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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jul-2012 22:56:51 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen As @evan@status.net says: "Waiting for the perfect time to live up to your own potential is the biggest risk you can take." http://evanprodromou.name/2012/06/22/on-startup-risk/ -
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Steve Jobs: "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds."
Why does it seem like we always forget that this was supposed to be the point of computing, when we deploy computers for education?
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Making Carpentry Noble: Walpole Builders Team With French Guild | NHPR
NH company takes on French interns who actually grew up in the `renaissance apprentice' culture; is amazed by `kids who can actually *do* stuff'. Maybe Paul Graham was right?
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Higher education as investment opportunity
"Opponents to free higher education tend to point out how many students have trouble finding jobs after they graduate, especially those who chose to major in humanities. However, if we look at it from the same perspective as venture capitalists…"
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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jul-2012 00:27:04 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen test. -
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UNIX as Literature or: Why Visual Artists Suck at Shell Scripting
What's the deal with this `it's cool for artists to be illiterate' meme?
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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Steve tells the new Stanford graduates that the only way to get what you want is to go after it, and so dropping out was one of the best decisions he ever made--because then he got to take the classes he needed to.
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Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived - The Oatmeal
This coming Tuesday (10 July) is Tesla's birthday, BTW.
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University sues student who 'studied too fast' - The Local
Student completes 11 semesters of college in 3 semesters; surprised when he ends up being sued by the college, who still want the rest of the tuition.
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Kids who spot bullshit, and the adults who get upset about it
Biggest barrier in science education? Punishing kids for critical thinking. D'oh.
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Bad at languages?
Take a crib bilingual with a good ear and a strong knack in one end and spit him out the other with a belief that he’s bad at languages so fixed that it lasts nearly thirty years....
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`Math is not linear' by Alison Blank on Prezi
A `non-linear' presentation on the issues with using a linear curriculum to teach mathematics.
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Laura Albert at The Moth: "My Avatar & Me"
I heard this on NPR, a couple of weeks ago. I'm not really sure what to say about Laura's story—about finding an avatar, using it to learn to be herself, and then having to have it burned away—other than that people need to hear it.
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Asteroid B-612
"I know this question is a little weird, but... Does this drawing frighten you?"
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New York City gets a Software Engineering High School - Joel on Software
"This fall New York City will open The Academy for Software Engineering, the city’s first public high school that will actually train kids to develop software…, [but] it's not a vocational school…."
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MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone
This just made my day—and w/ time still left on Kickstarter, maybe I can return the favor: "Have you ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to Your World, and start inventing The Future."
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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 28-May-2012 01:48:11 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen A summary of modern progressive education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 27-May-2012 12:37:27 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen test 2