Hello Suma, thanks for stopping by. Young folks can use some inspiration to see that math can be both fun and fairly easy to learn.
hi, the blog is very interesting..i am totally impressed with this math...
cheers,
suma valluru
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Shaping Youth, I've found that as two or more brains percolate, they boil over with great strategies and ideas. Thanks for coming back to tell me your plans. May the road rise up to meet you!
Ironically, I'm writing a 'reader outreach' post about it right now! Amazing how the brain works...Last week I asked one of my readers from 'grammology' to offer her editorial perspective on media/kids since she has her grandkids of all ages w/diff. media diets scurrying about. A few days ago I asked my thinktank crew to weigh in on the 'positive role model' idea...Now I'll blend the two concepts into one post and maybe toss in a best practices angle to flush out some likes/dislikes in UGC style too!
Brain percolation sure works...It steeps and brews and filters into all kinds of mind channels and thought crevices then voila---out pours fresh ideas!
Shaping Youth: I'm glad to hear you're percolating. Why not ask your readers to contribute submissions and then make links to their sites? Seems like that would be a win/win project. At times, folks might be able to bring more local models that serve well, too!
I do hope to contribute to Gavin's next addition! I'm very impressed so much money has been raised since it'll do so much good!
Thanks, Robyn...maybe you'll contribute to the Age of Conversation book next round? I hear Gavin's thinking of making it an annual event, eh? We're very close to reaching the $10K mark for the kids already, which is a social media phenom in itself! Hoping to find a way to make it scalable for our own nonprofit endeavors at Shaping Youth; in fact, hmn...That gives me an idea...what if we did a similar book asking people to research/write a chapter on worthy role models for youth in their own area of expertise?
Surely Sally Ride can't be the face of 'space and science' forevermore, right? Must be plenty of others to add. I think I'll ping the folks at ScienceBlogs with that one & stir up some ideas! See? Your Brain Biz blog already has me percolating! btw, they did a write up on Danica too, here:
http://scienceblogs.com/
aetiolog...math_doesnt.php
Hi Shaping Youth,
I'm glad to hear about the good work you do and the focus of your blog. Danica truly is a positive model both for youth and adults.
Though I was asked to participate in the Age of Conversation, I was working overseas at the time and I just could not fit it in my schedule. Glad to hear that you had a part!
Excellent research, and thrilled to find your blog! We just posted several pieces on Danica at Shaping Youth, since we're on the alert for 'positive role models' in media/mktg. (slim pickins' as of late)
I notice on your blog log of photos that Gavin's there! I'm also one of the Age of Conversation contributors; small world this globe, eh? Thanks, Robyn, for your insights.
Robyn thank you for your reply and reading references. I will check it out. Anna 
Visakha, this is very interesting. Your culture has much to teach us in this area.
Do you find that women have challenges to reach top level math and engineering positions in India? It would be interesting to have your perspective on this because it would provide more of a global view.
Thanks for stopping by and for sharing this link.
Nice Article Robin!
There is this site I came across on Vedic Maths
it is a high speed mental math system.
Chck it out
'Vis
Anna, you bring even more perspective to my post by sharing your own experience as an engineer.
It really takes a lot of confidence to stand up for your contributions and not falter.
You need to read Deborah Tannen's book, "Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work" Her field is discourse analysis and she really provides savvy tips on how to overcome some of the problems you mention. 
Hi Robyn, excellent article. I can relate since I have graduated from engineering. When I hit the work force and worked with experienced engineers it was hard to actually show off that I was right about almost anything in engineering department, just the way it was. However, things changed I gained more knowledge in design, I started to see the difference in knowledge between co-workers, but not in confidence level. I know that I know, but my confidence level would be sometimes low. And I sometimes could not believe how many engineers I saw that they argue their way so strongly that they are right, later to find out that they were wrong. However, when sometimes I do speak up, I get such a convincing argument from fellow engineers that I loose confidence in my design and follow recommendations of others, later to find out that my design would have been just fine, and yet no one would admit lol. Anna
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