Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education

Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_meyer.html

http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/ArthurBenjaminMathed.pdf

Thursday, June 2, 2011

How to live to be 100+

"To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100."

(click here) for a lesson on this TED Talk
or
http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/DanBuettnerlivebe100.doc