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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Education : Brilliant app, math and science : Learn think !







“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

Plutarch

Brilliant app is for anyone who has an interest in mathematics and science. The app replaces lecture videos with hands-on, interactive lessons. It’s a better (and more fun) way to learn.

Dive into advanced, creative problem solving and improve domain knowledge and critical thinking skills. Learn how different domains, like number theory and computer science, are interconnected. Discover how core math and science concepts apply to modern topics.

Brilliant's entertaining and educational course library is great for beginners, and also includes intermediate and advanced topics for teachers and lifelong learners. 

Creators:

Brilliant is made with the loving efforts of lifelong learners from MIT, Caltech, Duke, the University of Chicago, and more.

"We’re passionately working on delivering the very best math and science education on earth. Your age, country, and gender don't determine what you are capable of learning. You do."




https://brilliant.org/


Principles:

Brilliant creates a culture of learning around inquiry, curiosity, and openness to failure. All of our courses are written with these principles of learning in mind.

Effective learning math & science:

  • Excites

The greatest challenges to education are disinterest and apathy.

  • Cultivate curiosity

Questions and storytelling that cultivate natural curiosity are better than the threat of a test.

  • Is active

Effective learning is active, not passive. Watching a video is not enough.

  • Is applicable

Use it or lose it: it is essential to apply what you're learning as you learn it.

Learn more here



screenshot: Brilliant app (tablet)


screenshot: Brilliant app (smartphone)

https://play.google.com/store/


. Learn to think


Whether you want to hone your quantitative skills, improve your knowledge of science and technology, be a smarter parent for your inquisitive kid, or simply stay sharp, Brilliant helps you grow as a curious and ambitious person.


2. Become a better problem solver


Brilliant's approach to learning is active, not passive. Through active problem solving, Brilliant helps you build your quantitative intuition. Learn frameworks for thinking and solving challenging problems, instead of memorizing formulas.


3. Enjoy new challenges every week ... and now every day


With free, curated weekly problems, you can gain timeless knowledge and flex applied problem solving skills in bite-sized sessions. Stay fresh and discuss your favorite solutions with an engaged community of lifelong learners.





screenshots Apps
via Google Play & iOS

Master concepts by solving fun, challenging problems. Brilliant app helps students learn real math and science through conceptual quizzes that are both entertaining and educational.

With free Problems of the Week, students can solve and discuss fascinating problems with members around the world. If you enjoy these problems, then it’s time to subscribe. Once you do, you’ll have access to courses with hundreds of guided exercises on everything from logical reasoning to artificial neural networks.




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via Google Images


Method:

In school, students are often trained to apply formulas to rote problems. But this traditional approach prevents deeper understanding of concepts, reduces independent critical thinking, and cultivates few useful skills.


The capacity to think critically separates the great from the good. We can grow this capacity by trying — and often failing — to solve diverse, concrete problems.

  1. Start with simple questions and stories that build your foundation and intuition.
  2. Ramp up to solving problems that seemed beyond your ability.
  3. Study different ways of solving the problems that are out of your grasp.




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For ages 10 t0 110

Get started as a beginner with the fundamentals, or dive right into intermediate and advanced courses for professionals. Brilliant has courses for ambitious students and people of all ages.

Master essential skills

Build confidence with hands-on learning. You'll get to see concepts visually, interact with key ideas, and solve challenging problems that get you to really think.

Stress less, learn better

Enjoy fun storytelling, guided problem solving, and making lots of mistakes while playing. On Brilliant, your natural curiosity will drive you, not the threat of a test.




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via Google Images

Education:

Brilliant app is an educational platform, designed to help make learning fun and accessible. Designed around focused lessons and relatable situations, Brilliant allows students to explore complex science, technology, and math topics in ways that make learning exciting.

With the Brilliant app, there’s no punishment for getting the answer wrong. Instead, a wrong answer is an opportunity to learn.

Whether students guess the correct answer, or are 100% wrong, they can see student-submitted explanations of how the correct answer can be found. Other students can then vote on the explanations, ensuring that the best and most understandable are provided.


  • Brilliant app is free
To unlock the full experience, you need to sign up for a subscription plan. That’s $24.99 for the monthly plan and $119.99 for the annual plan.

  • Available: 

 iOS App Store

  Play Store

Language: English





screenshot iOS Apple Store

Expanding on their learning platform, Brilliant recently introduced their Daily Problems feature. These give students an opportunity to flex their mental muscles and learn new things every day.

The Daily Problems come in a variety of subjects, from algebra, chemistry and computer science.





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Each Daily Problem provides an “insight” lesson that gives enough detail to get you on the right path, and the questions are typically presented with a multiple choice answer.

Each topic is divided into various levels with 1 being the most fundamental. The problems offer a path of learning that encourages critical thinking.




credits: Unknown
via Google Images

Remember:

Some of questions are easy to solve, while some take hours. Students don't have to worry about getting an answer wrong. They can always check

Brilliant is a great way to learn and have fun. Its approachable, and allows you to learn a little (or a lot) whenever you want.

