Note to Self

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Note to Self episodes

April 29, 2015 What Google Is Doing to Solve Its Gender Problem
Three useful tips for any working woman, or anyone who employs women, from Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of Human Resources.
20 min
April 29, 2015 Google's Head of HR on Growth-Hacking Gender Equality at Work
Three useful tips for any working woman, or anyone who employs women, from Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of Human Resources.
20 min
April 22, 2015 Apple Knows You're Sick of Your Phone
Could smartwatches make us less addicted to our phones? Listen to this techies's argument for using more tech to beat back a tech obsession.
21 min
April 15, 2015 Here’s What Watson Actually Does (And: Cooked Avocado?)
IBM's Watson won Jeopardy. Now, it wants to win your trust in the kitchen — and beyond. This week, we test out the premise of cognitive computing. And cook an avocado.
21 min
April 08, 2015 Growing Up Digital: 3 Truths for the Adults
We spent weeks talking with teachers, parents and ed tech experts all over the country. Here's what we've learned about learning today.
20 min
April 08, 2015 Kids and Tech Finale: 3 Core Principles
We spent weeks talking with teachers, parents and ed tech experts all over the country. Here's what we've learned about learning today.
20 min
April 01, 2015 ClassDojo: Do I Want it in My Kid's Class?
Teachers are using apps in class, raising privacy issues for kids and parents. Classroom management app ClassDojo has been thrust to the front of an conversation about student data and privacy stretching far beyond little monster avatars. On this week's episode, we talk with Sam Chaudhary, co-founder of ClassDojo, Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, and a community of parents and teachers about the obligations — legal and otherwise — techies have to today's kids.
27 min
April 01, 2015 Half the Teachers in America Use One App to Track Kids
Teachers are using apps in class, raising privacy issues for kids and parents. Classroom management app ClassDojo has been thrust to the front of an conversation about student data and privacy stretching far beyond little monster avatars. On this week's episode, we talk with Sam Chaudhary, co-founder of ClassDojo, Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, and a community of parents and teachers about the obligations — legal and otherwise — techies have to today's kids.
27 min
March 25, 2015 Is Braille Obsolete?
Touchscreen phones work so well for blind people that Braille may become obsolete. But advocates worry this could render the next generation "functionally illiterate."
22 min
March 25, 2015 Blind Kids, Touchscreen Phones, and the End of Braille?
Touchscreen phones work so well for blind people that Braille may become obsolete. But advocates worry this could render the next generation "functionally illiterate."
22 min

About Note to Self

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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age.