Category Archives: Learning Efficiency

Wolfram/Alpha Revisited

Wolfram/Alpha continues under development even as the company releases apps through iTunes. I first posted about this computational knowledge engine on April 6, 2009. Since then, they have added many apps for learning academic skill. Check out their apps for … Continue reading

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aLEAP to Elements of Learning: Update # ??

aLEAP (a Learning Efficiency Analysis Paradigm) is under development to increase learning with Tablet and other mobile PCs. This update summarizes responses from reviewers and adjustments to presentations of aLEAP. Adjustments reflect their comments. Comments from Reviewers Three sets of reviewers … Continue reading

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The La Carrera Americana

The 2,000 mile La Caarrera Americana road race has started. Follow progress of its 100 plus competitors in vintage machines on this terrific blog: The La Carrera Americana. Fantastic! And, Ooops! A 6.9 earthquake to add to bad road conditions.

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From PowerPoint to DyKnow: A View from the Ski Slopes

Dave Berque outlines a five day sequence for a teacher to go from making PowerPoint presentations to using DyKnow’s many layers of powerful instructional aides. Day 1: Start with a PowerPoint slide, then highlight, underline and optionally annotate these notes … Continue reading

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$2B to Implement Five Design Principles for Smarter Ed Data Systems

In the past decade, school districts and states have spent more than a billion dollars to build and implement data systems about student learning. They will probably spend another billion in the next five years. According to Education Sector Managing … Continue reading

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Kahn Academy Math Program Receives Five Learning Efficiency Stars

Salman Kahn and his Kahn Academy receives Five Learning Efficiency Stars for using a Tablet PC to instruct millions on YouTube about how to solve math and science problems. He sets an amazing pace for teachers everywhere. He creates each … Continue reading

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Enhanced Daily Learning Plan

The Enhanced Daily Learning Plan describes three (3) steps to use aLEAP (a Learning Efficiency Analysis Paradigm) to organize a lesson. The plan is based on relationships among research findings about how people learn described in aLEAP. It permits teachers … Continue reading

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Pattern Variables of Learning: Abstract of 2nd Dimension of aLEAP

This installment of aLEAP (A Learning Efficiency Analysis Paradigm) offers the abstract draft of Pattern Variables of Learning. This project leads to an automatic analysis of learning efficiency with Tablet and other mobile PCs. The second dimension of aLEAP consists … Continue reading

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aLEAP Toward Automatic Learning Analysis with Tablet PCs:

This installment describes another step toward a proof-of-concept narrative of a Learning Efficiency Analysis Paradigm (aLEAP). It describes the kind of scientific data used to assemble an infrastructure of behavior pattern choice points and options learners use to meet learning … Continue reading

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Jim’s Top Three Tips for Writing Successful Grant Proposals

Jim Vanides offers three tips grant proposals writers use to increase chances of receiving funding. He oversees the HP innovations in education grant program for schools. (Here’s the formal stuff about him: Worldwide Education Programs HP Global Social Investment, Hewlett-Packard. … Continue reading

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