Sunday, June 22, 2008
A Handy Little Site
Next time you're telling a joke while sitting in front of your PC, you may find Instant Rimshot useful ...Well, at least if the punchline is so pathetic that it needs a little assistance :-).
The G Shot
I heard about this on a podcast this evening.Apparently, The G Shot, also known as "G Spot Amplification", involves injection of collagen into the Grafenburg Spot, to temporarily enlarge it (for up to four months).
While the idea of sticking a needle into such a sensitive area sounds just a little alarming, I guess the outcome could make it worthwhile. Mind you, they're very careful to point out that "results do vary".
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The Open Source Process In Action
Via Projectionist comes this impressive animation of the Python language's development over time ...
Mathematics Problem Videos
Via Teaching College Math, I discovered Math TV, which provides videos of worked-through high school level mathematics problems.There are two sites: MathTV, which has problems presented by a couple of different people, and a YouTube site, which contains a lot more problems, all of which seem to be presented by the same guy.
That's OK, because I think he does the best job, anyway.
Unfortunately, they've disabled embedding, but click on the image for a nice example of integration by substitution ... although I think the last one could have been explained more simply than by using polynomial long-division!
All up, a nice resource.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
They Set The Bar High at UNE
One of the subjects I'll be doing next semester includes an assignment that requires you to create an animation of some form.
This was the best submission from 2006. If I started now, and worked 16 hours a day on it, I reckon I could create something at least half as good by ... oh, let's say ... the end of second semester, 2010 :-).
Hopefully the person who produced this has been able to carry the same level of creativity and skill with them into their day to day teaching!
This was the best submission from 2006. If I started now, and worked 16 hours a day on it, I reckon I could create something at least half as good by ... oh, let's say ... the end of second semester, 2010 :-).
Hopefully the person who produced this has been able to carry the same level of creativity and skill with them into their day to day teaching!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
An Awesome Lecturer
Apple just expanded iTunes U to cover more universities, including at least one in Australia ... the University of NSW.
So, I popped on over to see what lectures were available and stumbled upon some introductory C programming lectures by a chap named Richard Buckland.
When I finally make it into the teaching profession, I just hope my classes can be a fraction of the fun this bloke's are.
Even if you have no interest in computing, please watch at least some of this. I think Richard has a truly amazing ability to bond with his class.
Fortunately, the lectures are also on YouTube, so you don't need to subscribe to iTunes U unless you want to. Here's the one I watched last night.
A quick warning, though ... it starts out a little slowly, because it would seem the lecture theatre was a slightly tricky to find, so he waits a few minutes to give people a chance to get there.
So, I popped on over to see what lectures were available and stumbled upon some introductory C programming lectures by a chap named Richard Buckland.
When I finally make it into the teaching profession, I just hope my classes can be a fraction of the fun this bloke's are.
Even if you have no interest in computing, please watch at least some of this. I think Richard has a truly amazing ability to bond with his class.
Fortunately, the lectures are also on YouTube, so you don't need to subscribe to iTunes U unless you want to. Here's the one I watched last night.
A quick warning, though ... it starts out a little slowly, because it would seem the lecture theatre was a slightly tricky to find, so he waits a few minutes to give people a chance to get there.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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