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Comment on Why I Don’t Assign Homework by only dead fish » Blog Archive » Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading

only dead fish » Blog Archive » Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:16:04 +0000

[...] on comments (and actually invite feedback) by putting out provocative/controversial viewpoints (dy/dan: no homework policy) or asking questions near the [...]

Comment on “Let The Beat Build,” Nyle by Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:43:41 +0000

Yeah, real fun there.

I appreciated the fact that Spoon didn’t try to pull off the camera sleight of hand that Nyle did, rushing musicians into place while the camera looked the other way. This is a totally picky point, I realize, but the effort has always distracted me in the Nyle video.

To Nyle’s credit, his song sounds like a live, one-take track: little breathy moments, some notes held a little too long or short, artists fading in and out organically, not by a volume slider. Spoon’s track, to my ears, is indistinguishable from the version I heard on the album. Great track, but an opportunity somewhat squandered.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Comment on My Lesson Plan: The Door Lock by Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:29:38 +0000

I actually added that link to the addenda (at the bottom of the post) only a few hours before you added it to the comments. A reader tipped me to it via e-mail. I feel a profound sense of security knowing y’all have me covered for interesting links.

Comment on What I Would Do With This: Glassware by Thing #7a - RSS | Strahler's 23 Things

Thing #7a - RSS | Strahler's 23 Things — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:12:15 +0000

[...] Some of the things that I’ve found interesting. I found a really neat lesson plan at this website. It is a great lesson plan because it really exemplifies student thought before being told [...]

Comment on “Let The Beat Build,” Nyle by Steven Kimmi

Steven Kimmi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:30:34 +0000

Up for a little compare and contrast?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWD7HYUnR1Q

Comment on My Lesson Plan: The Door Lock by Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:09:59 +0000

Thought this might play in nicely in terms of alternative images.

Comment on Why I Don’t Use Your Textbook by dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Lesson Plan: The Door Lock

dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Lesson Plan: The Door Lock — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:37:55 +0000

[...] long. Tell them the code is 2 digits long. Tell them it’s as long you want it to be. I respected the rule of least power here, which meant that when I took this photo I tried to stay out of the way of your lesson [...]

Comment on The Aesthetic by Steve Phelps

Steve Phelps — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:03:28 +0000

“But from what little I know, Davydov believed that kids should learn abstraction FIRST and then learn the concrete. So the math books present algebraic ideas before arithmetic ones, as far as I understand. ”

MPG,

There is a similar kind of idea in geometry (Tatyana Ehrenfest http://www.pims.math.ca/~hoek/teageo/TEA.pdf) that 3D Geometry should be taught before 2D Geometry. Makes sense…kids experience a 3D world every day.

Comment on What I Would Do With This: Glassware by anon

anon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:35:08 +0000

Did any of your students ask you to justify your assumption that the roll radius is equal to the slant height?

Comment on The First Day Of Summer School by Stuff me up! » Blog Archive » Namen geven maakt alles duidelijker

Stuff me up! » Blog Archive » Namen geven maakt alles duidelijker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:11 +0000

[...] hij zal het antwoord schuldig blijven. Ook ikzelf heb het me eigenlijk nooit afgevraagd, tot ik dit zag. Mr Meyer op z’n best. Ik zeg niet dat ie het zelf heeft uitgevonden, maar het is wel de [...]