Category Archives: Documentaries
Travel photography
Courtesy of BBC news – fabulous video of winners of their travel photograph competition. Winning pictures are gorgeous.
Adelaide Film Festival (March 2011)
My three equal favourite movies were all documentaries: Wasteland Bicycle Dreams Fire in Babylon Wasteland helped develop my limited appreciation of modern art (started by Walter Lewin’s (MIT) lecture on Modern Art). The artist in the film (Vic Muniz) explained … Continue reading
Colors of infinity and other teaching resources for fractals
Documentary featuring Arthur C. Clarke. I remember watching this in 1997 in Sydney .. before I did my maths degree:). Wonderful soundtrack by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd). Here for the whole program or watch in parts on youtube. PBS /Nova … Continue reading
Downside of a positive attitude (Illusion? Delusion?)
Is this linked to the fact that we no longer have recessions? Another 10-minuter on what motivates us.
Introduction to Einstein
Speaker works for me – starts out lighthearted and continues that way . Wonderful explanation of the development of this knowledge. By the end of this I think I understood the difference between Special and General Theories of Relativity and some of the … Continue reading
STEM “Current Affairs” : Newton TV
Site still under-development. Test site includes high quality video materials. Sponsored by Royal Institute. Suitable for secondary school. Perhaps focusing on STEM Current Affairs given Ten Alps involvement.
Making music the Web 2.0 way
What a great way to use Web 2.0 techie tools. Music starts around 30 second mark.
Maths education activist (TED Talk)
Highly motivated maths teacher using technology intelligently in the classroom. Lots of commonsense in his blog too. His five tip-offs that maths teaching is wrong when students: Lack initiative (eg. immediately want something re-explained) Lack perseverance Lack retention Averse to … Continue reading
Rethinking education models (TED talk)
Interesting talk about alternative education models. Been thinking about how we help students develop the skills required to work out the next number in the sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8 …. . depending on whether taking an IQ test (one answer) … Continue reading
Marshall McLuhan (1960) – an update on Huxley
Another video to watch with some similar themes to Aldous Huxley interview. This time Marshall McLuhan kicking off the debates about the changing role of the book, moving away from a print culture towards electronic media. Previously no choice, had … Continue reading
