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Success

4/6/2019

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Since an early age, we have all been given advice about how to succeed at life.  The most frequently given advice falls into these broad categories: study hard, get a good job, get married, start a family, etc.

School has little to do with students, grades have little to do with learning, employment and income have something to do with quality of life, and marriages all-to-often end in divorce.

What is success, and why do we expend so much energy asking people for advice on how to be successful?


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Paintbrush

3/30/2019

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“Don’t bother teaching your kids how to paint – we have cameras,” said nobody ever.  Except that somebody did.  An OECD education chief has decided that your children learning to create software is an utter waste of time due to how technology will evolve.

His line of thinking is the latest step forward in a results-based, quantifiable-over-quality approach to life and learning.  Thinking that these two – life and learning – are distinct and separable is the first misstep down this path.



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Exposure

3/23/2019

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The human mind is the original camera.  Although the mind does not exactly “take pictures” as we go about our day, exposure to any event changes what is on the film.

What happens to the film when we welcome technology into our lives – into our classrooms – without question?

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Equity

12/1/2018

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Technology is the great equalizer, we are told.  Technology will save us all, we are told.  It might be assumed that ownership of more technology creates more social mobility and a better life.

The reality is that we are seeing reduced quality-of-life across the board whether you measure it by health or wealth.

Shift Sight believes that technological equity, not equality, is a way to better society.  Keep reading to learn more.


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Learning Income

9/8/2018

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We are told that learning outcomes are the output of a teacher, a student, and a prepared input.  (The prepared input is an assignment, job, take-home worksheet, some edtech, etc.)  This output is quantized as a fixed assessment: a grade or percent.
 
The advance of neuroscience is increasingly casting an ominous shadow on the validity of these assessments: they are not measuring what conventional belief says they measure.
 
Keep reading if you want to understand Shift Sight’s compass for navigating these waters.


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Trajectory

6/23/2018

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[I hope that you enjoyed reading about Jade!  If you missed the reveal and are only joining us now, please take a look.]

The same story has repeated itself throughout history.  A new technology is developed, and we become dependent on it.

Society's current tech trajectory demands infinite electronics because what we have “is never fast enough” or “is never big enough.”  The result is e-waste.

Shift Sight intends to bend the tech trajectory at its source.  Our current dependence is not sustainable.



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Once Upon a Time

6/2/2018

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You have been waiting a long time to hear more about Jade.  The pieces of the puzzle are falling together, and the concept reveal is on the horizon.  Shown above is a rough rendering of the back, subject to change.  No peeking!

Patent applications have been filed, so tonight's post contains a few tidbits.  The story (and renderings) are still getting the final polish.



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OK  _

2/3/2018

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I would like to write about one source of inspiration for Jade.  It comes out of my childhood, and it is loaded with lessons for engineers and the general public alike.

It is shown at left – Tandy’s Color Computer 3.  This particular unit powered on without a hiccup 32 years after leaving the factory.


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The Wrong Lesson

1/13/2018

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Dear Teachers,
 
You are underpaid, overworked, and you do not get enough recognition.  Some people are trusted to count beans; you are entrusted with children’s futures.
 
You have unrealistic expectations pushed on you by society.
 
You are also my heroes.


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