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Won A Battle. Still Losing The War.

March 3rd, 2010 by Dan Meyer

Kyle, re OK Go's latest: "Somebody has too much time on their hands."

Laronn: "Shut up, Kyle. What do you do? You go home and play Counter-Strike all day."

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11 Responses to “Won A Battle. Still Losing The War.”

on 03 Mar 2010 at 4:25 pm1 Kate Nowak

Hm. Kids were pretty universally impressed (at least the ones who expressed an opinion.) Lots knew “the treadmill video” so they were primed to like it.

I got the “too much time on their hands” comment from another teacher! I know, right?!
on 03 Mar 2010 at 4:57 pm2 MrW

Best part about this? My science students just finished simple machines and I introduced our “Rube Goldberg” project on Monday.
on 03 Mar 2010 at 6:54 pm3 Jason Dyer

Alternate retort: Just ask ‘em where their Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video is.

Oh, it’ll sting. It’ll sting.
on 03 Mar 2010 at 7:48 pm4 London

Hmmm… This “Laronn” kid sounds pretty smart. At least he is getting the bigger picture. Kids these days are so diverse in their maturity that its hard to find the ones that can really appreciate the extraordinary amount of time put into this.

We can only hope for future generations that they can really appreciate the effort that was put into this.
on 03 Mar 2010 at 8:16 pm5 Mr. K

Best part about this?

I know a bunch of the crew that actually built the thing.

Now to rope them into a real world math lesson.
on 04 Mar 2010 at 10:52 am6 Brick & Mortar Blended » Link Post: March 4

[...] Won a battle, still loosing the war…if you haven’t already seen OK Go’s new video, you have to check this out. This is just crying to be used in every science/physics class. I enjoyed the student commentary provided by Dan Myer. Note: It is a YOUTUBE video, so those of you trying to access it at your schools…good luck. But seriously, check it out. [...]
on 04 Mar 2010 at 9:07 pm7 monika hardy

i love mousetrap..
on 05 Mar 2010 at 9:45 am8 moseylissa

My son watches Attack of the Show, a G4 TV show. (He’ll be impressed that I admitted watching it on a blog comment.) They interviewed two of the band members on Tuesday and it’s worth watching to talk with your students about how much time and effort went into it. Wow.
on 05 Mar 2010 at 3:56 pm9 Bonnie

Hey, there is nothing wrong with having too much time on your hands.

But actually, that video project was probably intensely time-consuming.
on 11 Mar 2010 at 5:19 am10 Alan

Some years ago I played a computer game called ‘The Incredible Machine’. The concept was very similar to this, thouhg on 2D and in a scale that fit a 14 in screen at 640×480 resolution.

BTW, I just stumbled upon your blog and found it amazing. You sure write alot, and I have four years of posts to catch up on, but what I’ve read so far is amazing. I’m studying math sciences with the intent of teaching… I was afraid of teaching high school math and though I’d work my way to a college class, ASAP, but reading what you write gives me hope.
on 15 Mar 2010 at 8:35 pm11 Andy

They definitely spent a lot of time and effort on that. And because of that four guys in an indie rock band probably know more about physics than I ever will.