# Teaching kids real math with computers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Conrad Wolfram
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Computer science, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.

## Lectures

1. [Teaching kids real math with computers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers/fb4f3bd661f4), 17 min (TED's player)