Google Hangout + TED Talks = CONNECT
The catch phrase / motto / vision of TEDx is “Share. Connect. Act” We hold these TEDx...
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Copyright Math
This is a short TED Talk by Rob Reid (The $8 billion iPad) that tries to infuse a little...
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Teaching Math Without Words
I’ve been following this MIND Research Institute math platform for a while now … looks...
Read MoreBattling Bad Science (and Statistics)
If you ever needed a REASON to calculate the highest point of a parabola that opens downward, here’s one. Possibly Related Posts: Why use Microsoft Word with blind math students? GITW Relevant Graphs for your Class These...
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Failure is a NORMAL Part of Learning
“Dr. Tae is a skateboarder, videographer, scientist, and teacher. Contrasting his...
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Where does learning happen?
There’s a great new TED Talk out today by Jason Fried (TEDxMidwest) called Why Work...
Read MoreMoving Math from Analog to Digital
Arthur Benjamin has been on TED in the past (see Mathemagics) and has done a really phenomenal job. Here’s his latest 3-minute appearance, called “A Formula for Changing Math Education.” The problem is that the...
Read MoreMathematical Coral Reefs
Margaret Wertheim speaks at TED about the beautiful mathematics of coral reefs, hyperbolic geometry, and more. In particular, I liked her bit (around the 8-minute mark) where she says that if zero and one are already possible...
Read MoreModern War follows a Linear Regression
Just watched an amazing 7-minute TED talk on The Mathematics of War where an interdisciplinary team of researchers (physics, mathematics, economist, intelligence, computers) figured out how to mine data from public streams of...
Read MoreMathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere
What is “The AlloSphere” ? Watch the 7-minute TED video to see. What you all might be interested in is what they do with the Allosphere. Ann Kuchera-Morin: We map complex mathematical algorithms that unfold in time...
Read MoreMathematics of Coercion
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a consultant to the CIA and DOD, uses mathematical analysis to predict the outcome of “messy” human events in this 2009 TED Talk: Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back...
Read MoreFibonacci Sequence in Siftables
“We’re on the cusp of this new generation of tools for interacting with digital media that are going to bring information into our world on our terms.” – David Merrill Jump to 2:20 to see the math example...
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