Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon linked on his blog to my post about the whole Popline thing. ZOMG! If I were the ZOMG-run-around-the-house-fanning-my-face type, I’d totally be doing that. In fact, perhaps I will go do that for a bit. Then I suppose I should read his book since I got […]
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A fascinating look at math education from the perspective of a real mathematician.
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SIMPLICIO: But not everyone is cut out to be an artist. What about the kids who aren’t “math people?” How would they fit into your scheme?
SALVIATI: If everyone were exposed to mathematics in its natural state, with all the challenging […]
I love that the W3C recommendation/standard for semantic web query language is called SPARQL. M1 used to call sequins “sequels” which I always parsed as SQLs, so somehow it all just fits in my head… SQLs & SPARQLs & squeee!, my chosen profession is just so glittery & fabulous!