by Jeff Ritter | Jul 22, 2020 | Gap Years, New Education Models
In the old days (last year), teaching was a noble thing. Still respected by a large swath of society, and expected by university students, a lecture to crowd of bleary eyed 19 yr olds with laptop computers in front of them was a valid way to make a living and still a...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 15, 2020 | New Education Models
It’s not for nothing that The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is in every university bookstore. “Paradigm shift” was the “outside of the box” of its time and will still be with us when the “outside of the box”...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 13, 2020 | Career Exploration
I know you are hoping for an anti-government screed about intrusion, listening posts, black helicopters, and Amazon listening devices connected to NSA data banks, but, no this is a different question. Can the government make decent videos about what different careers...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 8, 2020 | Gap Years
It got to me this morning – strong coffee, sunshine, and a cool breeze finally relaxed my mind enough to get all the ideas that have been swimming around the slosh of jelly in my head down in one place. So, here goes nothing. The Features and Services of Worldly...
by Jeff Saporito | Jul 7, 2020 | New Education Models
In the spring of 2020, almost every school and university in the United States (and many around the world) resorted to online learning amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It was new territory for many kids – especially grade-school students – who had never...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 5, 2020 | Gap Years
When scouring the web for student resources, I was reminded that the NY Times has a huge section for students – meant to be used by teachers – to create assignments. Free online news material is everywhere. Not all of it is good. News and information that...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 1, 2020 | Career Exploration, Skill Building
Did you get your footnotes in order today? Find you quotes and make sure they are indented carefully? How about an opening sentence that grabs the reader? Make sure you use the word ‘plethora’ too – people will think you are smart. Writing for a...
by Randhir Mishra | Jun 30, 2020 | New Education Models
Most animals instinctively break their fall to minimize injury. Countless articles with medical, scientific, and even psychological focus exist on the subject. A dictionary definition of the “break your fall” idiom is “to interrupt, prevent, or soften...
by Jeff Ritter | Jun 27, 2020 | Gap Years, New Education Models
Not much is known about what school systems are planning for the fall of 2020. One thing is for sure – school in the fall won’t be like anything we’ve seen before. A few ideas are milling about, chatting with each other, each surprised at the lack of...
by Jeff Ritter | Jun 25, 2020 | Skill Building
Ok, I’ve been around the block a few times, not my first rodeo, etc. etc. If you, or someone, would track my movements and activities during a typical day, week, or month, they’d find I am reading almost any time I am not in the shower. I read almost...
