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Beth Holland

YouTube and the Quest for Audience - 0 views

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youtube anthropology Michael Wesch Social thinking media

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  • “I love the fact that wether [sic] we like it or not, or better put ‘wether [sic] we know it or not’, we are a part of an international, interemotional and integrating system. But who is studying everyone [sic]? That’s the beauty. We are not being studied by anyone, but we are studying ourselves. It is an amazing system of theories and use.”
  • Beth Holland on 23 Mar 12
     
    This article from Anthropology News discusses Prof. Michael Wesch's 2008 presentation at the Library of Congress - An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. It is worth a read, especially with regard to the last statement, "
Chris Harrow

How Language Affects Counting « How the Brain Learns: The Blog - 3 views

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language brain counting international

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  • Differences in classroom instruction and curriculum may be partly to blame. But cultural differences in computational ability may have their roots in the words that different cultures use to represent numbers.
  • There are some tricks that adults can use to increase digit memory span. These tricks can also be taught to young students at the appropriate age.
Chris Harrow

Mathematics: What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics? - Q... - 1 views

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mathematics thinking

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  • I'm interested to hear what very talented mathematicians and physicists have to say about "what it's like" to have an internalized sense of very advanced mathematical concepts
  • Mathematicians will often spend days thinking of a clean argument that completely avoids numbers and strings of elementary deductions in favor of seeing why what they want to show follows easily from some very deep and general pattern
Robert Ryshke

Doing More with Less (and Other Practical Educational Technology Tidbits) | Edutopia - 0 views

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Technology

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  • Robert Ryshke on 24 Sep 11
     
    Adam Bellow (@adambellow on Twitter) works as the Director of Educational Technology for the College Board Schools where he works with educational leaders, teachers, and students to infuse technology successfully in the classroom. In 2011, he was recognized as Outstanding Young Educator of the Year by ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education).
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