I (2003) Building software beats using it and Sandcastles go digital 11 Oct 2008 | 10:50 pm
Harel, I (2003) Both these articles are upbeat in their nature in what they say about letting children be children and the idiom of learning as play. The theory is based on work by Dewey, Montessori ...
