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A new must-read for math/science teachers: I stumbled across an extraordinary children's book at our local library (for a town of 600, we somehow manage to have a great library). The book, though published in 1995, is still available new on Amazon. Called Math Curse, it was written by John Scieszca, and answers that fundamental...; Tags: Cereal, Teacher, Math Curse, Fibonacci, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-08

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Open Source in 2013: <satire> <source> Thank you. (Picture from Fox, America's only network. My picture at the top of this blog is expected to look much like this one in 2013, if I shave and get the combover right.) The hectic but repetitive routine of business and journalism often seems...; Tags: Job, America, World Entertainment Shortage, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Patent reform dead for 2008: The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Samsung ML-2851ND: Samsung's ML-2851ND is a barebones monolaser printer with a few extra features attached that will appeal to the small-to-medium business crowd that simply needs to print out text documents or light graphics. The $330 price tag is higher than average for a monochrome printer (especially one that that isn't wireless),...; Tags: Printers, input tray, CNET Labs, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung ML-2851ND, printer; Product reviews 2008-05-12
Math 4 Everyone (zip): A Brand new program that will bring Math to life for everyone. Very simple to use and many choices. Division, subtraction, power, and base. A math program that will help everyone learn math in a simple way. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Math, Brianwisniewski, Branding, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-05-09

Got a .edu email address? Pick up Microsoft Office Ultimate for $60!: Got a .edu email address? Pick up Microsoft Office Ultimate for $60!Broken links galore!There are broken links at the NY Times site which have been replicated here. Congrats to both!I'm curious as to why this story isn't reporting the fact that this offer was originally set to expire 04/20/2008.The...; Tags: Pick-up Microsoft Office Ultimate, e-mail address, OpenOffice, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Expensive certification requirements hurt recruiting: Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher. It's a demanding job, summers off or not, and it helps to like kids. However, there are many instances when students can really benefit from teachers who have worked in private industry. This isn't the old adage, those...; Tags: Education, Recruiting, Teacher, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Why I didn't like "Microhoo": Yesterday was not a good day to be Jerry Yang. A year after returning to the helm of the company he co-founded, Yang found himself faced with an unsolicited bid from Microsoft, one that offered to pay a 50% premimum over the price of Yahoo stock. Though not ruling the...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Team Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, DVR, Management, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?: Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?Editing.There are many spelling errors and a missing link at the bottom of this article.Oil is messyThis is story is why China will become an even bigger superpower.Everything with them is a business transaction. They don't...; Tags: own tar baby, tar baby, investment, duck, dead duck, oil; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?: Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?It depends....In my kids' school district, math teaching is geared toward taking the district assessments and focuses specifically on learning what will be on the next assessment. Assessments are given quarterly. While this school district didn't exist 40 years...; Tags: math instruction, calculator; Discussion threads 2008-04-30
Has math instruction actually changed in the last 40 years?: I started my last two master's classes last night (!!). Since the classes consist largely of teachers, we usually end up having some pretty interesting discussions about teaching approaches to translating the master's-level content to secondary education. The first professor of the evening (analytic geometry, although...; Tags: Geometry, Professor, Math, Student, Teacher, Productivity, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-30
More USB fun: Copy 60 USB drives simultaneously: The fine people at CNET's Crave blog always find the strangest things, and this adds to our growing archive of wacky-but-useful USB devices. The Virtual Console "USB Flash Drive Duplicator" can make digital copies of 60 -- that's right, as in six-oh -- 1GB drives in...; Tags: USB Flash Drive, USB, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Do The Math (exe): Whether preparing a specialized diet, sharing recipes over the Internet, attending school, preparing international shipments , purchasing or replacing parts, or examining a foreign business proposal it's becoming more and more necessary for Americans to become aquatinted with the metric system. Do The Math converts both to and from all...; Tags: Try-before-you-buy, Internet; Software downloads 2008-04-29
Stop! It may be time to change the way you teach math: Stop! It may be time to change the way you teach mathSquares with my experienceAll of the really math-oriented people I've known went straight to the abstract forms and [i]played[/i] with them. When presented with applications, they would go, "Oh? Well, if you insist ..." and then head...; Tags: Word Problems, mechanics; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Stop! It may be time to change the way you teach math: A new article in the journal Science describes a controlled trial conducted by Ohio State University researchers testing modern approaches to math education. Though the subject of debate for many years, most math teachers use a variety of concrete examples to demonstrate mathematical concepts and techniques. ...; Tags: Train, Researcher, Math, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Taking a look at iPhone and iPod sales data: Taking a look at iPhone and iPod sales dataConsumer technology benchmarks[url=http://www.symbian.com/about/fastfacts/fastfacts.html]Putting things into perspective[/url]:[b]Consumer technology benchmarks * 300 million mobile phones shipped in Q4 2007[1] * 1.12 billion mobile phones sold in 2007 according to Strategy Analytics[2] * 110 million...; Tags: Branding, sales, Apple Inc., Facebook, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
I hate eigenvectors: I hate eigenvectorsThanks for the blast to the past!LOL. I remember many late nights where I was figuring out the change in enthalpy at the turbine caused by an increase of neutrons in the reactor, while my roommate, the Physics major, battled Mr. Eigen. Good Times!?I hated eigenvaluesChris,I...; Tags: eigenvalue, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh right Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-23
I hate eigenvectors: I'm only a couple months from wrapping up a masters degree in math. The program has been great and has catered to a cohort of educators who are all seeking to drastically improve math education in our respective schools and communities. However, every time I hear the prefix...; Tags: Google Inc., Eigenvalue, Search, Engineering, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Sony: SonyFixing VistaThis was an absolutely fabulous,informative post!RE: SonyThis is why I build my own computers and install exactly what I want on it. If you have to rely on someone else to set up your computer for you, it will never be exactly what you want, because they set...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Wi-Fi, Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, computer; Discussion threads 2008-04-22