Sample MIT lecture

Lecture by Walter Lewin

Thanks to Mar Roselló for the link!

MIT Online Course Materials

Please take a look at this website. I think it could be a useful resource for all of you.
We'll discuss it further next class.

MIT OpenCourseWare

Math Vocabulary (ongoing post)

This is a website that may be useful for us (courtesy of Rosa):
http://www.mathwords.com/a_to_z.htm

today's class (and no class next week!)

Quick summary:
We did the Harper's Index analysis of statistics (interpretation) individually and in group
Watched a TED presentation about trying new things for 30 days (see bottom of post)
Presentations were given by Jaume (the 4th dimension), Andreu (Darwin's Bot), and Oriol (wave propagation).  Thanks very much for your excellent work.
Brief overview of our textbook--hopefully we'll have bound copies by next class


Next class:
Rosa, Pijou, and Ester (did I miss anyone) will give their presentations
Student Book: p.50, 51 (especially ex.4,5 on p.51)
Workbook: p.35
I will send you a copy of a CAE/FCE before next class.
Please give me feedback on presentation feedback sheets.

Did I forget anything?

Ivory Tower Vocabulary

andreu lives in an ivory tower Andreu vive en una torre de marfil
lag retraso
wrestler luchador
auction subasta
wedlock matrimonio
incumbent titular
raid ataque
foreclose on someone's home ejecutar la hipoteca de la casa de alguien
mortgage hipoteca
lender prestador
tender a wound tratar/curar de una herida
born out of wedlock nacidos fuera del matrimonio
leaker filtrador
leak fuga
wikileaks wikileaks
whistle blower denunciante
recruit reclutar
rush week prisa semana
out a homosexual individual una persona homosexual
come out of the closet salir del armario
they're shooting in the dark se está disparando en la oscuridad
delayed onset retraso en la aparición
blackmail chantaje

Presentation Tips

Five lessons for making an unforgettable pitch
Steve Jobs speaking techniques

Volunteers for teaching/presenting 5-10 minutes this week.

I need some volunteers (3 or 4) to teach a segment (5-10 min.) from one of their classes (or a presentation) for our next class this Wednesday. 
I've contacted a couple of you--who will be the first?!
I need a few more brave souls, so please let me know if you can do it.
Thanks