ASU grad Stephen Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics with Steven Levitt, is now doing a regular Freakonomics podcast for the New York Times (see the Freakonomics blog here). The latest freakonomics radio broadcast is a fascinating look at how we can customize education through an algorithm similar to how Pandora picks our music. This episode centers on “the thrill of customization” — that is, how technology can enable each of us to get access to what we want, whether it’s music, or education. The focus of the podcast is a very creative New York City Department of Education pilot program called School of One. The School of One is an experiment that is currently only being used in an after school setting, but it brings us to the edge of a very exciting time in education. It moves technology to the center of decision making about what works best for a given student, and then partners technology with excellent teaching to optimize the best teaching and learning modalities for each kid. Can this algorithm really work for millions of school age students? Does Pandora work for you?
You can go here to listen to this great podcast.
You can learn more about School of One here.
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