Oh, COOL!

[conuly]

Thanks, redlami.

*goes to re-read*

Comments

[hopefulnebula]

Niiice! *sends it to her education-major friend*

[readerravenclaw.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for this link! Loved it, loved it, loved it! Must show it to everyone I know!

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

So THAT'S how binary works!

[conuly]

I once got boastful and started counting in binary, only to be told (by some snot who didn't know anything) that "that's not how binary works!".

0
1
10
11
100
101
110
111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111

Simple, but "that's not how binary works!"

[leora.livejournal.com]

This method doesn't work with everyone. I'd get bored and annoyed if it were used on me. It's much slower than explaining. And if you have memory problems, because it takes longer you can lose the ability to make the necessary connections. It's a good method. But it's all about having lots of methods and finding out which ones work with which people. I find that the Socratic method usually comes across as highly condescending.

[conuly]

1. I've never had that problem, but I can certainly see its possibilities.
2. Definitely. If you can't take the time to change your method to suit your student, maybe you need to get another job.

[meryls-corner.livejournal.com]

I like this method. Normally when a teacher is lecturing I just get board and sit there staring into space. My computer programming teacher taught us converting from binary into other bases this way, and it made a much more exciting lesson when we weren't just told this stuff.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

I learned how to do binary on my fingers. By assigning a 'column' to a finger, it makes it easier to understand. for me at least.

It turns out that 'the bird' is 4. hee. Let's hear it for serindipity.

[hopefulnebula]

Niiice! *sends it to her education-major friend*

[readerravenclaw.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for this link! Loved it, loved it, loved it! Must show it to everyone I know!

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

So THAT'S how binary works!

[conuly]

I once got boastful and started counting in binary, only to be told (by some snot who didn't know anything) that "that's not how binary works!".

0
1
10
11
100
101
110
111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111

Simple, but "that's not how binary works!"

[leora.livejournal.com]

This method doesn't work with everyone. I'd get bored and annoyed if it were used on me. It's much slower than explaining. And if you have memory problems, because it takes longer you can lose the ability to make the necessary connections. It's a good method. But it's all about having lots of methods and finding out which ones work with which people. I find that the Socratic method usually comes across as highly condescending.

[conuly]

1. I've never had that problem, but I can certainly see its possibilities.
2. Definitely. If you can't take the time to change your method to suit your student, maybe you need to get another job.

[meryls-corner.livejournal.com]

I like this method. Normally when a teacher is lecturing I just get board and sit there staring into space. My computer programming teacher taught us converting from binary into other bases this way, and it made a much more exciting lesson when we weren't just told this stuff.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

I learned how to do binary on my fingers. By assigning a 'column' to a finger, it makes it easier to understand. for me at least.

It turns out that 'the bird' is 4. hee. Let's hear it for serindipity.