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40 sites that'll make you a lil bit smarter (and maybe make your procastination more useful)

published by LookingToSee on 17 November, 2013 - 18:47

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2c1JMx/inktank.fi/40-websites-that-will-ma...

 

sorry about the link, stumbleupon is a bit difficult with sharing links. but this list of sites is SUPER interesting.

 

coursera - a site of free online courses

freerice.com - answerquestions on different topic - world landmarks, english vocab, languages, maths timetables and donate rice for each right answer.

unplugthetv - instead of watching TV, you should watch.....

 

TED and lifehacker are also on that list. so's khan academy (actually its the first one on the list)

 

Faith schools and Indoctrination

published by Hummus on 10 November, 2013 - 11:48

Professor Michael Hand, Philosopher of Education from the University of Birmingham came to visit us. After introducing himself and explaining what his job entails, he asked us whether we thought faith schools should be abolished. Towards the end, he asked us "Do you think faith state schools should be abolished on the grounds that they indoctrinate pupils?"

Though I had though he wouldn't be biased and would give us a balanced argument, I soon came to find out that the perspective he was advocating was that faith schools should be abolished on such grounds. I didn't get the wrong end of the stick, I clearly haven't.

Shaken martini not stirred, why?

published by Hummus on 10 November, 2013 - 10:41

For many of you who are out of the Education system, many schools, sxith forms and colleges have began to use the term "home learning" rather than "homework" in an attempt to help students understand that additional work which is set is not for the teacher (which homework might suggest) but rather for the student's developement (as home learning is supposed to suggest).

Last Chemistry lesson, I was set a very bizarre peice of home learning. I was given a question; "Why does James Bond prefer his martini to be shaken, not stirred?" We are currently studying an enormous chapter about compounds containing the carbonyl group and have just completed a section on reactions with aldehydes and ketones. This information may be somewhat relevant to the answer.

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