Making Math more interesting. You may have seen this video before (2010) but still very good.
Very interesting perspective by Conrad Wolfram. He thinks the way we are teaching Math is the problem.
http://www.ted.com From rockets to stock markets, math powers many of humanity's most thrilling creations. So why do kids lose interest? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.
The Problem Generator - which is available to all Wolfram Alpha Pro subscribers now - creates random practice questions for students, and Wolfram Alpha then helps them find the answers step-by-step.
Right now, the Generator covers six subjects: arithmetic, number theory, algebra, calculus, linear algebra and statistics. The difficulty of the questions can be tuned down for students in elementary school and tuned up for those in college calculus classes. As the company notes in today's announcements, the material for students in elementary and secondary schools closely follows the Common Core Standards initiative.