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- Stupidumb, on 01/20/2009, -0/+43Mathway is awesome. This could honestly replace high school teachers for math classes.
Then again, soggy bananas could replace some high school teachers... - AmnesiacJack, on 01/21/2009, -0/+15Best FAQ out of all the programs on the list: http://www.fightthebull.com/bullfighterfaq.asp
"Q: My art teacher in school uses a Macintosh. Can he run Bullfighter?
A: No. We do not currently support Macintosh, PlayStation or Xbox." - jggube, on 01/20/2009, -1/+16This list would have been handy 8 years ago! Man, kids have it easy these days. :)
- arcticsoft, on 01/21/2009, -0/+12and it shows
- specialK16, on 01/21/2009, -1/+10Yeah, we can tell.
- elizabethb221, on 01/21/2009, -1/+8To continue on the path of fruit and bad math teachers...
Our math teacher was so evil and awful that my friend would bring her an apple every day...that he had rubbed on his balls... - inactive, on 01/21/2009, -0/+7internet? for learning?
i dont understand. - gbarger, on 01/21/2009, -0/+7Which I would say is actually a problem. I'm reasonably educated (masters degree) but we're pushing too much information so quickly that there's 0 retention. I was fascinated looking at chemistry textbooks from the late 60s and early 70s that were actually easily understandable. I think as time goes on we try to pump every bit of information into children and there is very little they can remember. I actually had chemistry with Stephen Zumdahl (right before he retired) at the University of Illinois. He was a great teacher, and writes nearly all of the chemistry textbooks used but it's insane how much information there is to even try to remember. I think retention is much easier if you take it at a slower pace and try to review what you've learned in the past before moving on to new things. His accelerated chemistry class was insanely difficult by the way but I still felt sorry for the non chem studends in the regular classes because it really didn't seem much easier.
- Lucent, on 01/21/2009, -1/+6I don't really see the point of mentioning two periodic tables. Use your editorial judgment and pick one.
- StigNordas, on 01/21/2009, -1/+6Dugg for Zotero, it's handy for any research.
- Po0py, on 01/21/2009, -0/+5This list is not complete without Anki. http://ichi2.net/anki/
Anki is a spaced repitition memorisation tool. Basically a flash card program on your desktop. Most people use it to study a language. Japanese mostly. But people have been known to use it for all sorts of things. Most usefull program I have on my computer by far. Although some of those other progs look interesting. - Pilgrim01, on 01/21/2009, -0/+4Sometimes you do need somebody to fully explain things so i think maths teachers may manage to hold onto their jobs this time. But Mathaway looks like it could be really useful.
- WeedCollege, on 01/21/2009, -0/+4http://weedcollege.com
Sorry, couldn't help it. - adml_shake, on 01/21/2009, -0/+3I love Mathway, I always hated that the books and teacher would give you some simple ass problem to show you how to do something then toss you an overly hard one. I need to see a few of the harder ones done to understand it, after that I'm good. This was a big help to me.
- inactive, on 01/21/2009, -1/+4zzzzttttt...Wrong. If you are going into any science or engineering a degree is a requirement. If you plan on ever have critical thinking skills and excellent research ability, go to a good school (there are some excellent state school out there). College doesn't teach you what to do when you get to work, but it teaches you how to think and be a far better employee.
With that being said, college isn't for everyone. - Stupidumb, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2That doesn't make any sense.
A teacher's job is to teach.
A student attends school to learn.
An incompetent teacher can be replaced by a competent learning tool for students.
In your crazy backwards universe, you say a teacher can replace his students with a website. In that case, he wouldn't be teaching anyone anything, and therefore not be doing his job. - beng165, on 01/22/2009, -0/+2Digg this if like me you already had the periodic table bookmarked
- goldpig, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2@boot20
Excellent point. If you look at the higher paying jobs most of them require a degree.
@cubicledrone
How old are you? Engineering is all around us. Neon lights are done by chemical engineers. There are mechanical engineers, computer engineers and the list goes on and on. How do you think you can get all these great medications out there. From the guy working at Mcdonald's? No, from the biochemist. You should do your research first. - peters1023, on 01/22/2009, -0/+2Or the all in one....
google. - apupimpin, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2Damn no ubuntu....bastards.
- blablablerg, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Zotero is absolutely revolutionary in its approach to import and manage references. I can recommend it to anyone who is now using a conventional reference manager like Endnote or Jabref for example.
