(from avc.com) Donors Choose Bloggers Challenge: Going For The Threepeat

So.. This is a bit off topic but not really A blog that I read regularly  (www.avc.com) posted this today last week (draft was started last week): http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/donors-choose-bloggers-challenge-going-for-the-threepeat.html and this is a link to Fred’s giving page.

All of the causes that Fred picked help young students learn with the assistance of technology.  I just donated to Making Math Colorful Through Technology.  besides a donation, I was thinking about proposing visual math with grasshopper.  If simplified enough, do you think 5th graders would benefit from seeing simple math visually.  I could imagine setting up sliders with integers that drive a simple series that makes boxes.  If you know a teacher in the NYC area (or North East US) please let me know if this is something they would be interested in.  I would really like to collaborate with them to see if we can use some of these visual techniques to teach simple concepts. This week I’ll post a video testing this out.

If you have a few extra dollars (i know they are tough to come by these days) please make a donation.  As a reader of this blog I would imagine you like technology.

So… If you like technology + You want to help others like technology = Make a donation please

Thanks,

Dave