(It’s been a busy-busy period, I really hope to write more frequently…)
JEDM – Journal of Educational Data Mining – is on air. The first contect should be published on April 2009, but the excitement is already all over (or is it just me?! .
The journal will be published online and free of charge, and [...]

Once upon a time in the far far land of… as a first time blogger it’s hard to think of an interesting and eye catching beginning and as all fairy tales start in an undefined time and space so does this post.
Not long ago (the time), I participated in a PROGRESS course (courtesy of Nano2Life) in Chichiliane, France [...]

For years, I am developing curricula materials in science education for elementary school students. All the materials are on a Web site, in which students can learn, play and take exams. In many aspects, I am their second science teacher, although I never saw them, and they never saw me…  It is always the same [...]

For almost four centuries, Descartes’ “Cogito, ergo sum” lays as one of the humanity’s foundation stones (and it is clearly a non-understandable one). Therefore, it is of no surprise that when today’s new thinkers are asked about their motivation, they simply answer: “Blogito, ergo sum”. It is quite awkward that stamp collectors, rock climbers, Second [...]

Twenty-five years ago, while I was a Ph.D. student in Tel-Aviv University, we developed our first educational software on the Apple II personal computer. This software, PolyLine, allows students to explore variables that determine a pattern drawn on the screen, learning the skill of controlling variables in scientific experimentation (you can try it in a [...]