Category Archives: Education

Thoughts on teaching, teachers, learning, and homework.

Math and technology items

Categories: Books, Education, News

Three times now I have brought up string theory and quantum physics in small talk at parties. Only once did it go over well. The other two times resulted in a mix of blank stare plus confusion. Perhaps I could talk about these topics? Keep reading

Articles I read and liked

Categories: Education, Exercise, News, Science & Tech

The problems with minimalism. Greatness is in your genes. Weird running thoughts. A touching tribute to WWI. Keep reading

Always something to say

Categories: Education, Exercise, News, Random, Science & Tech

The secret to enjoying exercise. Not letting things disable you. Heat. When the students know more than the teachers (or really the politicians). Learning a language. An American hero. Keep reading

Commenting on the news

Categories: Education, Gospel, Learn Something, News

Teacher training. Astronomy. Vacations. The metric system. And gender equality in the Gospel. I am not silent nor silenced in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Those who say otherwise lack understanding of the truth. Keep reading

While Iddo napped…

Categories: Education, News

Lots of brain science. A little black death. Bad puns. Planetary Pluto and a deep Hubble view. Good old handwriting. And playing with babies. Keep reading

Things I learned this week

Categories: Books, Education, Family, Learn Something, News, Science & Tech

The interesting things I read on the internet this week and what I learned: birth order, brain size, voices in your head, space, birds, fonts, paper, files, brain development, vocabulary, research, clutter, and priorities. Keep reading

Course materials

Categories: Education

While the course I’m teaching right now is an intense course, I’m pretty sure the materials are not exactly the type that could be printed out in book form or compiled for a digital reader. The manuscript is definitely an original one though, but I hardly have time to edit it these days. Keep reading