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jackwest

174 karma · joined August 23, 2011

Adolescent ed and edtech are my jam. Consultant, maker, blogger.
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jackwest··on An Enduring Market for Leadership Talent?
If this is true, there is an opportunity to change how large companies do business, no?
jackwest··on How Far Up the Leadership Ladder Will A.I. Go?
Am I ill conceived or does this guy have it right? For the next ten years anyway?
jackwest··on EU doing the right thing with personal data
What is the likelihood we could get state-based data protection like GDPR in California?
jackwest··on The Paradox of the Elephant Brain
"No, the human brain does not have more neurons than the much larger elephant brain—but the human cerebral cortex has nearly three times as many neurons as the over twice as large cerebral cortex of the elephant."

Does the mass of neurons in the cerebellum give the ele' any greater capability? Longer memory for revenge, perhaps?

jackwest··on Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016)
Appreciate the simple distillation of a useful analysis.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
Love it! There are some great web resources now for young coders in case you weren't already aware. Check out codeacademy, mykidcancode, and of course - scratch. In fact, I think Google has their own block programming initiative that they were showing at the maker faire.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
Oh man. We were only there for about three hours. So I missed a lot of that. Next year I'll have to get the full weekend ticket.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
Love it! I still have a 16mm projector in my lab store room.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
I am still looking for my people, but I sure like visiting your people. They are a lot of fun.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
I am inspired to return more of the wonder of learning to my science classes. Coincidentally for me, this is happening with blended learning. More time is liberated for experiments and student operated demonstrations when I let Sal Khan do some of the teaching for me.
jackwest··on My 7 Year Old Son Found His People at the Maker Faire
And a great place to bring out the kid in yourself - for me, the one that I regularly have to be reminded not to tell to be quiet.
jackwest··on Khan Academy Put to the Test
Thanks for the link, edutechdev. I am speaking on a panel for edtech entrepreneurs and educators in SF in October on exactly this thread topic, experimentation. I will reference your design-based research guide. It is very important that those of us who know something about social science experimentation weigh in on this national conversation.