This was discussed many months ago on a gifted listserv and I just saw it blogged about again. It’s intriguing, so I thought I’d share. As Dave Munger writes: While the illusion can’t actually determine whether you’re “right-brained” or “left-brained,” we were curious about what actually affects people’s perception of the illusion. Over 1,600 readers [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Spinning Woman, Head Trip
Posted in Interesting, tagged spinning girl on October 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Unconditional Support: Late Bloomers and Precocious Talent
Posted in Gifted, tagged art, Ben Fountain, genius, Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, prodigy, profoundly gifted, verbally gifted on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Why can’t someone just pay me for being me?” It’s a sentiment the adults in our family jokingly express from time to time. Wouldn’t it be nice, we wonder, to have the absolute freedom–and more importantly the resources–to pursue the things that interest and inspire us? I’ve had that thought in recent weeks as I’ve [...]
Beautiful Minds: Stephen Wiltshire
Posted in Interesting, tagged autism, Brain, savant on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this a few months ago, but I came across it again and thought I’d share. more about “Beautiful Minds: Stephen Wiltshire“, posted with vodpod
Promethean Unbound
Posted in School, tagged MCPS, promethean, promethean board, technology on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The stars of Open House Night at my kids’ schools this year were the newly installed Promethean boards that graced just about every classroom. It was so whiz-bang to be able to project all that information in Powerpoint form for the gathered parents. Razzle-dazzle ‘em. And what’s a Promethean board? Why, let’s find out from [...]
Maryland Homeschooling Stats
Posted in Homeschooling, tagged Homeschooling - DC area, maryland on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Statistics for the past twelve years on homeschooling “enrollment” by county are available on the Maryland State Department of Education Website. You can get the skinny–in Word doc format–here. Word of warning…a few of the columns don’t add up (is we learning?) but you can get the picture. In the 1993-1994 school year there were [...]
I’m Baaack
Posted in Home Life on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I am back from a business trip to the Bay area and back at the keyboard. I hope to have some new posts up in the coming days. Although I was tied up with meetings, I was able to check e-mail on my iPhone periodically and [...]
The Girl Effect
Posted in Interesting on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A little something to start the week. This summer one of my interns steered me to this creative and thought-provoking video. more about “The Girl Effect“, posted with vodpod
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