http://www.tides.org/impact/awards-prizes/pizzigati-prize/
About the Prize
The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest annually
awards a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an
effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the
I taught at the Art and Design Center in Pasadena for twenty years - a range of
subjects from automotive design to Renaissance technology. My students, very
talented young women and men, gave you the Miata and the new VW Bug. We
staff were troubled by the students' trouble with numbers. I
Great teaching style, use of simple accessible graphics, and what,
over 2400 topics about math, science, finances, and more. Video format.
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I watched the video but didn't see a way to download the actual system. Is
that possible?
*-- Russ Abbott*
*_*
*** Professor, Computer Science*
* California State University, Los Angeles*
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* blog:
I do believe the idea behind this teaching style isn't the content of
the videos, which are only as good as the lecturer, but instead its
the change in pedagogy. This style embraces several elements that I
find excellent:
A) Lectures as homework, class time as tutorial - When it comes down
to it,