Some of the questions are easy to solve, while some take hours. You don’t have to worry about getting an answer wrong. You can always check answers from user submissions to figure out the solutions to such problems. And you can vote on explanations that impressed you.

Get new ideas :

Facebook : Brilliant Math

Facebook : Brilliant Science


Brilliant is a great way to learn and have fun. Its approachable, and allows students to learn a little (or a lot) whenever they want.


G-Souto

20.04.2021

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Friday, September 25, 2020

European Day of Languages 20 Years : Celebrate at school or at home ! New resources & activities











European Day of Languages
European Day of Languages 2021: 20 years celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity.

Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states and all are encouraged to discover more languages at any age, as part of or alongside their studies. This stems from the Council of Europe’s conviction that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Therefore, the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. 

At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.




European Day of Languages
https://edl.ecml.at/

The European Day of Languages gives us an opportunity to value and promote all languages and cultures in Europe. This year we are putting a special focus on inclusive language education, which supports all learners to reach their potential and play an active part in diverse and democratic societies”

It is estimated that there are over 225 indigenous languages in Europe, without even including languages which have arrived on the continent through migration.


Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić


The specific aims of the EDL are to:

  • raise awareness of the importance of language learning in order to increase plurilinguism and intercultural understanding;
  • promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe;
  • encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school.



European Day of Languages

https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDayofLanguages/


  • Education:


A dedicated website, which is available in 41 languages (some partly), provides details of the hundreds of events taking place in celebration of the Day, as well as a wide variety of resources and activities for everyone interested in languages and language learning.


New! Activities :




 
https://edl.ecml.at/Portals/


Poster :  "20 things you might not know about Europe's languages"


In 10 languages. 




  • App: The secret agent’s language challenges app

The challenges and quizzes contained within this app encourage learners – future international agents – to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities available to practice or learn more about a language beyond a classroom context. 
By passing through a series of levels you can rise from a lowly agent in training to become a master secret agent. 
Students can compete with friends and schoolmates in achieving challenges, identifying countries and languages and completing quizzes. 
The challenges go from the easy, such as, “count from 1-10 in 3 different languages within one minute” to ones that are a bit more demanding, “together with a friend, write the words to a song/rap in a foreign language.




Join EDL's 20th Anniversary Great Bake-Off 


This year, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its inauguration, the European Centre for Modern Languages invites all of you to participate in our EDL's Great Bake-Off.

The goal is to collect birthday recipes from different parts of the world and in different languages to then include the 20 most original (and tasty!) desserts in a special 20th-anniversary-edition recipe book

If you would like your birthday dessert to be included (after a rigorous selection process!), please read the instructions and get ready to bring out the chef in you!

Submission deadline: 30 September 2021


Lara's language journey across Europe:

During this short journey, students will discover lots of similarities. European languages largely fall into three main categories: Slavic, Romance and Germanic, the languages within each group have the same roots – however, over centuries they have developed in their own distinct directions. You will also find out about their differences: the variety of alphabets (such as Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian and Georgian), often using artistic scripts; how they deal with creating words for new inventions and their sometimes mysterious origins. All have a unique identity and their own story to tell! 
Download book here


hybrid learning cartoon
https://edl.ecml.at/



Struggling to find ideas for a ‘socially-distanced’ event for this year’s European Day of Languages? In these uncertain times, it can be challenging to organize events which are both safe and are attractive to a large number of people. 

Here 7 ideas to get the creativity flowing:





Suggestions involving social distance


Materials:


Posters, flyers, figures, wrist bands, stickers, logos, handbook & so.

Teachers and students can download here and here




screenshot Languages Challenges app

 https://apple.co/

App: The Secret Agent's Language Challenges app

An app, created specifically for the EDL, encourages users to carry out a series of language challenges, thereby developing further competence and confidence in using different languages.




The app offers a wide range of challenges to keep language learners motivated – in particular during a prolonged period away from the ‘physical’ language classroom. 

The app can easily be used by students/children independently or together with teachers and parents. Lots of fun and in more than 15 languages!

iOS: https://apple.co/3mq7qfz
Android: https://bit.ly/3hFp2QG







Facts & fun:

"According to a research at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order letters in a word are written; the only important factor is that the first and last letters should be in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without any problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole."

  • Languages facts
  • Language games
  • Languages fun
Here the page to learn, gaming and having fun.

Well, if you couldn't include the European Day of Languages into your school curriculum, you can do it next week. 

We are living different times, you are teaching in different times. Difficult times. So, be cool! Teachers can use the activities in different ways and propose them to students in the classroom when they think it will be important.

Be safe! Don't forget your mask and ask your students to use their masks as well. And out of school, always respect the social distance.

We will be all right!

G-Souto

25.09.2020
update 26.09.2024
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