Comments for Robin's Interesting Thoughts

Comment on There are no excuses for letting children fail by Bob Collier

Bob Collier — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:10:53 +0000

“One of the missions of Project Renaissance is to raise consciousness about the inadequacies of the traditional school system and its entrenched approach to education, which has squandered the gifts and potentialities of generations of human beings.” – Win Wenger, author of The Einstein Factor http://www.winwenger.com

Comment on The basic elements of creativity by Robin

Robin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:48:28 +0000

I think Ferguson would say that copy, transform, and combine are the components of imagination, too.

Comment on The basic elements of creativity by sfarazr

sfarazr — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:11:35 +0000

what about imagination, illusion..?

Comment on Concerns about math games by Explorations in Math

Explorations in Math — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:48:27 +0000

Robin – thanks for your interest in Explorations in Math and for taking the time to volunteer with us. We appreciate your concerns which have inspired us to begin a dialogue on our Math Matters Blog tackling some of the issues you’ve brought up. We hope you’ll continue to get to know us and explore our different program areas. Thanks, Explorations in Math

Comment on This is what happens when voters don’t understand economics by Near the bottom

Near the bottom — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:27:46 +0000

[...] interesting new theory on “what’s the matter with Kansas”: voters who feel they are near the bottom of the economic pyramid worry that income redistribution [...]

Comment on Obvious Only in Retrospect by There are no excuses for letting children fail

There are no excuses for letting children fail — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:05:49 +0000

[...] that such a result requires only two essential ingredients (which match my definition of profound: obvious only in retrospect). They [...]

Comment on Compiled Software is Here to Stay by The cloud is part of the app

The cloud is part of the app — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:43:44 +0000

[...] Alternatively, some cloud services are integrated with web applications. For example, Google Docs stores your documents in the cloud and lets you view and edit them using a web browser. (Indeed, Google’s general goal seems to be to move all computing into the web browser, so not just your data but also the apps themselves live in the cloud. I’ve written previously about why I think that is shortsighted.) [...]

Comment on Can software tutors reform education? by The pieces for educational software

The pieces for educational software — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:18:40 +0000

[...] the disruption in education takes hold, software with all of these pieces will prove very [...]

Comment on People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it by Apolune

Apolune — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:39:48 +0000

further reading: Andrew Newberg’s “Why We Believe What We Believe”

Comment on Can software tutors reform education? by Advantages of automated tutors

Advantages of automated tutors — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:35:25 +0000

[...] previously written about the coming transition to software-based tutors. Salman Khan, the creator of Khan Academy, [...]