Practical Futurism, or Tutoring at scale

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Transcript of Practical Futurism, or Tutoring at scale

 

 

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Give yourself one point for each of these below. 

• Changed your own oil• Fixed something electronic through soldering• Wired a ceiling light/fan in your home• Altered clothing that did not fit to fit• Replaced a hard drive on your computer• Built or repaired a porch or patio• Rotated your own tires or replaced own brakes• Upgraded an operating system• Replaced flooring in your house• Repaired a kitchen appliance

 

"Well, the thing about DNA evidence is that that one in a million chance is, um... wait I know this -- It's called the prosecutor's fallacy. So say you have 100 people and one is guilty -- is that right? Hold on, I have to draw this out....."

What birth rate would you need among women of child bearing age in a country to maintain zero population growth?

A) 0.9B) 1.0C) 2.0D) 2.1E) 4

Thanks to:

Conference organizers, for invite & wonderful conference.

Jon Mott, who turned me on to the Bloom work on tutoring.

Everyone I work with, really, from whom I probably stole an idea or ten.

Video feedback artists everywhere. Because it should be 1981 every day. Seriously. 

(No, seriously.)

Mike Caulfield, Keene State, [email protected]