Krillion - Pseudorandomness

4 critical mistakes that inventors make

The history of innovation isn’t a straight line, but a squiggly, winding path. In How We Got To Now, my new book and PBS documentary series, I highlight some of the creative mistakes that helped sh...

It’s a Mistake Not to Use Mistakes as Part of the Learning Process

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan's last interview with Charlie Rose (Full Interview)

Carl Sagan Tribute Series (working my way through list)

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Carl Sagan Experience

LOVE THIS Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable

Lessons of Immortality and Mortality From My Father, Carl Sagan

Infographic by XKCD (creative commons license BY-NC)

“I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified façade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.” — Michael Collins, Gemini 10 & Apollo 11 astronaut More astronaut quotes on seeing planet Earth from space: http://www.spacequotations.com/earth.html

STEM fields all mapped out!

Physicist and science writer Dominic Walliman produces the YouTube channel Domain of Science where he shares fantastic animations that map out different STEM fields.

These videos are perfect to share with students to give them a comprehensive view with information about different types of sub-disciplines within fields and how they relate to each other.

I've embedded the Map of Mathematics video below for you but if you click on it and watch the video on YouTube you'll find the playlist which shares other videos on the topics of engineering, biology, physics, chemistry, and more.

And of course he has shared a lot of other great content on his channel. You should view, subscribe, and share ASAP!

Dominic has made the images of maps available via Flickr for educational use and you can purchase Domain of Science posters as well.

Watch on YouTube to view the whole playlist

Adding this sci fi film to my movie queue…

Adding this too...  The Visit Proves That Families Are the Scariest Thing of All

EdTech Landscape/Visual CV

Long Hiatus

I’m slowly getting back online...  Over the last 6 months I haven’t been online much other than posting to IG and infrequently on Fb with the random moment on Twitter.   I am very lucky to be here and I’m very thankful to be on my way to a full recovery...  I’ll be sharing more on that in a future post and in the introduction to my next book... 

I’ve spent the afternoon making a few updates to my site:  kristen.education.  You’ll see a new header and I’ve also added some of my “secret” pages to the “Curation” page.  

My next project is going to be signing up for Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon.  I’m going to ask friends and family to sponsor me and donate the money to a Kidney Charity.  

Stay tuned! 

Shooting Data

Guns Are Cool sub reddit that tracks mass shootings

Gun Violence Archive

Shooting Tracker

Two Redditors Are Changing the Way the Media Counts Mass Shootings

Gun Deaths vs Terrorism Deaths (video)

America’s gun problem has everything to do with America’s masculinity problem

Campaign Zero