April 27, 2011
We are all interested in what the next man is doing. Biographies give us a historical look into the lives and times of notable people. Reading up on biographies can be about general knowledge, about research, or simply about inspiration. Here are the top seven sources for you to visit if you are interested in the biographies of the who’s who.
April 26, 2011
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; that wasn’t just the title of the 1965 British comedy film but also the title that should be bestowed on those fearless men who managed the modern miracle of flight possible. Today, we take airplanes and flying for granted. But where it not for developments beginning early (in fact earlier) last century, we still would have been grounded on terra firma.
April 22, 2011
Paper airplanes have been as much a part of our growing up as has been the dream of flying. Many among us have taken this up further into a lifelong hobby. Learning to make paper planes is not just about creasing the paper at the folds and throwing it up in the air. It is aeronautical science at its most fundamental.
April 21, 2011
Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be. So it’s easy to see that having flashcards on your smartphone is a fantastic idea. Today we’ll take a look at some of the better Android flashcard applications which teachers could recommend to students for studying flashcards in their classes.
April 15, 2011
Think of timelines as historical markers on a scale with dates. But though timelines may be just a plot of dates and events on a long bar, they have cultural significance; maybe not the timeline itself, but certainly the events placed on it. Timelines help us to understand change as it happens over the course of time. This bird’s eye view enables us to grasp the complexity of a trend over the course of history.
April 8, 2011
Have you ever considered online learning? Or have you considered courses from your local community centre? If so, Learnable has a selection of courses you just might like. Learnable is a new initiative aiming to share a broad range of courses online for anyone who is interested in studying them. It’s still expanding, but eventually Learnable aims to have a little bit of everything there for you to learn.
February 28, 2011
You have probably been in this situation. You try to scribble notes as fast as possible during math class and barely have time to comprehend what’s going on, so when you go home and review the notes, some parts make no sense. You could read the textbook, but it would be easier if someone could [...]
January 21, 2011
To fill the piggy bank, it’s important to start early. A dollar doesn’t go far, but with some sound advice it can be stretched. Kids of today don’t need to understand how money can be spent, but they need to know how money works. For parents to have a kid who is money-wise is a [...]
January 17, 2011
Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein are on this list. So are Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Abraham Lincoln is also assumed to be a member. Sharon Stone definitely is. But then so might be the guy or gal sitting next to you on the bus. It is a coveted three digit number, but it is [...]
December 31, 2010
You can put your money on virtual reality and virtual worlds becoming part of our daily lives. One of its greatest impacts will be felt on education and health. You can already get hints of the value educators (and others) placed on 3D virtual tools from the success of virtual globes like Google Earth. Virtual worlds [...]
