Think differently

I came across a story that was simply too good to not repost. Titled learning to think differently, I first saw it in Slashdot comments, though it seems that Snopes has found it to be an urban legend, with roots going as far back as 1958. The Barometer Problem is a story of education, physics, [...]

it’s a Student Life

Student Life

Questions about University or College, University ratings, and day to day student life discussion

There’s a new addition to the Computer Science Canada forums – Student Life. It’s hard to talk about Computer Science without also talking about how and where it is taught.

In fact, we’ve already been talking about this for years. I’ve collected [...]

Wireless in classrooms

The availability of an accessible wireless network in schools should be put up for debate. It’s an interesting subject. For any technologically inclined student it is an obvious “yes”. Though high school administration is generally still paranoid about the use of their wired desktop networks, circa 2002, nevermind the new mobile devices. And so is [...]