By Emma Seppala, Ph.D.

Jeep's quiet Super Bowl ad strives for nostalgia and authenticity, and falls a bit short on both counts. The post Why Jeep’s $10M Super Bowl Ad Only Used a Third of the Screen appeared first on WIRED.

Quantum computers will render today's cryptographic methods obsolete. What happens then? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Science-informed suggestions to help you have greater health, growth, and happiness. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Satellite-based navigation proved its mettle during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, leading to what some say is an overdependence on "jammable" GPS technology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Turn on your charisma

From a glance at the statistics, it’s clear that millennials are commitment-phobes compared with their parents and grandparents -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Abalone poaching has soared to near-record levels and is now worth $440 million a year -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Developed nations that drive climate change incur relatively few of the costs, whereas countries that produce few greenhouse gas emissions will be hard-hit, like nonsmokers exposed to second-hand... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Celebrating the nonconformist. By Adam Grant, Ph.D.

National law requires mining companies to help local communities develop, but aid and assistance has been scarce -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Because the science is settled there is no need for more basic research, the government says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Super Bowl Madness

A new study of mild concussions in Canadian adults suggests the risks are even higher for recreational injuries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The remains of human space exploration are strewn across the solar system, from dozens of dead spacecraft abandoned on the moon to the comet lander Philae, declared out of contact last week. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

This article orginally appears in the February edition of @OECTA *** Once upon a time, workflow in the classroom was pretty straightforward. The teacher would conduct a lesson, assign the work and we, as students, would complete the work and submit it. Today we have adopted a much more complicated workflow that processes student work and more importantly processes learning, goal-setting, success criteria, and timely, ongoing feedback before assessment. Here are some keys that will help you establish a workflow for your classroom. Non-tech options are also provided. Identify your goals Your goals may be curricular, technical or pedagogical or all. Select a noninvasive sanctioned tool to use in the classroom. The trendiness of classroom innovation has flooded the market with tools that may not always respect our privacy as teachers or our students’ privacy. Be selective when considering your tools. Be OK with retooling your workflow. The only way to test your workflow is through its use in the classroom. This also gives you opportunity to cultivate student voice and include students as architects and engineers of the workflow. Below is an example of a workflow for Gr. 7 Science. Sample Workflow: Curriculum Goals: Understanding the impact of human activities on our environment. Technology Workflow Goals: To go paperless for this unit. Pedagogical Goals: To provide feedback through discussions and keep record of learning. Tool: Desire2Learn Virtual Learning Environment Mini-lesson about discussion etiquette, Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectation: Responsible Citizen & Collaborative Contributor Stage 1 - Expose the goal. Jumping Point: How does the production of millions of devices worldwide impact our environment? Tech Workflow: Post the ‘jumping point’ question in the NEWS area of Desire2Learn Non-Tech Workflow: Post the ‘Jumping Point’ question centrally on a bulletin board. Stage 2: Provide a means for discussion and a timeframe. Tech Workflow: Now post the ‘jumping point’ question on a discussion board in Desire2Learn and ask students to submit a digital source of information that will help their understanding of the question. The students ought to explain why it was selected in a meaningful way. Non-Tech Workflow: Distribute post-it notes to the class and devote some time to brainstorm responses to the ‘jumping point’ question. Students can then post their responses as groups or individuals to a bulletin board using post-its. This now becomes a public discussion board. You may cover the bulletin board with a large white sheet to signify when it is available and when it is ‘off-line’. **Be sure to discuss discussion etiquette and consequences for violations** Stage 3: Capture the Learning and Provide Feedback Tech Workflow: By virtue of going digital, discussions are automatically captured. Spend some time reading and responding to your students. Your responses should attempt to give them further direction and challenge. Non-Tech Workflow: Take a picture of the bulletin board to capture the student work. Reply with your own post-it privately or publicly to the students depending on context. Where does this go next? Remember that a workflow is only as effective as its focus. In this case, the workflow was designed specifically to support a curricular goal by using discussion as a way to provide feedback and to go paperless, using Desire2Learn. Logically, the next step would be to design a workflow to accept student work. Knowing the 3 keys to designing workflow will make that next step a lot easier and more importantly, sharing those keys with your students will bring everyone onto the same page, whether it’s digital or paper.