What would it be like to learn maths with other people who like maths? Continue reading →

I have been going to the weekly presentations at Xerox Parc on and off for several years. This one – next Thursday – looks like the best one yet. Brewing is the original biotechnology. For 6-8,000 years it has been … Continue reading →

There are somethings that parents make up to amuse their children. Can you guess what they are? Continue reading →

This sounds like fun. You will be given a maximum of 3 minutes in which to impress the judges. They are looking for exciting and engaging talks that can be understood by a general public adult audience. Props are allowed … Continue reading →

The Guardian has an article about new government guidelines for teaching creationism in religious education (RE) classes. Schools will also be required to teach the creation myths of all the major religions and will be required to compare and contrast … Continue reading →

Excellent Doonesbury over at Slate today about the global warming controversy and the dioxin controversy and ….

The Constructionists tell us that children learn best when we let them form their own theories about the world by making things. In contrast, the Instructionists tell us that children learn better when we-who-know tell them what the theories are. … Continue reading →

Even teachers and programmers Continue reading →

I don’t know how many times I’ve had that discussion where the person on the other side of the debate thinks that all video games are about killing space aliens. OK. I do know how many. It’s a lot. Most … Continue reading →

This article in Salon mourns the death of BASIC. Only, quietly and without fanfare, or even any comment or notice by software pundits, we have drifted into a situation where almost none of the millions of personal computers in America … Continue reading →