Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.”

Education 211

Education Learning Software Knewton 211

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Clubs with the opportunities to exercise hobbies and interests beyond schoolwork. Grateful for experiencing nature on hiking trails you couldn’t access any other way. The opportunity to eat, exercise, and overall have a healthy lifestyle. Grateful for hormones that control your heart rate, reproduction, and sleep cycles.

Exercises 112

Exercises Social Media Meeting E-rate 112

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150