Monday, September 10, 2012
FIX University (OCW )Open Course Ware @ newsRus.com
Dear FIX,
Thank you for signing up for Introduction to Mathematical Thinking! The goal of the course is to help you develop a valuable mental ability – a powerful way of thinking that our ancestors have developed over three thousand years.
If you are starting a college math major (or another math-dependent major) this year or next, this online course helps you make the transition from school math, which focuses on learning procedures to solve highly stereotyped problems, to university mathematics, which is about how to think a certain way to solve real problems, problems that can arise from the everyday world or from science, or from within mathematics itself. (Your college may well have what is called a transition course; this online course ie designed to be valuable as a supplement to that class.) Because mathematical thinking is a valuable life skill, however, anyone over the age of 17 or so could benefit from taking the course.
Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics – at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. Let me give you an analogy. If we compare mathematics with the automotive world, school math corresponds to learning to drive. In the automotive equivalent to university mathematics, in contrast, you learn how a car works, how to maintain and repair it, and, if you pursue the subject far enough, how to design and build your own car.
The key to success in high school math is to learn to think inside-the-box. In contrast, a key feature of mathematical thinking is thinking outside-the-box – a valuable ability in today’s world,
Apart from the final week of lectures, there’s very little mathematical content in the course, and you won’t learn any new mathematical procedures. The focus is on learning to think a certain way – to think like a mathematician.
If you have read about these new Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, you will be aware that they are all still very much experimental, so everyone involved is learning as we go along, the students, the support staff, the teaching assistants, and the faculty, like myself. I’m excited to be part of this new experiment, and I’m glad you have decided to join me.
Keith Devlin
Friday, September 7, 2012
1er CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PAYASOS @ USC on FIX University Campus
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VIERNES 07 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2012
salud”. Se llevará a cabo del 5 al 8 de septiembre. “Intervención Clown”. 8 a.m.
a 12 m. Hospital Universitario del Valle /// “El arte del cuidado: grupo
clowneros”, a cargo de Edgar Vélez. 2:30 p.m. “Doctores con el corazón de
chocolate”, a cargo del Dr. Sergio Perea. 3:15 p.m. / “Los significantes del
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evidencia”, a cargo del Dr. Gustavo Rivara (Perú). 5:45 p.m. / “Ceremonia de
clausura”. 6:30 p.m. Auditorio Pedro Elías Serrano, Bloque 4 piso 3. Universidad
Santiago de Cali. Informes: Caliclown.
memoria”. Para comunidades educativas (Secundaria). 10 a.m. Auditorio Jorge
Garcés Giraldo. Biblioteca Departamental. Entrada libre.
exhibición audiovisual”. 21 salas de las 21 ciudades del país
que cubre el evento, proyectarán cine colombiano. 10 a.m. a 8 p.m. Proartes.
Entrada libre.
nuevo cine caleño”, a cargo de Alex Giraldo. 3 a 6 p.m. Cinemateca La Tertulia.
intérpretes y compositores universitarios del país reunidos en un mismo lugar.
El evento tendrá como invitada a Lida Viviana Villamarín, cantante de la
agrupación “Los Villamarín”, finalistas del reality “Colombia tiene talento”. 5
p.m. Teatro Jorge Isaacs. Entrada gratuita.
SÁBADO 08 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2012
1er CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PAYASOS HOSPITALARIOS: “Arte para la
salud”. Se llevará a cabo del 5 al 8 de septiembre. TALLERES: “Introducción al Clown Hospitalario”, a cargo de la maestra Vanina
Grossi (Argentina); “De oruga a mariposa”, a cargo de la maestra Talya Weinberg
(Israel); “Con-Tacto”, a cargo del maestro Juan Carlos Salazar (Colombia); y
“Creación con elementos hospitalarios”, a cargo de Mario Pino, Fundación Narices
Rojas (Bogotá). 8:30 a.m. a 6:30 p.m. Universidad Santiago de Cali. Informes:
Caliclown.
TERTULIA LITERARIA: “Momentos poéticos para la creación”.
Actividades previas al XII Festival Internacional de Poesía de Cali. 3:30 p.m.
Colectivo Sábados Literarios.
DANZAS EN LA COLINA: “Kalasasaya”. Talleres de danza colombiana
y latinoamericana a cargo de la Fundación Espiral de Danza y Cultura
Antichaskikuna. 4 a 6 p.m. Teatrino de la Colina de San Antonio. Acceso Libre.
TOMA POÉTICA: Actividades previas al XII Festival Internacional
de Poesía de Cali. 5 a 6 p.m. Centro Comercial Centenario.
Artes. Entrada Libre.
AJAZZGO 2012: “XII Encuentro de
creadores de jazz fusión y experimental”, con Omara Portuondo, Quinteto (Cuba).
8 p.m. Teatro Municipal. Boletería: Luneta y Palco 1 $200.000; Palco 2 $140.000;
Anfiteatro $70.000; Galería $50.000.
CONCIERTO: “Amor y amistad”, con
los artistas: Fausto, Ricardo Acosta, Los Terrícolas y Manuel Fernando. 8 p.m.
Boletería: Platea $60.000; Palco 1 $50.000; Palco 2 $30.000; Paraíso
$20.000.
CONCIERTO: “Música de raíz
latinoamericana”, a cargo del grupo Lila. 8 p.m. Casa Amalgama
Cultural.
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