59th curiosity day !
If around you, you know children between 12 and 18, don't hesitate to show them what other kids have been thinking about worldwide : there is no bad time to get curious !
And if you are already double or triple their age, you will still be impressed ! https://www.googlesciencefair.com/fr/
good luck with your projects, kids !
T.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Teaching code skills to your little kids... A necessity ?
58th curiosity tip to wake up your brain !
I have no idea if we should consider this article as helpful or scary in terms of kids education ...
I have no idea if we should consider this article as helpful or scary in terms of kids education ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeana-lee-tahnk/neat-products-for-teachin_b_7138030.html
This article by the HuffingtonPost deals with "how to teach coding to your kids".
They especially present "cool toys to learn coding starting at 3 year old"
The good size of this "educational" program is that it also shows how girls should feel engaged in this process, and, more generally, how to improve the logical analysis and thinking spirit.
Good share, good day,
T.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon : Maths is forever (and his speech is amazing)
Hi, curious people ! 57th (already!) day of curiosity for the blog !
Today, I want to share this inspiring talk by Eduardo Saenz de Carbzon. In this TED Talk, Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon shows how unlucky we are that all mathematicians are not like him !
Today, I want to share this inspiring talk by Eduardo Saenz de Carbzon. In this TED Talk, Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon shows how unlucky we are that all mathematicians are not like him !
The art of appreciating maths is real, and he knows how to share this feeling !
Good share, good day !
T.
T.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Earth Day 2015 !
57th curiosity day today !
Today, 22nd of April 2015, we celebrate the "Earth Day". Even if that should be a perpetual thought, it's always a good thing to have some exterior pressure to do something great for our environment today.
Over here, it will be some gardening !
And don't forget all the good things this special day brought since 1970: :
- EPA creation (environment protection agency)
- "Clean Air" law approval
- "Clean Water" law approval
- "endangered species" law approval
- first sensibilisations to recycling
etc, etc, ...
And you, anything planned ?
T.
Today, 22nd of April 2015, we celebrate the "Earth Day". Even if that should be a perpetual thought, it's always a good thing to have some exterior pressure to do something great for our environment today.
Over here, it will be some gardening !
And don't forget all the good things this special day brought since 1970: :
- EPA creation (environment protection agency)
- "Clean Air" law approval
- "Clean Water" law approval
- "endangered species" law approval
- first sensibilisations to recycling
etc, etc, ...
And you, anything planned ?
T.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Lack of organs: worse and worse ... donate !
56th day of curiosity and e-learning !
Good thing, bad thing, up to you to react !
In France, a big debate is surfacing, since it "just" took 39 years for people to realize that organ donations were actually considered as "a priori volunteered" for everyone who dies. (It's just not applied)
To go past the political side of the current debate, here is a well-made infography about the stat of organ donations in france http://www.dondorganes.fr/002-la-penurie-d-organes:
- in 22 years, organ donations increased by 45% (large spectrum of allowed donators explains this).Therefore, logically, an increase in surgery operations
- However, unfortunately, one number erases this good news : 8800 people were waiting for an organ donation in 1993, and now it's over 18 000 !
The lack of organ donations is a real thing here in France !
So what is the situation in your country ? How easy is it to declare yourself as a volunteer donator ?
T.
Good thing, bad thing, up to you to react !
In France, a big debate is surfacing, since it "just" took 39 years for people to realize that organ donations were actually considered as "a priori volunteered" for everyone who dies. (It's just not applied)
To go past the political side of the current debate, here is a well-made infography about the stat of organ donations in france http://www.dondorganes.fr/002-la-penurie-d-organes:
- in 22 years, organ donations increased by 45% (large spectrum of allowed donators explains this).Therefore, logically, an increase in surgery operations
- However, unfortunately, one number erases this good news : 8800 people were waiting for an organ donation in 1993, and now it's over 18 000 !
The lack of organ donations is a real thing here in France !
So what is the situation in your country ? How easy is it to declare yourself as a volunteer donator ?
T.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Numeric tools in school: losing memory ability ?
D55 on this curiosity blog!
Today, I saw again another article talking how much we should increase the rythm of numerization in the school environment. …
I must admit that I'm not 100% convinced by this position.
To be honest :
- I'm sure that there are very good ways to use the internet and a computer to provide tools adapted to school, education and learning.
- especially, recording lectures, allowing them to be shared in many languages, heard, and repeatable IS A GOOD THING
- BUT our memory can be affected by the method chosen: handwritten sentences might be easier to process for our brain, compared with computer screens.
AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT UNTIL THIS STUDY!
A very serious manuscript in which the students were reaching the highest scores when typing their notes, especially during a lecture context !
And you, how do you teach / learn in lectures ?
T.
Today, I saw again another article talking how much we should increase the rythm of numerization in the school environment. …
I must admit that I'm not 100% convinced by this position.
To be honest :
- I'm sure that there are very good ways to use the internet and a computer to provide tools adapted to school, education and learning.
- especially, recording lectures, allowing them to be shared in many languages, heard, and repeatable IS A GOOD THING
- BUT our memory can be affected by the method chosen: handwritten sentences might be easier to process for our brain, compared with computer screens.
AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT UNTIL THIS STUDY!
A very serious manuscript in which the students were reaching the highest scores when typing their notes, especially during a lecture context !
And you, how do you teach / learn in lectures ?
T.
Friday, April 10, 2015
How computers (can't) deal with RGB !
54th Day of curiosity and lifetime for this page :)
Today, I'll share such a GREAT video by minutePhysics. This guy is just awesome in simplifying maths and physics, and I keep being impressed about how cool the subject becomes !
So, for a 4'-long interesting story about the tricks (and errors) about how your computer is producing the colors, just follow this link !
Today, I'll share such a GREAT video by minutePhysics. This guy is just awesome in simplifying maths and physics, and I keep being impressed about how cool the subject becomes !
So, for a 4'-long interesting story about the tricks (and errors) about how your computer is producing the colors, just follow this link !
To keep the curiosity growing, 1 share of my page = 1 happier koala in the World !
T.
T.
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