TED+TALK's

= Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education = media type="custom" key="7529889" We always talk about Math being more useful. Or people will say, You only use math in school and I haven't used math since I was in High School. Mr. Benjamin is saying you haven't use calculus since high school but you have used statistics and probability everyday. So...instead of making calculus the class that everyone should take or the mountain top experience of math it should be statistics. Look at how many people play the lottery. That is how many people should be taking statistics. However, I think everyone should be introduced to calculus other wise some students who never go to college would have never heard of some of the concepts that are introduced in Calculus. Mr. Benjamin is saying, "Let's make math practical and meaningful.....let's teach statistics.

=Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe= media type="custom" key="7530959" I agree that something is gained and something is lost when new technology introduced. The telephone made so that people wouldn't have to travel to talk to someone and were able to talk more frequently. It could be said that the telephone helped communication but some people could argue that you lost the sense of intimacy of talking to someone face to face. He almost went to far to prove his point to make it seem that they were smarter back then because they could read an astrolabe. I think there were probably students back then that could read it and not really know the meaning behind it just like students do math now and don't know the meaning behind it. Anyone in any time period can figure out how to use what has already been made but the cool thing is the people ahead of their time creating these things.

= Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy = media type="custom" key="7531211" I disagree that texting and email create more intimacy. I think it creates more talking back and forth for short segments but a good intimate conversation is an hour long and you don't see those kinds of interactions through texting. My sister in law is staying with us right now and I thought she came to see us and to be with us but she is always texting and emailing everyone she is not with. Why not enjoy those you are with and work on those interactions.

= Alan Kay on "Why does computer-based teaching fail?" = media type="custom" key="7531531" WoW. this was in 1987. Technology needs to be integrated into other learning and not separate. A computer by it self is just a computer, but a computer with an idea of what it does and how it can help you is learning how you can use the computer as a tool to help you reach your end.

= John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time = media type="custom" key="7531491" Weird. Very Weird. But then again, what would you expect from a PC!