Posts Tagged ‘ Education ’

Poetic Memorization

Hilarious bit about what happens when students are made to memorize great poetical works and can recite them at will for life, even when drunk and wandering the streets in the dead of night. [ READ MORE ]

Michelle Obama Supports Girls in STEM Majors and Careers

The unfortunate phenomenon of elementary-aged girls becoming interested in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) subjects, going off to college intending to major in and then pursue a career in one of those fields, and ultimately veering off somewhat sharply into less science-and-math rich majors and careers is common. [ READ MORE ]

Tax Breaks for Higher Education

Forbes contributor Robert W. Wood gives advice about which forms of higher education qualify for tax breaks[ READ MORE ]

Is Technology Just A Tool?

The technology we create for ourselves, ostensibly to make our lives easier/better/faster, seems always to impact more than just the job it was created for. I’m talking about wheels and looms, satellites and cotton gins, not Silly Putty and Flowbees. [ READ MORE ]

How To Land A Mentor

Those giants are called mentors, and every chucklehead youngin’ like yourself wants one. The more awesome a mentor, the more sought out they are. This has the unfortunate effect of making them ignore most of the tweedle-dums who come begging for their priceless advice and knowledge[ READ MORE ]

OCW Consortium Partners with Leading Community College Consortium, CCCOER, to Expand Access to Open Education

Remember the OpenCourseware Consortium folks? They’re awesome in their wielding of powers for good. They make online courseware available to educators and students everywhere. The newest project is partnering with community colleges[ READ MORE ]

Zack Kopplin for President

Michele Bachmann has officially announced her decision to run in the 2012 presidential campaign. I’d rather have the Baton Rouge teen, Zack Kopplin, who called her out on her creationism/intelligent design education policies. He seems smarter and a lot more open to facts and logic[ READ MORE ]

The Girl Effect

Just something to keep in mind when joining in with the masses regarding how much the education situation here in the U.S. bites: The Girl Effect is a good reminder that at least we have an education system, imperfect though it may be[ READ MORE ]

Pay Attention When Scott Adams Gives Education Advice to College Students

Since he’s already got my respect, I had no trouble giving full focus to his article in the Wall Street Journal about why the average college student would benefit more from learning how to run a business than from all that chemistry, calculus, and art history mumbo-jumbo. I loathe business and can’t get enough of the mumbo-jumbo arts, hard sciences, and math, but his article made so much sense I was forced (against my will!) to agree[ READ MORE ]

OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Meeting 2011

May marks the 10th anniversary of the OpenCourseWare movement, with the goal being the offering of courseware from legit sources (colleges, universities, etc.) online and free of charge. The OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Meeting 2011 begins May 4th (today) and goes through Friday the 6th in Cambridge Mass[ READ MORE ]