Monthly Archives: March 2009
Still not Kindled
So Amazon.com has released the Kindle 2, to mostly positive reviews. But I think Amazon missed several opportunities to make the Kindle 2 a must-have device for people who work with text content. I outlined these opportunities back in November … Continue reading
Filed under Technology, Textbooks
Monday linkages
From Joanne Jacobs, a handy interactive certification map for prospective teachers. Chester Finn and Mike Pitrelli say that education needs more efficiency, not more investment. We could at least give it a try. Killing the buzz over “21st-Century Skills”: ““The … Continue reading
Filed under Links
Keeping things in context
Image via Wikipedia I’ve started reading through Stewart and Tall’s book on algebraic number theory, partly to give myself some fodder for learning Sage and partly because it’s an area of math I’d like to explore. I’m discovering a lot … Continue reading
Filed under Abstract algebra, Calculus, Education, Math, Number theory, Sage
