TED+Talks

Arthur Benjamin's Formula for Changing Math Education
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I have never understood the pressure for high school students to take Calculus their senior year of high school. Instead, I took Algebra in 8th grade and over again my freshman year of high school. That algebra became the basis for everything that I needed to learn from that point. From my student teaching experience, it was difficult to find ways to connect the Algebra II content to their lives. The students kept asking, "When am I ever going to use this?" and honestly for most of them the answer is "Never!" I entirely agree that Statistics and Probability should be the climax of mathematics education. However, in order to move towards this switch, most of the math educators today, including me, will need to refresh and further our education in Statistics and Probability before we can effectively teach it to the students.

Pranav Mistry: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology
media type="custom" key="20067770" What amazes me about this guy is that he is worried about getting this technology to the masses. He wants to get the technology out there so that people can experiment with it and create new ways to interact with it. He realizes that with the help of the masses, the product will be able to reach its full potential. It takes a large leap to trust other people with the technology that you have invented and allow them to manipulate it and change it. However, his drive to increase the ease of interaction between humans and this new technology is a more important goal to him than focusing on his SixthSense Technology.

Johnny Lee: Wii Remote Hacks
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