Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”
-- Jack Handy
Monday, March 15, 2010
Einstein on Rational Thinking
"I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking." --
Sunday, March 14, 2010
"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess."
"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells-called neurons-lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it."
William F. Allman (from Apprentices of Wonder. Inside the Neural Network Revolution, 1989
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Learning to Change...
Thanks to Steven W. Anderson of Web 2.0 Classroom for providing this link on Twitter.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com
Thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert for delivering this inspiring talk about creativity. You nailed it.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
IQ
What is IQ? How is it determined? What does it measure? Are there more important measurements - maybe a measurement using Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory, or a measurement which looks at how well someone can synthesize information?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Working Memory More Important Than IQ
If what this study suggests is true, shouldn't the schools be focusing more on cognitive skills, i.e. working memory? It really makes one wonder why there is still so much emphasis on IQ and standardized test scores. If only there was a way to quantify how well a student synthesized information or how they performed in a game or project. Oh wait..... project based learning.
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