Category Archives: Education

I Suspect Students Will Love This

Posted on March 29, 2018 by russtowne

Education Orders of Magnitude Better A 21-year-old’s company could change the world in profound ways. Here are some snippets of an article of a way to custom-tails education to the way that works best for each student “Once it’s plugged into … Continue reading →

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4 Things You Didn’t Learn In Driver’s Ed

Posted on December 27, 2012 by russtowne

I found this article informative and interesting. It contains updated strategies for driving safely. A snippet: A cop I know was once fiddling with the in-car computer with his right hand while driving the car with his left hand at … Continue reading →

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I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

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Morning Reflections

Posted on May 24, 2012 by russtowne

There was a time many years ago when I woke up exhausted every week day, crawled out of bed at about 5:30am and faced a daunting and life-sucking 1 hour and 40 minute 1-way commute to work, doing a job … Continue reading →

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Jabberwocky

Posted on May 24, 2012 by russtowne

I was recently in a meeting with perhaps eight others when someone mentioned a phrase from Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem called “Jabberwocky”. While the phrase brought knowing smiles to the faces of a few of the attendees, several had clearly … Continue reading →

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Abundance: Unconventional Education

Posted on May 16, 2012 by russtowne

A friend sent an article today that outlined a series of experiments regarding educating students the results of which I found most remarkable. I believe you will too. It was posted on DelanceyPlace.com. The article is dated 5/15/12. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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