Who’d a thunk it? Is there really such a thing as a 3D pen? Can you really write in the air? It all sounds very science-fictional. But 40 years ago 3D printers seemed science-fictional, and yet they were invented soon… Read More ›
Technology
The long hiatus is over.
Resuming my blog after a hiatus of too many months — eight, in fact! — so, stay tuned!
Desmos Redux
We had a productive workshop today, identifying and developing materials for using Desmos — primarily, but not exclusively, in Algebra 2 and Precalc 2. There are at least two different ways to use Desmos: as a graphing calculator that’s much better than… Read More ›
Old medicine
As you can see, the cover page of this book looks old enough — 151 years old, to be precise. But you’ll notice that the title refers to “Early England” and the sub-sub-title refers to “before the Norman conquest,” so… Read More ›
Spacing after periods
Three decades ago, when I was doing some contract work for a software company that shall go nameless, a co-worker suggested an optional plug-in for their flagship product. For a mere $5000.00, a customer could install a module that would… Read More ›
What!? We’re making fun of Comic Sans yet again???
Would be even better with Bart Simpson…
Back again…
I thought I had given up my blog forever. But apparently not. I’ve been persuaded to resume blogging, so stay tuned for further posts…
When will the two robots meet?
The other day I read an intriguing article in the New York Times about a simulation of two robots moving on model train tracks at the National Museum of Mathematics. Will they ever meet? And why are the robots beavers, when… Read More ›
PD
Yesterday was a professional development day in Weston. The entire K–12 faculty met together for a long lecture on special ed law, two workshops (I picked Google Classroom and 3-D Printing among a lot of choices), and a film about… Read More ›
What’s wrong with periods?
I know why apostrophes are a bad idea, but periods???? Here I am listening to All Things Considered on WGBH, and I hear this report about ending text messages with periods: …Researchers at Binghampton University have found that ending your… Read More ›
