Over the past several months, my 10 year old has been spending his free time teaching himself advanced math — thanks in part to Salman Khan, who has published 1,200 educational videos on YouTube. Salman quit his job as a hedge fund manager and donated his time to the cause of educating the world. Every day there are 10,000 students watching these videos [...]
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Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which hack the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen, and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008. These hacks are potentially very disruptive (in a good way). Think cheap educational tools for classroom interactivity. Similar forms of touch/interactive screens require a special surface that [...] SharePoint is a revolutionary web server technology. Think of it as a foundation that provides the core user interface and management system to enable mere mortals to design a complex, role based web application. Many of our business, educational, and social working relationships could be described as membership/role based. If find myself recommending it to more and more customers at Blue [...] There is an amazing disconnect right now between the corporate world and educational institutions that are slowly trying to catch up with the e-learning revolution. In businesses all over the world, cost reduction is driving the the adoption of e-learning due to the inherent efficiencies gained by moving to a centralized, collaborative technology enhanced model of training delivery. Cost [...] The recent jump in autism cases is reason for concern, especially if these trends continue. A just released study by Cornell University (Waldman, et al) reveals a significant correlation between autism rates and young children who watched TV frequently. Previously, vaccines were a leading suspect, but numerous studies have failed to show any definitive link between autism and vaccines. Gregg Easterbrook of [...] Bill Gates has given more to charity than any human being in history. Bono leveraged his celebrity status to entice the leaders of our richest nations to forgive $50 Billion in debt to poor countries. I wonder how many lives they have saved through their actions? “For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering [...] If I was living a life of leisure, without the responsibilities of work and family, I would certainly be a video game addict. So I wasn’t surprised when my son took an early liking to video games (played on our home PC). How much is too much? Steven Johnson makes a compelling arguement for the possibility that video [...] A few months ago Bill Gates gave a speech to our nations governors, warning them that our high schools are obsolete. Frightening, to say the least: When I compare our high schools to what I see when I’m traveling abroad, I am terrified for our workforce of tomorrow. In math and science, our 4th graders are among the [...] |
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