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College students in a teacher education program of study typically take one or more courses in psychology. An important reason for this is that an understanding of psychology helps one to understand people—in particular, one’s students, their parents, and fellow educators.

One of my favorite forms of self-education and entertainment is to view Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) Talks (TED, 2017). These videos are typically under 18 minutes in length and the speakers are well-qualified in their presentation areas.

Liza Loop

History of Computing for Learning in Education

I have recently thoroughly revised and updated my IAE-pedia document, Free Math Software (Moursund, 7/15/2016). This site includes my current philosophy of education that emphasizes current and future roles of computers.

My Philosophy of Education

I am interested in improving education for all people of all ages throughout the world. Recently, I had a delightful time interacting with a grandchild (age 10), three of my adult relatives, and two “senior citizens.” All of us spent a substantial amount of our time using Smartphones, tablet computers, and laptop computers.

Perhaps what was most interesting to me was the facility of the non-senior-citizens at making use of these tools whenever a question arose.

I recently published an IAE-pedia document titled, What You Can Do (Moursund, 2016). The title comes from the What You Can Do section found in each of the hundreds of IAE Blogs that I have written.

The essence of this new document is summarized by two quotations at the beginning: