The teacher of the future will be a data scientist?

The teacher of the future will be a data scientist?

Sep 18, 2012

MINING YOUR STUDENTS' BUSINESS: In response to a Brookings report released earlier this month, "Big Data for Education," Forbes contributor Gil Press asks: "The teacher of the future will be a data scientist?" Of particular concern to him amidst this gold rush for data is the danger that "putting data in front of the teacher" may just be a reincarnation of the now-ridiculed notion of "putting a computer in front of the student."

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