Interesting view on how/why children learn and where talents come from:
Why Stevie Wonder doesn’t learn by reading
I have heard it said “All children say they can draw when they begin formal schooling, but by about 4th grade, most of them will tell you they can’t draw.”
And I’ve heard adults say “I can’t sing.” – and yet every [...]
Archive for the ‘random thoughts’ Category
How we learn – Designer’s viewpoint
Posted in Kid stuff, Serious Stuff, random thoughts on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Laws of collective organization (math geek stuff)
Posted in Cool stuff, Serious Stuff, random thoughts, tagged geek stuff, math on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have recently been made aware that my “math geek” side has been understimulated. I ‘get’ many math jokes, and am really enjoying the math online course development work I am currently doing.
So this NYT article sent by Ed was fascinating to me: Math and the City
In particular, I am fascinated by these 2 concepts:
1) That [...]
Reading aloud vs “listening” to books
Posted in Serious Stuff, random thoughts, tagged books, words on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ed snet me this NYT article on “The lost art of reading.” It’s short – take a moment and read (aloud is optional).
I had 3 thoughts upon reading it:
1) I just can’t seem to get into audio books. I tried in the last 5 years, but I alwasy seem to get annoyed by how long [...]
My thoughts on “god”
Posted in Serious Stuff, random thoughts, tagged religion on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok so today on the way in to work I passed a church who had “God is in control” on their updatable marquee-type sign out front.
My brain immediately went into an indignant rant: “Oh he IS, is he? Well, then he’s sucking at it! C’mon, really, if he is in control, then what happened to [...]
