A "must take" MOOC and a "must read" book for data scientists

Last update: Tuesday 2/27/28

According to a 2017 New York Times review of the MOOC, Learning How to Learn, this course has been taken by "more than 1.8 million students from 200 countries, the most ever on Coursera". The course is based on Dr. Barbara Oakly's best-selling book, "A Mind for Numbers, How to Excel at Math and Science, Even if you Flunked Algebra". Now here's a flash: This MOOC and its companion text are not just for "them" -- the algebra flunkers; it's also for "us" -- the "us" who cursed loudly when we "only" got a 98 on the algebra final exam ... :-(

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/24/18

Last update: Sunday 2/25/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = SpaceX launches prototypes for broadband Internet satellites ... Other top stories = Elon Musk's Boring Company gets initial permits for a NY-DC hyperloop ??? ... Experts warn about AI threat to humanity

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/24/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

California dreamin'

Last update: Thursday 2/27/18

In my youth California was the Golden State wherein good government produced what seemed like an endless stream of great innovations that became models for the nation's other states. But as I grew older, Black Americans were increasingly excluded from that golden bounty.