In temporary absence of my coworker who takes care of our 3D printers, I took over this part of our STEM infrastructure. A good time to get into it.
Both machines needed some TLC (clogged nozzles). To see if I did it right I dove into Thingiverse.
#youmightbeaham if you 3D-print things like dipole center insulators...
Seems to be working FB. Now I should master the CAD software to design such things myself.
#amateurradio #diyhamradio #hamradio
#HamRadioAntennas
#iteachstem #iteach
🦑 Today’s poetry contest was to write a #limerick about our favourite animal and explain why in the author's notes.
I hope you enjoy my #poem about my beloved #MarineLife. Hopefully, my passionate 🧪 #Science facts will excite you, too!
#Poetry #Stomtopod #CompoundEyes #SciComm #Education #iTeachSTEM #iTeachBiology #OceanLife
https://allpoetry.com/poem/17907226-Odontodactylus-scyllarus-by-David-Wakeham
One more client I am slowly converting to have a love of maths. So proud of themselves for seeing and working out the pattern.
Maths is cool!
#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Dyslexia #Dysgraphia #Dyscalculia #iTeachSTEM #iTeachMath #InclusiveEducation
I can’t believe it took me this long to discover this wonderful app.
For myself and many of my students who are #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD this is a god send.
Yes it is AI so it is not perfect, e.g. the estimator function.
Wonderful #universal tool for #chunking especially for teachers/educators with little experience in this.
#GoblinTools #Education #iTeachSTEM #InclusiveEducation #LearningDifficulties
I've always encouraged my students to express their #emotions openly.
Emotions are involved in our moral decisions. Our brains are, in fact, hardwired for #morality.
Neuroscience research has shown that ancient synapses within the brain light up intuitively when we make moral decisions.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #Education #Tutoring #iTeachSTEM #Empathy #InclusiveEducation #Science
Unfortunately I only finished 3rd in Obsidian league to reach Diamond league on DuoLingo.
However as I always tell my students “Progress trumps Perfection”…
I know hilarious coming from #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD me.
A student learnt today one question not to ask me is “Is it accurate?”
It depends.
Who measured it? How did they measure it? Why did they measure it? Should they have measured it? What is it being measured against and repeat previous questions.
Are we talking precision, accuracy, both? What units are you using? How many significant figures? How much error are we allowing?
The list goes on and on and on…
I have often found myself repeating this advice, particularly to my older clients over the years, regarding the importance of 1) keeping handwritten notes and 2) keeping a record or journal for when they learn a new concept or formula.
Openly admit there is probably some confirmation bias involved, but I was very happy to come across this paper by Van Der Weel et al. in Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219945
As traditional handwriting is progressively being replaced by digital devices, it is essential to investigate the implications for the human brain. Brain electrical activity was recorded in 36 university students as they were handwriting visually presented words using a digital pen and typewriting the words on a keyboard. Connectivity analyses were performed on EEG data recorded with a 256-channel sensor array. When writing by hand, brain connectivity patterns were far more elaborate than when typewriting on a keyboard, as shown by widespread theta/alpha connectivity coherence patterns between network hubs and nodes in parietal and central brain regions. Existing literature indicates that connectivity patterns in these brain areas and at such frequencies are crucial for memory formation and for encoding new information and, therefore, are beneficial for learning. Our findings suggest that the spatiotemporal pattern from visual and proprioceptive information obtained through the precisely controlled hand movements when using a pen, contribute extensively to the brain’s connectivity patterns that promote learning. We urge that children, from an early age, must be exposed to handwriting activities in school to establish the neuronal connectivity patterns that provide the brain with optimal conditions for learning. Although it is vital to maintain handwriting practice at school, it is also important to keep up with continuously developing technological advances. Therefore, bot...
New coded poem is posted on medium (no paywall):
parametric pieces
https://sophiawood.medium.com/parametric-pieces-e165ff3e15af
#creativeCoding #generativeArt #wccchallenge #p5js #poetry #codedpoem #mathart #parametric #fractions #mtbos #iTeachStem #codpen
ON5ZO-OQ5M
David Wakeham
Fractal Kitty
Joe Heafner