28/11/2016
Goldman Sachs introduces three ways the technology will transform the classroom.
"Historically we have a factory model of education where people needed to be in their seats for a certain amount of time, and people have to go through one grade in order to get to the next. But the reality is people have different strengths and weaknesses, and through competency based model that people can take as long as they need in order to learn the material, and nobody is left behind and people can learn on their own pace."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17l-hxFz1M
New School - 3 Ways Technology Will Transform the Classroom: Goldman Sachs' Victor Hu
With the level of investment in education technology now ten times what it was a decade ago, technological innovation is poised to change virtually every asp...
23/06/2016
This video makes Newtons Law One so much easier to understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ
Going to show it to my extension 2 students tomorrow.
Newton's Laws of Motion and Forces
Full Video: http://vimeo.com/28965409 The Tiros Team: David Hariri: http://www.dhariri.com Matt Loszak: http://www.loszak.com A 3D animated educational video...
22/06/2016
Teaching Mechanics in Year 12 Extension 2 is difficult, because the way that the curriculum is structured doesn't leave much time for the teacher to explain the concept of Newton's Laws. This video is a good start for those Extension 2 students who don't background in Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn34mnnDnKU
Newton's 3 (three) Laws of Motion
Visit http://www.makemegenius.com for free science videos for children. A brief video for children explaining Newton's laws of motion in an easy & fun way. T...
21/01/2016
A classic maths classroom starts from here
06/01/2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35171408
'Sewing' with molten glass and maths - BBC News
US researchers design a "molten glass sewing machine" by combining 3D printing of glass with a mathematical model of the looping liquid threads.
02/11/2015
Who is George Boole: the mathematician behind the Google doodle
"Who is George Boole?" is sure to rack up more than a few Google hits over the next 24 hours after the search engine decided to honour the Englishman in an algebraic re-imaging of its Google doodle.
30/08/2015
Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile
Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years