Mentoring is one of my favorite learning topics. I like it because it is a learning method that is not used as much as I believe it should be in our modern world. Mentoring is like learning through apprenticeship; it is learning as you are doing. Specifically, to me, it…
We Need Personalized Learning to Achieve the American Dream
What is the American Dream? Is it to be rich? Perhaps for some people. Or is it to be very successful, such as to be a CEO of a company? It could be that for some people. Lastly, perhaps, it is to be famous, like as a musician or an…
Will grade inflation do us in?
In my last post, I mentioned dropping out of college and being ill-prepared and requiring remedial coursework as problems in Higher Education. But, an equally large problem is grade inflation. There has been significantly higher grades given out over the last 3 decades as in the past. Higher grades are…
Higher Ed at the Crossroads
I recently read a great book: The Case Against Education – Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan. I would agree with him. College is becoming way too expensive. I’m a parent of two and I worry about this a lot. However, I don’t agree…
What I Learned from Two Years of Home-Schooling
I’ll probably tell people that the best two days of my life were the day I started homeschooling and the day I stopped homeschooling. Not because I didn’t enjoy the experience. It was just really really hard, and in different ways than I would have thought. My reasons for homeschooling…
What Educational App should you use?
A couple of years ago, I attended an International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. Being the largest organization in Educational Tech, the conference was massive. The exposition hall alone contained 540 vendor booths — I counted them, from their listings in the program guide. I wondered how anyone…
Group Learning or One-on-One?
Are you one of those people who loves to attend class? Do you really like the give & take of classroom discussion, while loathing the process of learning independently such as through a one-on-one tutorial? Or, perhaps it’s the other way around. You love learning independently on your own, and…
Are you smarter than a computer?
It’s a phrase that’s on everyone’s mind. If computers can do everything that people do, how will anyone make a living in the future? Unfortunately, computers and robots can do an awful lot. When solving complex equations, for example, a computer will beat any human brain hands down. Even chess…