The Educator's Notebook

Threshold Concepts: The Core Learning That Leads To Growth
Global Online Academy - 1/29/20

“Threshold concepts have five essential traits: 1) they transform the learner’s perception of the field, 2) that transformation is permanent, 3) they are integrative in that the learner perceives interrelated ideas in the same way experts in the field might, 4) they are bounded in that mastery allows the learner to move on to other threshold concepts, and 5) they are “troublesome” for learners. Meyer and Land cite a few examples of threshold concepts in their research: opportunity cost in economics, limits in mathematics, and signification in the humanities.”

“Coronaviruses Hit Seniors The Hardest”
Quartz - 1/31/20

“Unlike the flu, which has higher fatality rates in both young children and older adults, coronaviruses tend to only be more dangerous for seniors. In a paper published on Jan. 29, scientists writing in the New England Journal of Medicine recorded 0 cases of 2019-nCoV in children 15 and under. This doesn’t mean that children are immune to the virus, but they may be better at fighting it off if they’re otherwise healthy.”
Data On The Coronavirus And Recommendations For Preventing It
World Economic Forum - 1/31/20
Six Factors Determining Whether/How The Coronavirus Spreads
New York Times - 1/31/20
A Long List Of Other Resources On The Coronavirus
NAIS - 1/28/20

Steve Blank Reflects On Clayton Christensen’s Passing
Steve Blank - 1/28/20

“Everyone who writes about innovation stood on his shoulders.”
“Adam Grant: How ‘Givers’ Can Help Your School”
YouTube/NAIS - 6/5/18

“Givers make up the majority of the worst performers, but also the majority of the best performers.”

Results From A Larger Teacher Coaching Survey
Digital Promise - 1/1/20

“In the report that follows, we share findings on coach workload, the coach-teacher relationship, the use of technology in coaching, professional support for coaches, and funding for coaches.”

In Praise Of Praise
CNN - 1/30/20

“The higher the ratio between the two -- the more a teacher praised and the less they scolded -- the better kids stayed focused on their lessons.”

What The Warehouse Robot Workforce Is Starting To Look Like
New York Times - 1/29/20
New Laser Ultrasound: Sees Inside the Body From Half A Meter Away
MIT - 12/19/19

“The researchers scanned the forearms of several volunteers and observed common tissue features such as muscle, fat, and bone, down to about 6 centimeters below the skin. These images, comparable to conventional ultrasound, were produced using remote lasers focused on a volunteer from half a meter away.”

Can A.I. Ed Tech Save Teachers 13 Hours Per Week? Mmm…
Hechinger Report - 1/27/20

“That’s what schools need: more technology to protect them from the harm that the technology they’ve already bought is causing.”

“Zappos Has Quietly Backed Away From Holacracy”
Quartz - 1/29/20
A High School With Learning From 3pm to 8pm In Lansing, Michigan
KQED - 1/28/20

"Halstead coordinates an experimental program called Eastern Flex Academy, where a handful of students attend school from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. They start off with English and math classes, break for dinner and then finish their remaining courses online.”

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