Rebecca’s Comments (group member since Nov 29, 2011)

Rebecca’s comments from the Making the World Work Better: Q&A with authors and editor group.

Kevin - to me this is the most amazing part. IBM seems to have their hands in so many different technologies, and opinions about technologies. For every bet that paid off, there must have been tons of flops.

I think my favorite story is of Professor Wood (pg 104) and the eventual test-scoring machines. Though currently many teachers see standardized testing as a bane to the US Education System and a technology that holds us back instead of propelling us forward.

Did your research uncover any new ways we might see the science of information applied to the field of education? There seem to be many pressures on the new field of information -- not to collect the sum of the masses but instead now to create individualized reporting and make intelligent recommendations based on the 1 vs the many.