This reminded me so much of math tutoring, and so little of technology. The tutor helps immerse the student; the tutor creates a rapid feedback loop for the st

This reminded me so much of math tutoring, and so little of technology. The tutor helps immerse the student; the tutor creates a rapid feedback loop for the student to test out ideas; the tutor scaffolds problems and adjusts to the student's pace and failures; the tutor ought to motivate the student. I worry that these thought-pieces are too dreamy, and that there's unrealistic expectations for tech to solve teaching. Hopefully those in this space are grounded by real teaching experience. Ultimately, I've found that the best learning happens with highly motivated students and/or with thoughtfully designed learning content. On well-designed content: I'm reminded of the recent HN post about map coloring, which was scaffolded into simple steps with basic interaction, and another post about Chile, which flowed smoothly with digestible writing and lots of images. The tech was largely irrelevant to those posts. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40740021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40740021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40856030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40856030