March 2011 Archives

The Indianapolis Star reports that Jacob Barnett, who is mildly autistic, grasps some of the most complex concepts in math. He's attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where there is a movement to get him on board as a paid research assistant.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/28/jacob-barnett-12-year-old_n_841577.html

"The elephants caught on as quickly as chimpanzees, elevating themselves to such heady company as great apes, dolphins and crows, according to Plotnik, of the department of experimental psychology at England's Cambridge University."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/08/elephant-intelligence-study_n_832522.html

How does this relate to what we have been studying in History & Systems?

"I didn't enjoy school very much. Occasionally, I had a teacher who would inspire me. But as an adult, as I began working with computer technology to tell stories through film, I began to wonder, "Why couldn't we use these new technologies to help improve the learning process?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lucas/join-the-movement-to-tran_b_828962.html

What does this tell us about how succesful (or not) we have been about learning from psychology on how to teach?