- EternalTyranny, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Dugg for being a handful of awesome!
That Zotero will be a godsend come next semester and the next set of essays. - WayGroovy, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1My wife is taking Calc 3 right now. I've had to help her with her homework in the past, but am always afraid of doing it wrong and showing her wrong. Now at least I can blame the internet if it is wrong.
http://www.mathway.com added to my bookmarks. - hiPpymIck, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1dont forget this one with a video for each element
http://periodicvideos.com/
oh - and a guy with really crazy hair - WayGroovy, on 01/21/2009, -1/+2Gotta love money in their asses.
- dmorin, on 01/21/2009, -1/+2You'd be surprised! My 1st grade daughter wanders around the house reciting all 50 states. She (and every other kid in the class, it's not like she's special) had a test on it and everything. A week later I found her reading Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." I don't remember learning stuff like that at that age!
- Pittsfield, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Definitely using Mathway to study for my final on Monday.
- CRAZYNICEdubs, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1A digg article that is helpful and informative? UNHEARD OF.
- AdmiralAcbar, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1I had never heard of mathway before now. This is going to be SO HELPFUL in checking my work :D
- inactive, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Wow, someone is a little bitter....
- dlan4327, on 01/23/2009, -0/+1"Second semester has started and many students went back to college." I actually just quit.
Sick & tired of being lectured by people who seem to value "research" over actual "education".
Make up your mind, are you a teacher or a researcher? Oh & if you say you're a teacher,
reading slides which you cobbled together in 15mins of Wikipedia doesn't count. - icehazard, on 01/22/2009, -1/+2http://weedcollege.com/potman/
hahahahha this game made me so happy! - Nyaos, on 08/10/2009, -0/+1Aw, you have to pay for Mathway step by step. Is it worth $50 a year?
- Games4Life, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1I wish there were more things like this.
- ebarnwell, on 01/21/2009, -1/+1Not bad. Jane Hart's picks give a more comprehensive list of online learning tools: http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/ another good one is http://www.yoyobrain.com
- shibagarden, on 01/21/2009, -1/+1I'm sure your math teacher would appreciate a website to replace lazy high school students, too.
- ULSNicole, on 09/04/2009, -0/+0Mathway is totally worth it. Think of it as buying a game for the Wii, except with limitless amounts of interest instead of just two weeks' worth.
- shibagarden, on 01/24/2009, -0/+0Look, a teacher can lecture to a wall, a website, a rock, or a drooling student with a Digg handle like "Stupidumb." The end result is still going to be the same if the student doesn't engage and put in any effort.
- cubicledrone, on 01/21/2009, -2/+0"If you look at the higher paying jobs most of them require a degree."
If you look at the higher paying jobs there aren't any. Wages have been stagnant in this country for 38 years.
"How do you think you can get all these great medications out there."
Chemical engineers make neon lights? Light bulbs and acne pills mean we're doing engineering? The *****? - falakkth, on 01/22/2009, -3/+0check this useful link
http://careersetup.blogspot.com - cubicledrone, on 01/21/2009, -4/+0"If you are going into any science or engineering a degree is a requirement."
Where are we doing science or engineering these days besides universities?
"If you plan on ever have critical thinking skills and excellent research ability,"
What employers hire people based on their critical thinking skills and research ability? I know for a fact I can find one million job ads on Monster that include none of the following words: thinking, research, excellent. Guaranteed.
"College doesn't teach you what to do when you get to work, but it teaches you how to think and be a far better employee."
It also makes you too expensive for the chicken-***** cheap-asses that run businesses in this country. - armchairexpert, on 01/21/2009, -5/+0Thanks for not linking to the sites directly but rather linking to your friends' ***** blogs.
- ryrocker, on 01/21/2009, -7/+1ill my learning come from the google
- cubicledrone, on 01/21/2009, -10/+1Here's some learning: Drop out. Employers don't give a ***** if you have a college education unless it's an M.D. or J.D. Even then, your income will suck because it will all go to student loan payments.
Employers in this country are interested in CHEAP. They are too immature and irresponsible to employ degreed professionals. The American way is "if it ain't CHEAP, it don't get the job." They don't care how well educated you are because if the company faceplants, someone will show up and give them more money. We don't build anything here any more. Nobody gives a ***** about what you know. All they want to do is stuff money in their ass.
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