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How do you decide what problems to pose to a learning system so it can gradually learn something? According to Cornell researcher Hod Lipson, that’s the nexus of human and machine learning. In this episode, hear about fascinating work being done to design machines that “learn” and what educators might learn about learning from the process.
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The rise in the mainstream use of open source software in education shows the need for low to no cost software. California has called upon companies to submit their open source textbooks for review in K-12 schools. Radio TICAL veteran and the Director of CoSN’s K-12 Open Technologies Initiative, Steve Hargadon, shares an overview and the benefits of adopting open source software in your schools.
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Rick Fitzpatrick, principal at Rother Elementary School in Enterprise Elementary School District shares how his school has exited program improvement. He provides specific strategies he uses to facilitate the change process including gathering teacher input on a variety of topics and allotting frequent staff collaboration time. Rick also highlights his school’s continual analysis of data as well as celebrations that are held in the community.
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