Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Cool Paradigm Shift in Education

An incredible TED Talk by the famous Salman Khan who just happens to be a very good teacher, especially in math and the sciences. His premise, after posting up youtubes for his cousins to help them with their homework (and then went super viral), is that teachers today could assign youtube videos for homework and then use the classroom to do homework. This was actually done by some teachers after they found out that his videos were the preferred instructional method vs the one-size-fits-all lecture style today.

Let’s get our kids out of the “swiss cheese” gaps of education today.

The Best Thing

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent tolerance;
to a friend your heart;
to your child a good example;
to a father deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself respect;
and to all men charity.”

– Frances Balfour