Information Age Education BlogThe purpose of David Moursund’s IAE Blog is to encourage and facilitate people working to improve informal and formal education at all levels and in all discipline areas. A unifying theme is that education empowers the educated and improves their quality of life. Readers are encouraged to add comments. Tags >> Creativity
I enjoyed reading the article cited below. However, I think the title is quite misleading. The errors were in engineering design and implementation. All of the examples were deadly serious errors. Radomile, Chris (1/9/2012). Six Small Math Errors That Caused Huge Disasters. Cracked.com. Retrieved 1/11/2012 from http://www.cracked.com/article_19623_6-small-math-errors-that-caused-huge-disasters.html. Here is one of the six examples:
Use of the Information Age Education resources continues to grow. For a list of IAE’s six major resources and data about three of them, go to http://iae-pedia.org/Main_Page. As I was growing up, I was taught that scientists did their best work before age 30. I believed this statement and used it from time to time as I reached and then passed that magical age. Recently I read the following article: Luiggi, Cristina (11/8/2011). Q & A: Aging Geniuses. The Scientist. Retrieved 11/10/2011 from http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/08/qa-aging-geniuses/.
Click here to learn about and download Dave Moursund's free book on science and technology education for teaches and parents of K-8 children. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Robert Sternberg’s theory of multiple intelligences has creativity as one of its three components. Computer-based tools are being developed to speed up and enhance creativity. See http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=91413. |
