Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Ten questions on grammar
Grammar is in the headlines with the arrival of a new test for primary school children, but how much do you know about apostrophes, semi-colons and dangling participles?Find out by following this link.
Monday, 13 May 2013
Commander Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity
Commander Chris Hadfield - the first Canadian to walk in space and surely the coolest man in space* - released this version of David Bowie's Space Oddity on 12 May 2013, after handing over command of the International Space Station before returning home.
* And described by Forbes as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth".
* And described by Forbes as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth".
Friday, 3 May 2013
School of Hard Sums
If you're not watching this, you should be.
Dara O Briain on the importance of Maths:
“Maths is the language in which the universe is written. It’s innate to the human brain and is a spectacular thing that we’ve discovered/invented. Also it permeates our lives. If you have to discuss something in terms of its utility, we’re moving increasingly to being a technological society and therefore you need to be conversant with it. But in all honesty, I am over discussing things in terms of their utility, as if education is just training for jobs – it isn’t.
"I encounter the same argument in teaching obscure languages: it fires neurons in different ways, helps you with problems. The example I quote is if people really understood probability, they’d save a lot of money on lottery tickets.”
Dara O Briain on the importance of Maths:
“Maths is the language in which the universe is written. It’s innate to the human brain and is a spectacular thing that we’ve discovered/invented. Also it permeates our lives. If you have to discuss something in terms of its utility, we’re moving increasingly to being a technological society and therefore you need to be conversant with it. But in all honesty, I am over discussing things in terms of their utility, as if education is just training for jobs – it isn’t.
"I encounter the same argument in teaching obscure languages: it fires neurons in different ways, helps you with problems. The example I quote is if people really understood probability, they’d save a lot of money on lottery tickets.”
Monday, 29 April 2013
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
That's a lot of changes in just over 1,000 years of history. And only in Europe too...
The Map of Europe:
AD 1000 to the Present Day
AD 1000 to the Present Day
Friday, 19 April 2013
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