Words of Wisdom-83:

...What then is education?  Surely gymnastics for the body and music for the mind - Plato

Free Education Books-2: Free Science Books Online

Makeuseof.com have this very useful provision for science students, Free Science Books Online.  One can read them online or download them in PDF format. If you are a science student, just try this site.

 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/sciencebooksonline-free-science-ebooks/

Grateful thanks to Makeuseof.com.

Words of Wisdom-82:

Bharatiya Shiksha must be formative more than informative and cannot have for its end mere acquisition of knowledge.  Its legitimate sphere is not only to develop natural talents but so to shape them as to enable them to absorb and express the permanent values of Bharatiya Vidya - Sister Nivedita

Words of Wisdom-81:

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth - Diogenes

Video Talks-6: "21st Century Learning Matters"

Grateful thanks to lisalortiz, Dr James H.Billington, The Librarian of Congress, Roger Quintanilla, YouTube.

Video Talks-5: Education Today and Tomorrow

Grateful thanks to Shareski and YouTube.

Video Talks-4: Never Stop Learning

Grateful thanks to EducationDynamics and YouTube.

Video Talks-3: Bringing 21st Century Learning to Your Classroom

Grateful thanks to Lucy Gray, Elemenous and YouTube.

Video Lectures-2: "Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth"

Wonderful, lucid, lecture! Clears many fundamental hurdles in learning mathematics. Parents, teachers and students - all must watch and could learn something from this great video talk. 866,717 viewers have already viewed this video. That should give you an idea about the usefulness of the talk. It is really very interesting. Please don't miss it.

To know more about Ms M J McDermott, a science geek and meteorologist  with a degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington and who does weather report in Channel 13:

http://www.q13fox.com/about/station/newsteam/mcdermott/

The Raining Queen of TV Weather, M J McDermott: Interview in Seattle Times published in the website of  The Free Library by Farlex:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+raining+queen+of+TV+weather%3B+M.J.+McDermott.%28Northwest+Life%29-a0161367070

Grateful thanks to Ms M J McDermott, prestondave, YouTube, q13fox.com, Marc Ramirez, Seattle Times staff reporter, The Seattle Times and The Free Library of Farlex.

Teachers' Day Greetings!

Greetings and Respects to all Teachers on the occasion of Teachers' Day!

May God bless you all!!