by jstewardfree | Oct 27, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Seth Godin | When the masses only connect to the net without a keyboard, who will be left to change the world? It is possible but unlikely that someone will write a great novel on a tablet. You can’t create the spreadsheet that changes an industry on a smart...
by jstewardfree | Oct 22, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Charlie Wesley | As an undergraduate, I did not often annotate the texts I was assigned to read for class. Nor was I encouraged to. When I look back through the books I read as a freshman, I find they are utterly devoid of notations. A survey of my texts from...
by jstewardfree | Oct 11, 2014 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Is the American Dream stealing the soul of our nation? J.A.K. Smith, Paul Piff, and others dig into the heart of how we define success. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free...
by jstewardfree | Oct 1, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Ronald Lipsman | The grades I just issued in my post-calculus, differential equations course – a sophomore math offering taken mostly by engineering students—followed the usual bell-shaped curve, roughly 10% A’s, 20% B’s, 40% C’s, 20% D’s and 10% F’s. The...
by jstewardfree | Sep 24, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Ellie Zolfagharifard | Communicating through emoticons is causing them to become socially awkward, experts warn. Young kids are glued to electronic devices for nearly 5 hours each day In a study, 11 to 12-year-olds who went 5 days without looking at an electronic...
