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I just stumbled across this article in the NYT: Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas The basic idea is that people are very good at recognizing patterns. If you show someone an equation and a few graphs and have them guess at which graph represents the equation then they won’t likely be able to accurately identify […]
January 27, 2012
It was a complicated matter, but one that is becoming so important to me that I feel inclined to try and describe it here. Basically it boiled down to the role we have as parents. Whether a child has the ability to make good decisions. Faced with a cookie, does a child have the ability […]
January 22, 2012
As I think about starting a school as well as sending my daughter to school, I have a dream of a great school. It looks like this: Learning needs to be as enjoyable and exciting as possible. You need to start with the love. You need to inspire a passion for a subject, motivating students […]
January 20, 2012
In software there is a term, “the mythical man month”. It refers to the idea that, in order to speed up a project, you can simply throw more man months at it. You can have people work longer hours or add additional team members to the project. The reason it’s called “mythical” is because it […]
January 19, 2012
“Will my daughter come out of this school with a love of learning?” That’s my primary concern when it comes to my daughter’s education. I have other concerns, but that’s the most important one. I personally believe that people want to learn. They want to become more knowledgeable, more skilled, more creative, etc. I know […]
January 18, 2012
From everything I’ve experienced, research I’ve read, etc. autonomy is a really important part of motivation. Basically you’re much more likely to do something well when you want to do it vs. being told to do it. (if you’re interested in more thoughts on motivation and autonomy then this is a fun video to watch: […]
January 17, 2012
Peanutty! is designed to teach people to program by having them solve and build physics based puzzles. I’m guessing that building a physics based puzzle would be a lot of fun for students of some age, but I’m not sure exactly what age group would embrace it the most. I’m also not sure how challenging […]
January 13, 2012
I haven’t been blogging that much because I’m in the process of launching two new products. Peanutty.org A new dating site Peanutty! is a new way for people to learn how to program by solving and building physics based puzzles (sort of like Angry Birds). The new dating site is still in the works, but […]
January 5, 2012
I am becoming obsessed with the idea that puzzles may be one of the greatest motivational tools available to us, especially for learning, but also for many other things as well. I’m going to work my way through this thinking in this post, but it’s not particularly organized or pretty. Just a warning. Some thoughts: […]
Jared Cosulich 
January 31, 2012
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