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Using technology to tailor lessons to each student – The Denver Post
By Janet Morrissey, The New York Times Co. When 12-year-old Nina Mones was in sixth grade last year, she struggled to keep up with her math class, getting stuck on improper fractions. And as the teacher pushed ahead with new lessons, she fell further and further behind. Then in the fall of 2019, her charter …
Technology investing – The lessons from the Vision Fund | Leaders
Oct 17th 2020 “IF I’M GOING to do a fund it has to be big enough to disrupt the whole technology world.” So declared Son Masayoshi four years ago, on a trip to the Middle East to drum up cash for a new investment vehicle to take on Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists (VCs). His Vision …
Vital Lessons for the Diagnostics Industry From COVID-19
How to address challenges the pandemic has unearthed Testing is essential to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Through our work providing critical components to diagnostic developers, I have seen first-hand the focus and commitment to bringing tests to market as quickly as possible as well as the challenges the industry has …
Expand school digital literacy lessons to cover health technologies used by young people
Over 70% of young people, some as young as eight, are using apps, YouTube videos and other digital online technologies to track and manage their health, according to the authors of a new report. The researchers, based at the universities of Bath, Salford and University of New South Wales (Australia) say their findings highlight risks …
Getting children involved in household chores teaches valuable lessons, improves mental health
DETROIT – Getting children involved in household chores is more valuable than you might realize. Telling children to do tasks such as putting away their toys, cleaning dishes and vacuuming can teach them responsibility and improve their mental health. Parents are looking for ways to navigate the coronavirus (COVID-19). Experts said chores can be a …
The World Health Organization said lessons could be learned from Sweden — now its daily deaths are soaring
Sweden’s policy of keeping schools, restaurants and businesses open while practicing social distancing to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading was seen as bold, but now it has the highest deaths per capita in Europe from COVID-19. Sweden’s daily death toll per 100,000 people is now 8.71, compared with 4.59 in the U.S., and is …
Athletics offered key lessons to health-care workers on the front line
We are told from a young age that participating in athletics is not just about the games or results. It’s about life lessons that we learn, the values that are instilled, the bonds that we share. We learn how to be humble when we win, gracious when we lose. We learn to work hard, to …
Zuni Farmer Shares Lessons In Coping; Technology Could Help Reopen The US
In a time of fear and pandemic, one Zuni farmer says lessons from his great-grandparents help him cope. Host Peter O’Dowd spoke with Zuni farmer Jim Enote about the lessons his great-grandparents taught him about the natural world. Also, we look at some of the technology that could help the U.S. safely reopen in the age of …
Low-income student tries to commit suicide because of insufficient technology for online lessons during COVID-19 | Society News
A middle-school student in Henan Province tried to end her life by overdosing on her mother’s prescription drugs after her studies were seriously disrupted because she lacked the digital devices necessary to take classes online. Per the Beijing News (in Chinese), the distressed ninth grader, whose parents have serious disabilities, is the middle child of three …
Lessons On Bringing New Technology To Market From A Serial Entrepreneur (Part 2)
In part one of my series on bringing new technology to market, I focused on two areas of business that entrepreneurs often overlook or take lightly: focusing on business before bytes and deciding who to hire when moving to a new company. It is very easy to build a great product and then wait for …
