Comments on: Rocketship’s Learning Labs & The Cost Of Personalization /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/ less helpful Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Resources for Blended Learning Workshop | Shifting Phases /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-937632 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:19:21 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-937632 […] Dan Meyer discusses the evolution of the Rocketship model. […]

]]> By: Offering a Workshop on Blended Learning | Shifting Phases /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-936206 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:20:11 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-936206 […] this blog post assessing the effectiveness of blended […]

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Rocketship’s Learning Labs & The Cost Of Personalization, Ctd. /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-754028 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:08:29 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-754028 […] Dyer notes that this doesn't really address NewsHour's […]

]]> By: Dealing with Distractions » Grow a Generation, LLC /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-708503 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:35:45 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-708503 […] Dan Meyer, a fantastic blogger and Pied Piper for Math Education Reform, also took a look at the NewsHour report on the Rocketship schools. He comments, “The math program, ST Math, isn’t bad but computers constrain the universe of math questions you can ask down to those which can be answered with a click and graded by a computer. The promise of personalization, of perfectly differentiated education, has forced Rocketship to make dramatic concessions on the quality of that education. It’s a buffet line where everyone chooses their own flavor of the same gruel.”  Dan is one of the leading voices to reconstructing math curriculum that “engages” students. I agree with him that multiple choice math cuts off the major thruway of mathematics learning. Yet I disagree it is the attempt to develop computerized learning augmented by a master teacher that fails the student. The problem on one side is educational (computer programs and / or teachers that do not place learning engagement first). The problem on the other side is also how to tap the intrinsic motivation of a child or a teenager to sift through their own distractions and focus.  In other words, it’s a two way street.  Education needs to have the elements of engagement and students need to know how to pay attention and engage. […]

]]> By: Brendan Murphy /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-706292 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:08 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-706292 Readers of this post might like to learn of the changes happening at Rocketship and its founder John Danner. I think he might be an interesting person to watch in the time to come. He should even consult with Dan and perhaps Dave Major.

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_22493868/rocketship-education-founder-john-danner-leaves-charter-school

]]> By: Susan /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-692061 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:29:47 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-692061 It looks like a warehouse for children. A cubefarm.

]]> By: Christian /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-667417 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:47:49 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-667417 @Max re Feedback. Look into Hattie & Timperley – The Power of Feedback. There is quite a lot of research regarding feedback, also with ICT.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-665517 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:51:24 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-665517 @Robert, Ryan Baker out of WPI has a rubric for “off-task behavior” in educational software. Other people use seat sensors to measure fidgeting. I don’t know much about any of this but those are some crumbs if you want to head to Google.

]]> By: Jason Dyer /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-664915 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:12:29 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-664915 John Danner’s comments don’t sound too promising (“it’s more a matter of getting teachers an interface they like than a data problem.”). Is the complaint from the PBS interview really about “teacher interface” or even “data”?

]]> By: Robert Berkman /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization/#comment-664715 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:17:42 +0000 /?p=16027#comment-664715 Surely there must be research that measures the attention span of a student working on these CAI programs? If not, you would think someone would find a way to measure the actual amount of “thinking” that takes place while a student is “working.” Some students, who are predisposed to staring at a screen, might be getting all the correct answers, but there may not be any actual “thinking” going on. Other students, who are getting answer wrong, might actually get more out of it, because the computer is challenging them. At the same time, there has to be some sort of “burnout” factor that shows that there are diminishing returns when it comes to engagement: perhaps the first 15 minutes are the most productive, and the balance of the 45 minutes shows a constant diminishing of interest and engagement.

Does anybody know of this research?

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