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Room to Read
"the world change starts with educated children"
books  charity  education  literacy 
january 2012 by amy
The New Inquiry - The History of Dialogue: Other People's Papers
This is a dialogue between Teach, an adjunct philosophy instructor at a public university in New York, and Cheat, who has authored over 100 papers for pay.
academia  education 
june 2011 by amy
Hackety Hack!
Simple on-ramp to Ruby. RT Want to learn programming?
ruby  education  programming  from twitter_favs
december 2010 by amy
Teachers as Makers - O'Reilly Radar
. tells how hands-on learning can help teach writing Important insight. informs any subject
#education  #DIY  education  DIY  from twitter
december 2010 by amy
The New York Times > Log In
Useful perspective: "Bring back boredom." Early part of the article not as good as the later.
#neuroscience  #education  neuroscience  education  from twitter
november 2010 by amy
The New York Times > Log In
Singapore math takes it more slowly: concrete, pictorial, abstract. Interesting approach
#education  education  from twitter
november 2010 by amy
About Startl | Startl
"We founded Startl to pave the way for cool new digital media learning products to move from idea to funding and into learners’ hands. We’re working outside the established systems in a public-private partnership to break new ground in the education market and help to launch the next generation of digital tools for learning. "
education  technology 
september 2010 by amy
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Inside the Brain of a Five-Year-Old
Claudia Hammond investigates the latest research into the working of the five year old brain, and asks whether the latest developments in neuroscience might have an application in the classroom.
neuroscience  education  cognition 
september 2010 by amy
Human Connectome Project | 
The Human Connectome Project - v. cool: data, workflows, derived data and visualizations available "to freely download"
neuroscience  education  visualizations 
september 2010 by amy
Waiting for Superman | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Steve Jurvetson speaks highly of the movie Waiting for Superman. Looks like a must see
#education  education  from twitter
august 2010 by amy
Google Code University - Google Code
This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes.
The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas:
AJAX Programming
Algorithms
Distributed Systems
Web Security
Languages
programming  tutorials  google  development  education 
march 2010 by amy
E-textbooks: The New Best-sellers - Knowledge@Wharton
E-textbooks: The New Best-sellers - good look at their impact on the educational sector
#ebooks  #education  ebooks  education  from twitter_favs
march 2010 by amy
Givology: About
Givology partners with leading grassroots non-profit organizations, local communities, and schools to sponsor education grants and innovative community-based education projects. Through our website, you can support these initiatives and scholarships.
charity  education  world  from delicious
october 2009 by amy
100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists | Best Colleges Online
100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists: @energyliteracy gets a mention at #74 (via @jstogdill)
science  education  videos 
july 2009 by amy
College funding bill passed with anti-P2P provisions intact
The Senate and House have voted to reauthorize the Higher Education Act and approved controversial new provisions that will require universities to provide students with access to commercial music downloading services and implement traffic filtering technologies in order to deter peer-to-peer filesharing. The bill now goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it into law.
education  politics  law  music  p2p  ack 
august 2008 by amy
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - music: Andras Schiff on Beethoven
The lectures given by Andras Schiff on Beethoven's piano sonatas in May were electrifying - and sold out. Now you can listen to them all here.
audio  education  music  podcast 
february 2008 by amy
Pharyngula: The state of Texas
Steven Schafersman is the president of Texas Citizens for Science, and he sent along a status report for Texas — it's not all bad news, and of course it's always good to see a strong, active organization defending science in the state. I've put the full
texas  science  education 
january 2008 by amy
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