Training Log Archive: ndobbs

did another wee bit of Manhattanville... you'd want to be a proper masochist to make a map for fun...

apparently it's not going to be all *that* windy.

they're shutting down public transport in NYC tomorrow... must be some serious weather coming...

... and mandatory evacuation of low-lying NY coast...

C • Mandatory evacuation? 8

Went for a wee stroll in SL towards dusk... which seems to be when pairs of men appear in the woods and a police car appears in the carpark.

Logged so as not to have an empty week. Zzz

'"But there is a world of difference between teaching “pure” math, with no context, and teaching relevant problems that will lead students to appreciate how a mathematical formula models and clarifies real-world situations. The former is how algebra courses currently proceed — introducing the mysterious variable x, which many students struggle to understand. By contrast, a contextual approach, in the style of all working scientists, would introduce formulas using abbreviations for simple quantities — for instance, Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2, where E stands for energy, m for mass and c for the speed of light."

From NYT. Yeah, so you mightn't understand what a formula is, but if you know that mass is really just energy divided by bloody all that divided by bloody fast, we could teach you...

... not that there isn't a modicum of sense in the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/opinion/how-to-f...

Christ I wish I had training to log.

C • Teaching 21

Toddled over to BMtn after work to say hello to the junior camp going on. I have seen the future and it is Russian! :)

Socialised instead of going for a jog, a good call.

I wonder how to get some regular coaching and training going in the area. Salaries and advertising, advertising and money.

shaky quaky!!!

C • cool huh! 2