Educational Information Page

Below is a collection of miscellaneous information that for one reason or another I found interesting at some point. Not everything here will retain relevance as time passes. That evaluation is left to you, the viewer, to decide. Last update: Summer 2022; While bite sized stuff has its place, lately I've been trying to stick to long form content. Refer to my reading resources page for that.

Advice for Computer Science and Engineering students

On learning

More than practice is required to master a skill - talent and HOW you practice/study are important too.
Highlighting Isn’t Helping You Remember Anything, and Four More Surprising Facts About Learning - I used to have some links to more thorough information on deep learning techniques, but this is a good short overview.

On teaching/teachers

The 4 Properties of Powerful Teachers

Videos (one shots)

Everything is a Remix - on the human creative process, intellectual property, and copyright laws 7/2013
OSCON 2013: John Graham-Cumming, "Turing's Curse" - raises some points on the nature of incremental research in computer science, the use of an education in computer science, and the importance in research on debuggers and code quality 8/2013

Videos (series, collections, or notable creators)

VSauce - science, gaming, and technology
TED - pop science, design, and education

Articles (one shots)

Color, emotional response, and marketing 4/2013
What happens on the internet in one minute (in terms of data size) 3/2013
A snapshot of one minute on the internet, today and in 2012 (building up on the previous link) 11/2013