Category Archives: education

Zeno’s Paradox – Numberphile

Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 6:00 pm by

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Moebius Transformations Revealed

Posted on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 6:00 pm by

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Pythagoras in 60 seconds

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 6:00 pm by

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peacock spider

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: English] Wow, just WOW. Like 0

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The world in 100 people

Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio:?; Captions: Chinese, English] Very cool… Like 0

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biology and maths

Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

How does biology explain the low numbers of women in computer science? Hint: it doesn't. View more presentations from Terri Oda Like 0

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matt damon on teachers

Posted on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: None; Transcript: below] Transcript courtesy of Kos. The article includes other clips and transcripts, including Matt’s recent speech (also spotted here: Matt Damon’s clear-headed speech to teachers rally) Smug ReasonTV interviewer: “In acting, there isn’t any job … Continue reading →

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John Kuhn’s speech at SOS march

Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none; Transcript: below] Many thanks to Laura who provided the transcript! You can find out more about the SOS March here. (speech has already started, apparently. Also, nearly every sentence is responded to with applause and cheers): … Continue reading →

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dyslexie, a new font

Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: ?; Captions: English] Very interesting, hadn’t thought of this. Wonder how available this font is… Surely these principles could also be applied to other fonts to create a number of dyslexic-friendly fonts… Like 0

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Making Sense of a Visible Quantum Object

Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captioned: English (+ 5 more languages)] You’ll have to click thru to TED to get the captions (mutter, grumble). Pretty cool, though! Quantum physics in layperson terms! Like 0

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best graduation speech I’ve seen in a while!

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English? (interpreter?); Captions: English; Language: ASL, English] I assume there’s a voiced interpreter for the speaker. Excellent, excellent speech! Good ABC’s for graduates everywhere 🙂 Props to NAD for this guy. Like 0

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it’s a barn burner!

Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Letters to the Editor in newspapers I often think are a dying art. Most of the time they seem to be over the most insipid local issues, or shallow political posturing, that kind of thing. But holy cow, this letter! … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Wanted to be a Lion

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none] There are no captions on this trailer, but none are needed (there’s some description of the audio below) — it’s very clear what is going on. This is a trailer for a longer movie (8 minutes … Continue reading →

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300 years of fossil fuels in 300 seconds

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: auto-pretty good] From their Youtube posting: Uploaded by postcarboninstitute@youtube on Nov 8, 2010 JOIN the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Postcarbon (thanks for sharing the message!) *** (19. MARCH 2011) WINNER OF YOUTUBE’S BEST NONPROFIT VIDEO AWARD!!! *** … Continue reading →

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changing education paradigms

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio:? Captions: None; Subtitles: English] Because things certainly haven’t improved lately 😛 We also need to stop viewing teachers as the latest “welfare queens,” an extremely dangerous & divisive tactic that the wealthy is fostering, as a broken educational system … Continue reading →

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