Tag Archives: open source

Transforming our thoughts about teaching

By Phi | Published: 12 Dec 07
This wonderful little video (produced by some U of M Twin Cities mathematicians) has apparently been viewed over 1 million times now, which is a lot more views than it would ever get in class. I frequently run into faculty that are very intent on holding on to their teaching ideas and techniques, and certainly [...]
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Making software simpler instead of more complex

By Phi | Published: 29 Nov 07
Those crazy kids at KOffice have created a simplified version of their office suite especially geared for kids. A cool feature, though, is that it’s fully interoperable with the “adult” version of the suite, so teachers/parents can open documents created by students/kids and vice versa. Nice. open… has some nice thoughts on the role of [...]
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Show me what they really want (and don’t assume it’s the money)

By Phi | Published: 24 Nov 07
There’s been much written and said about Radiohead’s decision to let punters name their price when downloading their new In rainbows album. While some of this heat and noise as been quite sensible, much has been predictable tripe about how stupid and naive the band has been. There is some evidence, however, that the band [...]
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