MichaelAO

Reading The Economics Laws of Scientific Laws rocked my world on this topic. Tldr is that the basic to applied science pipeline proposed by Francis Bacon and now assumed as physical law is a fiction that legitimizes the state, wastes taxpayer money, and retards science.

More science will happen with less government funding (see crowding out effect). This is why it's important to look not just at the intention of a policy, but at the actual outcome.

This author has the tail wagging the dog. I'd rephrase it... more startups, more science.

Thanks!

Our current probiotic blend includes Lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus reuteri, lactobacillus paracasei, lactobacillus salivarius, salivarius thermophilus, streptococcus salivarius K12, S. salivarius M18.

Would love any recommendations or ideas. We also include L-Arginine on this front.

Thank you! Definitely recommend still brushing and flossing while using Peak. We do 3 sprays and brush just like we’re using traditional toothpaste. We’ll clarify on the site!

In university I made a Muon imaging system that kind of worked: https://www.instagram.com/p/BTar-wghXFB/

Started with a single detector: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSz_rZ1h_sN/

Why are you afraid of privatization? The government monopoly hasn't exactly been stellar.

Core knowledge. Create an environment that encourages a love of reading as soon as possible and help them develop core knowledge about the world around them. This includes both language and facts/concepts about everything from ancient history to the solar system.

Domain-specific background knowledge is incredibly important. It turns out (for the most part) there are no general purpose cognitive skills... it's all domain specific. A student that knows about baseball will comprehend an article about baseball much better than one that doesn't have the core knowledge of what a run, base, double, home run, etc. means. Decoding strategies be damned.

Helping your young child develop said background knowledge will put them in a fantastic spot as they enter school. They'll 'get the joke' - it's a bit like velcro for the brain. Nothing sticks for the students that enter school without the cognitive velcro that is domain-specific background knowledge.

I know this sounds completely contrary to the progressive education philosophies that domain our culture about teaching kids how to think vs what to think... no memorization, etc. It surprised me too.

Check out the work of cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, Natalie Wexler (The Knowledge gap is a great book) or E.D. Hirsch for a deep dive.

We have our older students at dexter.school use Onshape. It's a good web-based analog to Solidworks: https://www.onshape.com/

"The average homeschooled kid is much more likely to miss social cues, stumble through a difficult interaction with feckless ineptitude, or even parrot their parents own myopic stereotypes or falsehoods."

Curious if this is something you have direct experience with/referencing a study or if you're just repeating the commonly held trope. I work at a school that has welcomed a large number of former home schoolers and I find your comment contrary to my experience with dozen of home school kids.

Additionally, describing public schools as a place where empathy, listening, and conflict resolution happens is counter to my experience working with public school districts. Genuinely interested to learn where you're coming from with your comment.

As an educator, Zoom is clunky and not designed for the use case. We built an interactive live streaming platform during COVID-19 that we've found powerful. A few keys features have been moderated chat, the ability to invite students to join via video, embedded quizzes, and various screen sharing layouts.

Check out a stream today to see it in action: https://dexter.live/

We built a free educational live streaming platform that connects kids with the best teachers: https://dexter.live/

That makes us so happy to hear, thanks for sharing. Sending a screenshot of this to the stream host now : )

Thanks for the suggestion!

Just deployed time zones. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks! We use MomentJS Timezone to localize to your machine. We'll add something to make that more clear.

No, we're using Agora's API for streaming. Twitch's API works well however we want to try to keep as much in-house for the exact reason you mentioned above in controlling the viewer experience.

We'll also be implementing their Cloud Recording functionality but that's WIP.

Yes, we used Firebase to build real-time polls and ChartJS to display said data.

Not a problem, if you want to continue the thread more long-form shoot me an email -> bryant(at)dexterlearning.com

(had to post for Bryant... HN throttled his comments/responses)

Agreed. It has been so interesting teaching via live stream (versus in the classroom). We've experimented with things like POV cameras and streaming in strange places (like a state park for an astronomy stream). Agreed with p5.js - we have a STEM Coding stream/course starting on Monday hosted by Dr. Chris Orban (https://u.osu.edu/stemcoding/)

Just redeployed - good call looks way better.

A big consideration was moderated chat. When we initially embedded a Twitch iframe on our LMS (streamed from Streamyard) - we had little control over who was participating. A cool side effect of it being on one platform is that our streamers can now invite students to join via video with a single click.

Fixed. Facepalm. Thank you!