The Educator's Notebook

Sweet Briar College Reinvents Its Curriculum And Cost Structure
Chronicle of Higher Education - 9/6/17

"The curriculum changes, hammered out in just three months by the college’s faculty, will abolish traditional academic departments and instead align professors in three groups, one focusing on engineering, science, and technology, another on the environment and sustainability, and the third on creativity and the arts.”
E-Sports Continue To Expand At Universities
Education Dive - 9/1/17

"This past fall, Miami University became the first Division 1 school to have a varsity e-sports team, and Platt said a game last semester had more streaming viewers the school’s football, basketball and hockey matches throughout the entire year. The Guardian even reports the possibility that e-sports will be included in the 2024 Paris Olympics… There are about 40 schools with varsity teams throughout the country, according to Platt, and many are offering scholarships. While some are thousands of dollars — others, like the University of Utah, are offering full ride scholarships to talented gamers.”

What Is The Cambridge Curriculum?
Cambridge International Examinations - 9/10/17
Cambridge Curriculum Grows As Alternative To AP And IB
Education Dive - 9/8/17
"Who Benefits From The Expansion Of AP Classes?”
New York Times - 9/7/17
Learning An Instrument Leads To Better Decision Making
Pacific Standard - 9/5/17

"The result: Musicians who began training later than age eight performed significantly better than either non-musicians, or their musical peers who began lessons earlier in life.”
Seven Skills To Learn In A Transforming, Automating Future
Singularity Hub - 7/4/17

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JK Rowling On Free Speech (Via Donald Trump)
Farnam Street - 7/7/16

"If you seek the removal of freedoms from an opponent simply on the grounds that they have offended you, you have crossed the line to stand alongside tyrants who imprison, torture and kill on exactly the same justification.”

A Free, Three-Year, Teacher-Less, Meritocratic Coding School
Quartz - 9/4/17

"Since there are no teachers, it is up to students to figure things out. Everything is graded by peers. Students “manage their time how they want,” says Sadirac. “It’s totally self organized.” In education-speak, École 42 is both project-based learning and peer-to-peer learning, on steroids.”

“America’s Changing Religious Identity”
PRRI - 9/6/17

“The single largest survey of American religious and denominational identity ever conducted. This landmark report is based on a sample of more than 101,000 Americans from all 50 states and includes detailed information about their religious affiliation, denominational ties, political affiliation, and other important demographic attributes.”
Some History And An Improbably Return Of The City-State
Aeon - 9/5/17
“Mr. America” - A Profile Of Ken Burns
New Yorker - 9/4/17
The Poetry Foundation Has A Few Poetry Documentaries
Poetry Foundation - 6/6/17

Video Games With Bioresponsive Technology Help Train Focus Skills
Fast Company - 9/5/17
A Critical Pedagogy Look At The LMS
Middlebury Digital Learning - 9/4/17

"What if we were to theorize that the learning management system (LMS) is designed, not for learning or teaching, but for the gathering of data? And what if we were to further theorize that the gathering of data, as messaged and marketed through the LMS, has become conflated with teaching and learning?”
What Jobs Will Be Automated? How Have Jobs Evolved?
Visual Capitalist - 5/30/17
You Can Create Custom Google Search Engines
Teachthought - 10/11/13

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