Tag Archives: learn

Gamified Classroom: Excel in Math By Mastering Monopoly

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv Tim Vandenberg, school teacher and #2 ranked Monopoly player in the United States, demonstrates the effectiveness of gamifying his classroom with the board game Monopoly.

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Khan Academy: Revolutionizing Education

The youtube phenomenon is making the jump into the classroom as schools are using the Khan Academy software to make education more responsive than ever before. See the full ’60 Minutes’ video here: ywtv.tv Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com [...]

Posted in TDC | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

The Universe In Scale

Cary Huang’s “The Scale Of The Universe 2″ allows users to scroll through and read about various objects, ranging from Planck lengths to distant star clusters, that exist in our universe. The Scale Of The Universe 2 htwins.net Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily [...]

Posted in TDC | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

A Robot Teaches Itself How to Walk

Cornell University professor Hod Lipson demonstrates how a robot can teach itself to walk without any knowledge of its form and function. “Within a relatively small number of these babbling actions, it will figure out what it looks like,” Lipson says. He adds that eventually “it can figure out how to move.” —- Join an [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

“Occupy” Course Offered At Columbia University

Dr. Hannah Appel will teach a full credit course in the Anthropology dept. about the national and global demonstrations titled “Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement.” Dr. Appel has been heavily involved in the Occupy movement including camping at Zuccotti Park. “It is important to push back against the rhetoric of ‘disorganization’ or [...]

Posted in TDC | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Learn Chinese with Carol: Lesson 2 – How are you? (你好嗎?)

www.nma.tv In this lesson, we will learn “how are you” in Mandarin. Hope you still remember “你好” (ni3 hao3) from the first lesson! Simply add “喎” (ma1) at the end of “你好” (ni3 hao3). Together, “你好喎” (ni3 hao3 ma1) means “how are you” in Mandarin. To respond, you can say 戒很好, 謝謝(wo3 hen3 hao3 xie4 [...]

Posted in NMA TV | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Learn Chinese with Carol: Lesson 3 – What’s your name? (請問你叫什麼名字?)

Today, we are going to learn how to ask people for their names. In Mandarin, we say “請問你叫什麼名孖?” (qing3 wen4 ni3 jiao4 she2 me ming2 zi) 請(qing3) is please 問(wen4) is ask ä½ (ni3) is you (we learned that) 叫(jiao4) is call 什麼(she2 me) is what 名孖(ming2 zi) is name Together, it’s “may I please ask [...]

Posted in NMA TV | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Brain Research at Stanford: Nurture & Nature

October 21, 2011 – As a member of the President’s Welcome discussion and panel on brain research, Carla Shatz discusses how the brain makes you who you are. As a storage for memories, thoughts, and experiences, the brain functions to create individuality among people and is always changing as we live and learn. Stanford University: [...]

Posted in Stanford | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Brain Research at Stanford: Mindsets

October 21, 2011 – Carol Dweck, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, continues the discussion on brain research at Stanford by taking a closer look at how the brain controls the psyche and how deeply intertwined it is with the field of psychology. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Alumni Association: www.stanfordalumni.org Stanford University Channel [...]

Posted in Stanford | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Learn Chinese With Carol: Lesson 1- Hi / I am (你好/我是)

www.nma.tv Do you know what’s the most spoken language in the world? It’s 中æ-‡(zhong1 wen2)¸ Chinese Mandarin. In this lesson, teacher Carol will teach you how to say hi and introduce yourself in Mandarin. When you see your friends, the first thing you say to them is “Hi” or “Hello”. In Mandarin we say “你好” [...]

Posted in NMA TV | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life and New Worlds

(April 29, 2011) Jeremy Bailenson shares his research on virtual reality, avatars, transformed social interaction, and related communication and psychological theories, as well as implications for citizens living in the digital age. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Center for Professional Development: scpd.stanford.edu Human-Computer Interaction Seminar: cs547.stanford.edu Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab vhil.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on [...]

Posted in Stanford | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

The Bilingual Advantage: No Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study proves that people who are bilingual are significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full story here: nyti.ms Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com

Posted in TDC | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed