Happy Square Root Day!

Probably only middle school math teachers and geeks like me are aware that it’s Square Root Day (3/3/09). Square Root Day only comes around a few times a century, so be excited, damn it. The last Square Root Day was 2/2/04, and the next won’t be until 4/4/16. Is this only cool [...]

Probably only middle school math teachers and geeks like me are aware that it’s Square Root Day (3/3/09). Square Root Day only comes around a few times a century, so be excited, damn it. The last Square Root Day was 2/2/04, and the next won’t be until 4/4/16.

Is this only cool to math dorks like me? The answer to that question is yes. I don’t like crossword puzzles and I think Sudoku is a huge waste of time; I re-work all the exercises in my old college math texts for fun and neurological stimulation. I know what you’re thinking: Dorkity dork dork dork. I’m aware, thanks.

For the awesomely geeky middle and high school math teachers out there (and for anyone else who owns a Math Geek freak flag that they aren’t afraid to let fly), Pi Day is coming up on March 14th (3.14, get it?). It’s a big month for math geekdom.

via Scientific American

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ZaidLearn--a New Blog about Open Learning Resources

This promising new weblog by Zaid Ali Alsagoff  is devoted to open learning resources around the world; Zaid is located in Malaysia. His blog is especially valuable for its extensive listing of links to bloggers who write about eLearning and its multiple links to Learning Tools, eLearning sites, OpenCourseWare sites, University Podcasts, and Learning Repositories. Zaid is currently at work on a book about effective learning and teaching that is scheduled for release in June 2008. ____ JH

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Early Patrick supporter gets plum job

Early Patrick supporter gets plum job
Governor Deval Patrick, who campaigned on a platform to fight business as usual on Beacon Hill, has given one of his earliest political supporters a $175,000-a-year job as an assistant director at a state bonding authority, a position that had sat vacant for more than a dozen years.