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I want to challenge you to think about tricks from both the regular footed and goofy footed stances. Keep both of these perspectives in mind when you watch Part 1.

Watch Part 1:
vimeo.com/31412694

Filmed by Mark Szymanski

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[If you haven't seen Part 0, watch that first: vimeo.com/33437746]

I do four basic tricks in this video.

Challenge #1:
How would you name those tricks?

Challenge #2:
How would you EXPLAIN the difference between frontside and backside?

Filmed by Marfa Capodanno
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“Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”
Are schools designed to help people learn? Are colleges and universities really institutions of higher education? Do students actually learn any science in science classes? Can skateboarding give us a better model for teaching and learning? Watch this video to find out.

My website
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My blog entry about “Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”
drtae.org/building-a-new-culture-of-teaching-and-learning/

Also check out my talk from TEDxEastsidePrep: "Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?"
drtae.org/can-skateboarding-save-our-schools/

Here are links to references and additional resources related to my talk.

0:37
"School Sucks"
If you’ve never seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” you should watch it here:
ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

1:22
"Universities are not doing a good job."
Watch the entire interview with Dr. Leon Lederman on The Science Network.
Education, Politics, Einstein, and Charm: a conversation with Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman.
thesciencenetwork.org/programs/the-science-studio/robert

3:02
Depersonalization 101: "They're...checking Facebook or their email..."
Is the digital revolution turning us into delusional multitaskers who can't focus?
Watch “Digital Nation” from Frontline on PBS
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/

4:37
“Increasing number of educators found to be suffering from teaching disabilities”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/news/report_increasing_number_of

5:45
"Over 90% of middle school science teachers in this country have never taken a science course outside of high school."
Watch the entire discussion between Dr. Lawrence Krauss and Dr. Richard Dawkins:
richarddawkins.net/article,2472,Richard-Dawkins-and-Lawrence-Krauss,RichardDawkinsnet

7:05
"...the difference between certifications and qualifications."
Malcolm Gladwell has argued that if we don’t have a good way of predicting who will become great teachers, we must drastically change hiring practices in schools.
“Most Likely To Succeed: How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?”
newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/15/081215fa_fact_gladwell

9:16
"I'm not telling you stories about shiny new buildings, or computer labs, or interactive wipeboards that really had an influence on me."
Our priority should be finding great teachers, but we shouldn't ignore the importance of environment in teaching and learning.
The Third Teacher
thethirdteacher.com/

9:30
"...the most effective thing we can do to improve the quality of physics instruction...is to hire, honor, and promote good teachers."
Dr. David J. Griffiths ( academic.reed.edu/physics/faculty/griffiths.html )
“Is There A Text In This Class?”
ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v65/i12/p1141_s1

10:00
"Do they just sit there?"
Dr. Dean Zollman ( phys.ksu.edu/personal/dzollman/ )
“Do They Just Sit There? Reflections on helping students learn physics”
web.phys.ksu.edu/papers/millikan.html

11:41
"Congratulations! You haven't learned a damn thing about science."
I grabbed that diagram of the citric acid cycle ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle ) from library.thinkquest.org/C004535/media/kreb_cycle.gif
Watch Richard Feynman for a more insightful view of science.
“The Pleasure of Finding Things Out”
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7136440703094429927

12:33
"MythBusters is the most scientific show on television."
What? You’ve never seen MythBusters?
dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/

13:23
"Maybe lawyers are getting in the way of science education."
Watch Geyver Tulley’s TED Talks about
“Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
“Life Lessons Through Tinkering”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

16:40
"Work your ass off until you figure it out."
Dr. Carol Dweck might call this having a “growth mindset.”
“How Not To Talk To Your Kids”
nymag.com/news/features/27840/
Mindset by Dweck
mindsetonline.com/
Branford Marsalis thinks some students don’t understand the idea of hard work.
youtube.com/watch?v=5rz2jRHA9fo
Dr. Kurt Wiesenfeld ( physics.gatech.edu/people/faculty/kwiesenfeld.html )
“Making The Grade: Many students wheedle for a degree as if it were a freebie T shirt”
users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/myturn/makingthegrade.html

17:32
“That’s a long time”
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
Dr. Alan Schoenfeld
gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/ahschoenfeld/ahschoenfeld.html

22:40
“Teach For America Chews Up, Spits Out Another Ethnic-Studies Major”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/node/30911

23:03
"You can polish a turd."
MythBusters: Polishing A Turd
dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-polishing-a-turd.html

24:35
Distributed Computing on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing
SETI@home
setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

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Music by Aren Faklis
Curtain artwork by Jeremy Russnak jeremyrussnak.wix.com/illustrations

A lot of skate companies don't understand that using scientific words isn't the same as being scientific.

For those that don't know, this is a spoof of the "Let me tell you about my boat" scene from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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Website:
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iTunes Video Podcast:
itunes.com/podcast?id=265576208

This clip is the opener for Episode 0.

(Skateboarding physics professor) + (liquid nitrogen) + (fingerboard mounted on a neodymium magnet levitating over a chunk of YBCO high temperature superconductor) + (180 square feet of lime green polyester) = Promo 1