- Posted at 2:43 pm on Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Mathtrain.tv is site for students, by students. Teacher Eric Marcos has his students create and upload math tutorial videos to teach other students.
The true beauty of Mathtrain.tv though, is not so much the videos to replace your own teaching, as it is the idea of empowering students to teach their peers. Alan November's TEDxNYED Talk highlights the importance of students leaving a legacy, and he uses Mathtrain.tv as a great example of this.
If we live in a collaborative world, why do we often wait until the work environment before we learn from others? Why do teachers fight the system, or more likely just ignore it? Who knows, but I sure think Alan November and Eric Marcos have something worth listening to. Never underestimate the power of a motivated student. Personally, I'm committed to tapping into that motivation, even if it means sacrificing my own ideas about how something should be taught.
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