Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Oregon Curriculum Network


These two instructional videos were produced rather far apart from one another in time, though not in space.

I keep coming back around to the same points, in this case the efficacy of "Thing Oriented Programming" (TOP == OOP) for representing polyhedrons in particular.

What's somewhat unique about the Oregon Curriculum Network curriculum is that it contextualizes and takes advantage of the Bucky stuff, instead of ignoring it.  This helps level the playing field in some ways, as the Python gets applied to something unfamiliar to almost everyone, yet it's not that hard to grasp.

OCN is a project I sponsor on the side.  I don't yet have it out there as a nonprofit, though it easily could be.  CSN (Coffee Shops Network) is another such project.

The "more with less" revolution has allowed me to share the content globally, and mostly by word of mouth.

Absent high pressure advertising, we get organic growth, versus a flash in the pan passing fashion. 

Those taking the time to seriously integrate their materials within the context of this revamped humanities curriculum, will likely appreciate how STEM-friendly it is.  PATH meets STEAM.

We're able to go back and forth over the C.P. Snow chasm, which was always a goal of Synergetics.