Most text-book knowlege is unrelated to students' lives - and "old". (Nothing wrong with old, but if it is superseded knowledge, then it doesn't belong in a classroom, except for historical study). One way to ensure interest, and relevance, is to get the students to write the textbooks. Heck, they may even experience some enthusiasm […]
SquareCircleZ is one year old. One of my first rants was about learning - and I remain passionate about the need for reform of institutional education. Looking back on this blog: The posts that got the most reaction were on √16 - how many answers?, my critical post on Heymath! and my Review on Game […]
A high school senior started SurfYourWork.com as a school project and sold it for $1.25 million a few years later. From Missouri Conservative [no longer available]: Adil Lalani was still in high school when he conceived the idea for SurfYourWork.com, a free, web-based school management system that lets teachers and administrators post assignments and other […]
This is not bad: Commodities Trading Simulation. You can buy and sell various goods and the aim is to make money as a trader. I like the fact that you need to make decisions and live with those decisions. You learn as you go. it's much better than "tell and test". But I'm wondering why […]
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