Friday, March 27, 2009

Education videos from everywhere

There has just been an explosion of educational video resources.

youTube EDU
Academic Earth
Open Culture
MIT Opencourseware
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
iTunesU
And more

A great time to be alive.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American: "Parents and teachers can engender a growth mind-set in children by praising them for their effort or persistence (rather than for their intelligence), by telling success stories that emphasize hard work and love of learning, and by teaching them about the brain as a learning machine."

A 30 year study!? Well, we had to be sure, maybe they should have nuked it from orbit.