Education

Some Thoughts on Education: Part 2

Bonus content! This is a follow-up entry to my previous post, A Few Ideas on Education. Enough people have given me thought provoking content, that I wanted to share what they’ve said and what I think about it. Using Computers to Teach Math (I’ve already posted this in a comment on the original post, so if you’ve read that, you can skip this section.) Someone on my facebook feed asked me for my thoughts on the ideas promoted by this video: http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.html For the most part, I think this school of thought is spot on. Conrad Wolfram is simply