Nie o prvočíslach

Vizualizácia prvočísel v okolí nuly. Autor: Carlos Paris, http://www.sievesofchaos.com/ (used with permission)

Prajming, veľmi zle preložený ako prvočíslovanie alebo (trochu vhodnejšie) ako sýtenie motora palivom, je fascinujúci. Zjavne súvisí s našimi očakávaniami. Domnievam sa, že Kahneman by ho skôr zaradil k rýchlym procesom.

Dreaming big, Working big

Polar kraken, art by Mark Tedin

How big is big? is a question every kid or inquisitive person has asked. Gaming wisdom offers the following answer "It was big. Really, really, big. No, bigger than that. It was big!" (Wizards of the Coast). Now we know that big means as big as a polar kraken (or bigger).

What is big in education? I guess Fernando Díaz del Castillo H. from Gimnasio La Montaña offered a glimpse yesterday. As we were developing our curriculum we realised we needed software solutions. Since there were none that suited us, we build our own team to develop them. It looks like this has served them well.

And it might not surprise you that curricular innovation at La Montaña is partly driven by those techies.

Insights from travels

Quite a few impressively wise people have remarked that a travelling mind is an agile mind. Little did I know that it also applies literally. Over a long day from Bratislava to Luckie Street in Atlanta, I have noticed the following:

1. There is nothing like French style. This is their current safety demonstration video. Like it or not, but stylish it is.
2. There is nothing like French style – revisited. For unfathomable reasons this morning (at ca. 10 a.m.) the number of police officers checking passports at Terminal D at CDG was one.
3. A few bystanders in Atlanta offered to give me directions when they saw me looking around uncertainly. If you further add the people paid to assist you, it looks like the U.S. folk are helpful, and they want to be so.
4. I heard that Innsmouth Darthmouth Dartmouth College stopped awarding college credits for AP Psychology, as their tests showed minimal retention of content and skills by the students who had taken it. 
5. On a more personal note I finally got a chance to follow an online course. Given the fact this day has had 22hours, it is not so surprising. Still, every win counts.

List od Žaburu

V uhorkovej sezóne sa publikuje typicky všetko. Vodníkove myšlienky sú jeho vlastné.

Čo s časom počas skúšky

Protokol z dozoru na skúške.

Veľa ľudí si myslí, že písať písomnú skúšku nie je ktovie čo. Ďalší tvrdia, že opravovať písomné skúšky je tiež menej príjemné než jesť zmrzlinu pod slnečníkom. V tejto kategórii však za najobmedzujúcejší považujem dozor počas písomky.

Najtypickejšie obmedzenia sú: žiadna elektronika (zvlášť nie v online móde), žiadne knihy, interakcia so študentmi obmedzená na vety zo scenára v tvare: "Ostáva vám ešte 5 minút." Určite veľmi dôležitý je zákaz jedenia a pitia. Počas školenia som sa neopovážil zisťovať, či môžem (mimo skúšok z geografie, literatúry, hudby a psychológie) spievať Od Prešova a hrať pritom na rapkáč.

Čo sa teda dá robiť?

• Napísať kreatívne vyznanie
• Zamyslieť sa nad novými prírastkami do kalendára
• Konečne si premyslieť ako viesť pravidelný meeting po skúške
• Vymyslieť štruktúru dotazníka alebo hodnotenia
• Snívať o lete
• Oddýchnuť si od svietiacej obrazovky
• Písať matematický dôkaz vety, čo neviem dokázať od univerzity
• Smoliť básničky
• Vykonávať dozor 

A most frustrated medic

The bout after the resumption: Anton Kohutovič (closer), Róbert Haršány.

There was a moment in yesterday's Bratislava Fecht III – a HEMA tournament – when the inauspicious made the strongest impression on me.

Runners' "D" adversaries

Pete Pfitzinger is very clear about those in his books: he write about drivers, Dobermans and dehydration. I cannot but agree, all three can make your run a much worse experience if you are unlucky or unprepared. Over my last run, I encountered additional Ds worth sharing.