Getting Excited, Making Things: Nataly Dawn

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Friday, December 11, 2015

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we talk technology and learning, spiders and raindrops.

First, on SciShow Talk Show, Hank Green talks to Professor Rick Hughes about education and technology. I particularly like the concept of the "Comfortable Consumer vs Competent Creator". I think it's difficult for students in Computer Science to distinguish between the things that are part of the underlying mathematics and logic of computation and the things that are part of the computational structure's people have created. It's also difficult then for students to know when they need to create new things for themselves and when they should use the tools that already exist.

Next Simon's Cat encounters a spider, and comes out quite a bit better than Simon ... or the spider.

Finally, Nataly Dawn does a beautiful cover of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head." I think the cover is beautiful, but as a Calgarian, I'm a little confused by the song. Usually raindrops are hurled at my face by powerful wind or are snow. Still, this one makes me happy to listen (and makes me think of lemonade).

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we look at the heavy, the light and the (hopefully) very small.

First, John Green explains the situation in the United States leading up to the Civil War. Not only is the subject mater interesting but I also think that this is one of John's finest pieces of oratory.

Next, Jack Conte covers Daft Punk's Doin' it Right. I love how you can see how Pomplamoose grows out of his music and Nataly Dawn's. Also this video is just plain awesome and then Jack talking about Patreon is also plain awesome.

Finally, Professor Brailsford expands on compression in this video from Computerphile.

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we get back around to Christmas, chill out and celebrate the end of the rad!

The first video is the Chemistry Christmas Tree from Periodic Videos. I love the community vibe of the University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, and how you see students and researchers gathering together for a moment to show off what they love. (Also nice instrumental Christmas music)

I love how the two halves of Pomplamoose make music thats just as awesome on their own as they are together even though they're in totally different genres. Here Nataly Dawn chills out and Dances.

Finally, four rad dudes got together and made us the very final episode of the Totally Rad Show. (Warning, this is over an hour long!)

This volume of my favourite YouTube videos sings us a song, then doodles us some math and some art.

First, Nataly Dawn (the less bearded half of Pomplamoose) sings to us about Areceli.

Next, ViHeart tackles the boredom of parabolas and doodles her way to ... well, I won't spoil it...