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Honestly, you'd think that all reasonable people takes this for granted, but -chances are- some of those competing will take it in a very personal way. Regardless of how much guidance you give to a group, it seems there will always be those who take it to the extreme, either due to genetic...

Totally agree with you Radix24. The important thing being that the process of playing the notes is not complicated or requires an advanced level of manual dexterity and/or coordination. Playing the instrument needs to be the as easy as possible to make it accessible. An instrument like the...

I have learned to appreciate mathematics over time. When I was a boy, I remember to have had a fair share of aversion to it, but as I got older and began knowing the practical applications of mathematics in our everyday lives, I valued it more and more. The modern world is based on so many...

Children learn a big deal about their own capabilities through physical education. They learn to execute and create new forms of movement with the help of different forms of plays recreation and by participating in sports. These classes are important so that the child can learn to perform with...

Dissecting flowers, plants and -in general- elements belonging to the plant kingdom resonates more with me than doing it with dead animals. It is an incentive for certain children wonder what would happen if they do it with a live animal? And, of course, there would be those who actually go and...

If you're serious about integrating imaging through education why not use a free software package instead of Photoshop? This way you can motivate your students to use open source software that can be legally obtained and used without pirating (we all know that students generally will not buy)...

Good point remnant. Emails if can be used even as a tool to expand the process initiated in the classroom. It would act as a natural extension of it. In these modern times almost everyone connected to the internet has an email account. Many may even prefer to share their e-mail account rather...

Note there are many creative people who don't have depression (or at least it doesn't seem so). I guess a sensible person needs to channel their feelings, to express them in a way that makes him/feel feel good again. Creativity works as their escape route hence as soon as they have a "door" in...

Tanks for your input Ferdinand. "Profit here, profit there!" Gains in education have unnerved me up to the hilt for a long time now. Where are the government programs targeting this valuable aspect of human life in a massive scale? It seems that as a society we're stagnating in the formation...

Unfortunately it seems that in many instances we are being "unintelligent". The truth is that -as a society- we are failing to use these new technologies to educate our new generations in an integral way. Surely we all understand that children will look for single use and curiosity when they...

@pwarbi It pains me a little bit to say it, but yes: I am an idealist. I think in the not-too-distant future the situation regarding free software will change. In fact, there have been great advances when looking at other sectors such as the government in certain countries. They pass mostly...

Biology and chemistry. I think it was because of the experimental part. If all classes had such experimental parts to enjoy it would increase the interest of students. The educational process would not only be more enjoyable, but the concepts taught during these experiments really are fixed in...

The answer is "via media". We can not be fanatical and force every calculation to be manual. Using the calculator should be taught at school, I agree, but I also fully support everything that has to do with teaching the process of manual calculation too. A solid theoretical foundation should be...

The courses at http://homeschoolprogramming.com/ should definitely be free! Do you know about any similar courses that are in fact free? I notice a lack of free materials regarding this very topic. Yes, you could argue the price is affordable but still, if we want to promote real widespread...

I feel you and I agree with your assessment. The education process regarding information technologies should permeate all levels. If anything, it should go deeper in each educational stage. From pre-school to university there should be a logical connection being taught incrementally; from...

A wonderful way to encourage children to learn more about electronics and computers is by introducing them to Arduino. This can serve as an inspiring platform for sparking their curiosity through projects that go beyond the monitor, they will love to see how programmable electronic circuits can...

Sadly, they still use proprietary operating systems here. I wish all schools would adopt free and open source software. We can not transform our society (truly rethinking it) using the "status quo" systems full of malware by design that will not allow the study of their internals since the...

It is almost impossible to escape contact with technology in the modern world. Even if you are part of a previous generation, at the very least you would be forced to use facebook or any other social network to communicate with relatives. It is the norm now. Early exposure is practically...