This very informative article in the Huffington Post took my eye. Titled “Leap Seconds Could Be Scrapped In Global Quest For Accurate Timekeeping” it is clearly on the subject of how time affects us globally and locally. This is a really good article, on a Global Issue, which can appeal to Math and Humanities teachers. It is something that we at Triple A Learning think about quite often. “Why?” I hear you ask.
While most of our online workshops are attended by participants that live in hugely differing time-zones, this doesn’t really matter for most of the workshop. In fact, it is something of an advantage. The usual scenario is that the workshop leader will pose a question on a discussion forum and then, one by one, participants will respond to it. Usually, although not always, participants in the Far East will respond first and then those in Europe, Africa and East Asia followed by those in the Americas. The real advantage over direct face-to-face contact is that responses are generally more complete and more considered; a further advantage is that each response could, potentially, spin off an entire discussion thread that lasts for weeks. Often this is the case.
