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OMG this perfectly sets up for (but doesn't actually get into) the big problem I had with #college : #q "And then, in your late teens... The brain is basically saying I'm here to learn about adulthood. Show me what I need to know." http://www.npr.org/2013/09/06/211722893/is-30-really-the-new-20
Temple Grandin is one of my new favourite people—and it's not because of the animals, and it's not because of the autism...: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99009110
Really enjoying #OpenBadges weekly calls. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
Whatever happened to the phrase, "tools for #independence "? Wasn't that a thing at some point? !eduposse
Wow: #photo of Nelson, Engelbart, and 14-year-old Aaron Swartz—"already a full-fledged delegate to whatever the conference was" http://hyperland.com/TN,Doug,AaronSwartz,Ca2001-eugenekim.PNG
#TedNelson 's euology for Douglas #Engelbart , last week: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/12/18/1320201/ted-nelsons-passionate-eulogy-for-douglas-engelbart
Struggling to #balance #learning vs. #doing : http://mimiandeunice.com/2010/10/04/knowledge/ #autodidact
"Transmission": an illustration of how ideas work http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/11/28/transmission/ #NinaPaley
Adventures in #parenting : #language and #worldview http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4321
Illustrating the need for caution and discernment on the Internet: http://status.hackerposse.com/attachment/4316
Interview-subject on NHPR today offered a browbeating for #Thrun about ‘Why Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Failed’: http://nhpr.org/post/why-massive-open-online-courses-moocs-failed #moocs #college !eduposse
#q #paulgraham "If you try to start a startup right out of #college and it tanks, you'll end up at 23 broke and a lot smarter. Which, if you think about it, is roughly what you hope to get from a graduate program." !eduposse
It's important to note that Graham said not "companies" but "organisations" there. Big SCHOOLS may fit into that same category. !eduposse
#q #paulgraham : "The most productive young people will always be undervalued by large organizations, because the young have no performance to measure yet, and any error in guessing their ability will tend toward the mean." !eduposse
Reasons people #dropout from the #institution and join #startups (and find themselves better off), and what deference to #certification costs us: http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html
Just ordered a set of these #mad-science alphabet blocks for @nanohacker 's #early-edu : http://www.xylocopa.com/product/mad-science-alphabet-blocks
Interesting #book list `on #creativity ': http://creativity-online.com/news/whats-the-best-book-on-creativity-youve-ever-read/234040 !eduposse
Sebastian #Thrun on his experience developing `Univeristy 2.0': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkneoNrfadk #college
Is a complete lack of #context better or worse than #pseudocontext ? Love these comments: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4405699&cid=45311475