Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Saturday, February 18, 2012
amazed by education
Are you not amazed by the beauty and power of education? Since I was young, I always thought what a pity it is when people cannot have the wonderful chance I have been given to go to school, learn, read, and now access the internet and watch documentaries and educational lectures, and of the sort I simply adore British ones. Because they seem to be done for the listener to be able to grasp and learn, rather than for the speaker to show off.
This is not a common concept in the Italian system, and surely not in the Italian television. And if it has ever been, not any longer, after the ridiculous decline provided by the media empire of a ridiculous middle class dwarf empowered by mafia collusion and black money.
Maybe not in some parts of the world, maybe not in younger generations, but in Italy, and amongst people of my age, and sure amongst older people, television is still the main source of information, or I should say opinion, cheap entertainment, and trash.
Enjoy some quality lectures here: http://www.richannel.org/
Saturday, December 3, 2011
open (and powerful) education
But some people have been excellent at creating learning which is free, and exciting.
Animated stories, powerful visualisations:
The Khan Academy
RSA Animate
Gapminder
Big History Project
Crash Courses
Some cool infographics:
http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/
http://www.coolinfographics.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/14/monday-inspiration-data-visualization-and-infographics/
And a lot of inspirational videos and open course material:
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