🐴 Why do we focus on the 10% (when kids remember 95%)?

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💡 1 THOUGHT

WE REMEMBER

10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what we discuss with others
80% of what we personally experience
95% of what we teach others

– Edgar Dale, education psychologist who created the "Cone of Experience"

📊 2 TRENDS

1. AI Tutors Kill Language Learning Anxiety - A language instructor / YouTuber Xiaomanyc demo’d an AI Chinese tutor (see below). Top comment: "Perfect for me. Social anxiety holds me back." AI = judgment-free practice zone. How often does fear prevent learning more than the actual difficulty of the subject? 🧐 

2. 20-Minute Walks Transform Kids' Brains - New research shows dramatic cognitive gains in children after brief walks. Take note, taskmasters: Movement isn't a break (brake?)—it's the accelerator.

🔨 3 TOOLS

1. Teacher AI - The $1 Language Practice App - Xiaomanyc’s app (the same one he used to tutor himself) let’s anyone practice speaking with AI tutors for less than $1 per 30-minute session. The tutor speaks both English and your target language, so you can mix languages when you get stuck. One user went from beginner-intermediate to conversational Spanish in just one week.

2. 64 of the Best Free Harvard Courses - From CS50 to Chinese philosophy. Skip the tuition and come for the knowledge.

3. Recess.gg - Where Kids Build Real Tech Projects - Recess connects kids as young as 7 with expert mentors and peers worldwide to build actual AI games and coding projects. One mom reports: "Jack brings a computer on every vacation. He 'can't' miss Recess. This has been life changing."

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