Kids Like to Learn Algebra, if It Comes in the Right App

gerardM Sam 30 Nov - 22:57

Hi everyone,

-> Kids Like to Learn Algebra, if It Comes in the Right App
You have an armadillo, a black-and-white trout, and a rainbow trout. Can the animals fit inside the box? No, this isn’t an intolerable riddle. For Zoran Popović, it’s how you teach math to kids.

This was advised by Bill Gates himself:

Bill Gates
Zoran Popovic is getting students excited about education by turning math into a game: http://b-gat.es/1b0oFpZ

MurielB Dim 1 Déc - 18:33

Hi Gérard
Zoran Popovic has very good ideas indeed and I do think that children enjoy Learning with games. Anyway scientific discovery achieved by ordinary people playing games play is hard to believe( Apparently they are more productive than a scientist before his computer ?? )

gerardM Dim 1 Déc - 20:39

Hi Muriel, hi everyone,

Thanks for your message.

Yes, this is serious.
First Bill Gates was interested in the announcement. Then several medias published about this:

Here's the guy

-> Zoran Popovic

Zoran Popović
Professor
Director, Center for Game Science
University of Washington
Dept. Of Computer Science and Engineering
Box 352350, [express mail: Allen Center 101]
Seattle, WA 98195-2350
Office: 590 Allen Center (directions)
(206) 543-4226
zoran@cs.washington.edu

Personal thought: I'm not sure of what I'm about to write but given the 1st name, given the spelling of the last letter of the last name, this guy looks like a recent immigrant. If he is, I'd say that talents are everywhere in the world and it's a good thing to gather them in an open country; I mean a country where it's possible to honor anyone even if they're not using traditional procédures and give them a high level position at the uni... that's how we test new things, how we go ahead with new ideas and new discoveries!
I'm very impressed both by American society and by Goran.

-> (Le Monde) Zoran Popovic : « Les jeux scientifiques vont révolutionner les apprentissages »
Apprendre en jouant. Un bon moyen d’en finir avec le décrochage scolaire? Zoran Popovic, le directeur du Center for game Science de l’université de Washington, y croit. Ce professeur d'informatique est même le leader mondial du sujet. Invité de WISE, il vient y raconter comment l’homme et l’ordinateur sont complémentaires. L’un est plus créatif que l’autre et l’addition de ces compétences fait avancer la science et l’éducation.

Kids Like to Learn Algebra, if It Comes in the Right App

Kids Like to Learn Algebra, if It Comes in the Right App

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