Khan Academy – Geeks out of the box

By Geeks out of the Box December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

Working on Derivative and Tangent Line Equations in Khan Academy

By Geeks out of the Box June 25, 2017June 25, 2017

Treading into Calculus

Simon seems to be setting first gentle steps in Calculus, once again thanks to Daniel Shiffman. In the videos below, Simon talks about minimizing and maximizing functions, the power rule, … Continue reading Treading into Calculus

By Geeks out of the Box May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

Math: Polynomial expressions with two variables

Math on Friday:

By Geeks out of the Box April 11, 2017

Math. Polynomials

From today’s math lesson. Simon has started polynomials and insisted upon expressing them as a graph:

By Geeks out of the Box January 30, 2017

Math class. Inequalities.

Solving inequalities with Khan Academy:

By Geeks out of the Box December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

Sums of consecutive integers

It’s been great watching Simon turn a word problem into an equation today. He was busy with “Sums of consecutive integers” (Practice finding the nth number in a sequence of … Continue reading Sums of consecutive integers

By Geeks out of the Box December 17, 2016

Animation with Khan Academy

Simon has been trying different courses in JacaScript on Khan Academy, making some fun animations as part of tasks:

By Geeks out of the Box December 10, 2016

Equations Continued. A Victory.

Yesterday was a break-through day! Simon finally cracked those equations with variables on both sides, even the ones including parentheses! And this is what helped: just like with programming, he … Continue reading Equations Continued. A Victory.

By Geeks out of the Box December 1, 2016

Screen shots over the past several days

Here are some screen shots of Simon’s coding practice over the past couple of days. Khan Academy > Computer programming > HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive (he got stuck after completing 26 … Continue reading Screen shots over the past several days

By Geeks out of the Box December 1, 2016December 1, 2016

Equations with variables on both sides

Equations with variables on both sides remain a difficult subject to grasp. Well, all right, we only tried it twice so far. On Monday evening I saw Simon sit down … Continue reading Equations with variables on both sides

By Geeks out of the Box November 24, 2016November 24, 2016

HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery (Khan Academy)

Guess what happened when I told Simon that Khan Academy doesn’t only teach math, but also has loads of computer programming tutorials? He was so excited he finished 38 percent of … Continue reading HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery (Khan Academy)