by kris | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Convergence on Target
In South Asia—I’ve worked a lot in Nepal, and also in India—I’m very impressed by two particular parenting behaviors. One is that parents are very physically affectionate. Fathers as well as mothers, and close relatives are too. And that is combined with totally clear...
by andflywrite | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
Follow up to Kris’s recent post on Alison Gopnik, child development psychologist, philosopher, author, and frequent media guest, who teaches at Cal Berkeley: a TED talk by her which has been viewed 2.5M times, so far. “Babies and young children are like...
by andflywrite | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
Smithsonian is publishing a series of comic books for kids that are designed as learning experiences for subjects in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) category. The first was “The Wrong Wrights”, and the second to be released soon is...
by andflywrite | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
Facebook’s Zuckerberg, who owns Oculus Rift VR stuff…held a conference covering a lot of VR news. Here’s Time mag article And here’s a video from Time demo of a Oculus Rift.
by andflywrite | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
People say workers themselves have the most responsibility for their job readiness and K-12 schools are the next in line; opinions diverge about the role of colleges, employers and governments. PEW research, one of the world’s most reliable investigators of what...
by kris | Oct 5, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning, Understanding Media
While looking at my Device, I was transported to an alternate universe about inventing and transmitting new technology across generations, and reshaping the environment of each generation. In this case, my Device is a “book” I recently received from my...
