The World Turns
February 22, 2009 by jmtz
- When I was thirteen, I took Intro to Typing. My eight-year-old brother learned to type last year and now has begun programming thanks to MIT.
- Literature (and the criticism of it) has apparently begun that long-forecasted, downhill slide even as interdisciplinary, if more fragmented and “practical,” study fields increase. For some bizarre reason, teenage students are blamed rather than academia’s oligarchic machine.
- No sooner do I adapt to the joys of online audio lectures than I discover the blissful Academic Earth. It leaves me speechless with delight (and curious as to the manner in which future lecture/course material may evolve because of it).
Addendum: For those who relish Academic Earth, I recommend Slate’s review, one that introduces young entrepreneur Richard Ludlow, the Yale-certified brains behind the site.
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Thanks for the link to Academic Earth. I’ve enjoyed the Yale Open Courses, and Academic Earth just makes it better by aggregating content from several universities.
Your brother might also like Alice. It’s intended to teach programming in the same way as Scratch. http://www.alice.org/
Wow-Academic Earth is quite a good find! Thanks for the link. Do you know how long it’s been around? It’d be interesting to see at what rate it has grown and what fields have enjoyed the most success. Hopefully it will continue to take off–awesome resource.
The code name is because everyone seems so incognito around here. I’ll try to be more and more cryptic every time I comment.