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by aik 16y ago
Being that Khan Academy isn't necessarily a complete learning experience/solution on its own makes this difficult. The most important one: Having a mentor or guide to assist when a student runs into problems or doesn't understand or is mi
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by aik 16y ago
That's exactly what needs to happen. The teacher as a knowledge spout doesn't make sense anymore in most places since we can get the knowledge from 100 other sources faster and probably better. In addition and regards to your assessment po
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by aik 16y ago
And the cycle continues. Fire the teachers! The students aren't learning - they're the problem! Fire the administrators! Fire the teachers! The students aren't trying! Fire the administrators!... Perhaps the system itself is the problem. C
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by aik 16y ago
To add on to the language problem - all Finns have to learn Swedish as well as English. I came from a strictly Swedish speaking part of Finland, and had to learn Finnish and English from the very start. And the primary thing that the Finni
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by aik 16y ago
Supposedly most super successful sports stars weren't the best when they were 12 years old (or however young). Most of the ones that rose to the very top were average or above average early in their lives, but through an unusual amount of
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by aik 16y ago
From my knowledge no one really says that a technical degree leads to better reading/writing/reasoning skills. Then again not very many say what a technical degree really teaches you either. Funny system. Pure liberal arts programs are in
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by aik 16y ago
I've been waiting for the iPad 2 to see what it can do, but after this subscription stuff and a potential removal of the Kindle app makes me care much less.
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by aik 16y ago
This is great. Few issues: 1. The "generating" process didn't do anything until I hit refresh, then everything appeared. 2. The "Forward a copy of this report via email" link doesn't do anything? (I'm in Chrome 8) 3. Reading the improvem
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by aik 16y ago
I've attempted running and meditating. So far I haven't figured it out. Lately instead and towards the end of my jog I start walking earlier and meditate during the walk a few minutes before reaching home. Seems easier for now anyway. B
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by aik 16y ago
I think it could be useful for sure. Both a most recently mentioned list, and most often mentioned list. I'm more interested in the latter as it is more telling.
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by aik 16y ago
Gaddafi's son, Saif, live stream: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
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by aik 16y ago
Could you expand on what the in-school pilot programs are? In what way are the encouraging? What types of schools are you piloting in? Public? I haven't yet seen much effective use of technology in the learning environment that touches a
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by aik 16y ago
Hold on. Nokia does a ridiculous amount of research into cell phone technology. I agree it's a side project now, but do you think they seriously are "abandoning" it? Where have you heard that? I don't think Nokia would completely throw
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by aik 16y ago
This second issue is for sure one of the core issues facing us. I'm not either aware of large scale efforts taking place. Obama's/Duncan's teacher accountability efforts I don't think will do all too much to help. The only solution I see
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by aik 16y ago
Wouldn't it have to start out lightly to be considered "lightly"wake.me? I was hoping the site would start with a low volume and slowly become louder over time.
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by aik 16y ago
I think an important point is also that Nokia isn't abandoning MeeGo and their own OSes. Those I imagine will play a significant role in the future (again).
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by aik 16y ago
"Column count doesn't match value count at row 1" when trying to create my first page. I'm in Chrome.
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by aik 16y ago
By "once" I was referring to the singular situation you were in, not necessarily literally "once". In any case, I wasn't inferring that Elop didn't get it from there (and that he's a creative mastermind), but my question was specifically ab
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by aik 16y ago
Where else have you heard it? What makes it a tired image beyond the fact that you heard it once in Paris?
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A letter from a CEO to Obama concerning Education(educationoutrage.blogspot.com)
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by aik 16y ago
I don't believe making it voluntary would be the solution, though it would for sure unmask the root problem better. The unfortunate thing about this situation is that I don't believe there is an easy and quick answer. I believe the bad beh
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by aik 16y ago
Yeah if it's specifically from KCK, depending on where in KCK that high buy dollar could make sense. But for a lot of parts of KCK, and the Missouri side, 200-300k is ridiculously high compared to what I would expect. Most suburbs in gene
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by aik 16y ago
I'm confused about the populations. For example, it mentions the population of Kansas City is 143K. Wikipedia says 482,299, and "greater" KC is closer to a million. What exactly is measured here?
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by aik 16y ago
Just as with HN, it's not the technology that makes it so great, it's the people. If the people stick with Quora, it will continue to be immensely informative.
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by aik 16y ago
I agree. Concentration and awareness/mindfulness meditation are very different things in my opinion too. For example, I'm able to reach "flow" for sustained periods of time in my work (which is ultimate concentration), but the result of t
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by aik 16y ago
Interesting. Wow, she's written over 1000 articles. The problem I have with it is exactly what you're saying. Perhaps she is indoctrinated with the view that "tests are bad". Regardless, it is a popular view and a spicy topic. What both
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by aik 16y ago
That's how it works in Japan too. Kids study English for 8 years and aren't able to speak a word or make basic linguistic connections. And it's all based on study and test taking.
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by aik 16y ago
This entire article is so full of that kind of crap - full of baseless insinuations and twisted meanings - it completely infuriates me. With the influx of recent NYT articles on education I'm nearly convinced the NYT is purposely trying to
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by aik 16y ago
This is Blizzard we're talking about. Their production values and the amount of years they spend perfecting their games is incredible. I can't imagine them doing such a thing.
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The landing page seems overly dark and techno. A professional business looking for a client-facing status page you would expect to be lighter and friendlier looking, and the front-page doesn't agree with this. I was a little turned off by

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