“A Blockchain Profile for Medicaid Applicants and Recipients.” Institute for the Future, biocryptic process, biometric data, Bitcoin, Bitcoin entrepreneur Andreas Atonopolous, Blockchain, Bloomberg’s What Works Cities, Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center - Blockchain Alliance, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, datum, decentralized identifiers (DIDs used to create self-sovereign digital identities), Dr. James Heckman, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, Enigma, Evernym, a Utah-based company - digital identity solutions, Fummi, Illinois Blockchain Taskforce, Internet of Things, iris scans, JB Pritzker, MacArthur Foundation, Michael Casey, global economics professor, MIT Digital Currency Lab, Municipal ID Card / Payment Programs, Neha Nerula, Ocean Protocol, Pay for Success, refugee crisis, Santoshi Nakamoto - “Bitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System.”, Self Sovereign Identity, Smart contracts - benefit eligibility, un-housed - homeless, unCHAINed - refugee UI, universal basic income (UBI)

Blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity, and Selling Off Humanity

July 19, 2018 — 0 Comments

ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences), Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Alphabet (parent company of Google), behavioral economics, big data & healthcare, Blockchain, Catalyst - New England Journal of Medicine, Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics - U. Penn., Comcast, Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan of 2010, David Asch Director of the Wharton School’s Center for Health Care Innovation, digital nudges, FitBit, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), Go365, Go365 Program, Internet of Things, IoT enabled pill bottle caps, Jennifer Mathis of the Baselon Center for Mental Health Law, Lamar Alexander, mHealth (mobile health) technologies, Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic, Moneyball for Government, outcomes-based contracting, Patty Murray, Pay for Success, Richard Thaler, Senate HELP (health, education, labor and pensions) Committee, Senator Todd Young of Indiana, Sidewalk Labs, Sidewalk Labs - City Block, social impact investing, Steve Byrd - Byrd Health, Steve Byrd, former CEO of Safeway, Symbiont, The Penn Medicine integrated health system created by former UPenn president Judith Rodin & Comcast Executive David Cohen., The Rockefeller Foundation, Value Added Measure, West Virginia's Wildcat Teachers Strike

Minding Our Health: The Nudge, Part Two

July 17, 2018 — 0 Comments

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AI and education, Angela Duckworth, app-ified “solutions”, Atlantic Philanthropies, Automated Drones, “evidence-based” approaches, behavioral economics, big data and the surveillance state, Bill Gates, Blockchain, Bloomberg, Callsign (digital identity authentication), Cambridge Analytica, Cass Sunstein, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Characterlab / Grit, Choice Architects, Citi Group’s “Living Cities” program, Cornell-Technion’s Small Data Lab, criminal justice reform, Daniel Kaheneman, decentralized identifiers (DIDs used to create self-sovereign digital identities), digital exhaust, digital nudges, DISC Holdings (digital payments and credit on blockchain), Dr. James Heckman, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, e-government transactions, EA3 devices, Element (biometrics), Evan Nesterak - The Philadelphia Behavioral Science Initiative (PBSI), Goldman Sachs, Google, Google’s Eric Schmidt Data is the New Oil, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO), Ideas42, Illinois Blockchain Taskforce, impact metrics, Institute for New Economic Thinking - George Soros, International Finance Commission (IFC), Internet of Things, John and Laura Arnold Foundation, John Arnold- Enron, Katherine Milkman, Lisa Nutter - Sidecar Social Finance, MacArthur Foundation, Michael Nutter - What Works Cities, MIT Media Lab, neoliberal practices, Nudge Unit, Obama’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OccupyICEPHL, Pay for Success, Philadelphia District Attorney’s office - Larry Krasner, Project Trillion Billion, PTB Ventures, public pensions, Results for America, Richard Thaler, Smart Cities, social control, social impact investing, Swarthmore Professor Syon Bhanot, Tata Consulting, The Brookings Institution, UPenn’s GRASP lab, US Army Research Lab, Wharton Business School, Wharton’s Behavior Change for Good program

Digital Nudging: Data, Devices & Social Control

July 12, 2018 — 0 Comments

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A Learning Day 2037, AI Philanthropy / Giving Unchained, Philanthropy and the Blockchain, Automated Education, Beacons in Education, Bechtel Foundation / Character Development, Big Picture Learning, Blockchain, Blockchain E-Portfolios, Blockchain Identity, CASEL, Coding Automation / Low Wage, data badges, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, digital badges, Digital Credentials, Digital Learning Now P. 8, Edublocks, Educational Savings Account Debit Card Arizona, EU Blockchain in Education, gig economy, Hackable High School, ImBlaze, IoT Classrooms, Jefferson Education Accelerator / UVA, Learning Registry, Microcredentials, Municipal Smart Contracts on Blockchain / Procurement, Open Badges IMS Global / Mozilla / Collective Shift, Open Education Resources, #GoOpen initiative, Pay for Success / Brookings Institute, Pay for Success / Outcomes Rate Cards, Pay for Success Rate Cards, Playlist Education, Reed Hastings, Salesforce, skills gap, Smart Contracts and Learning Ecosystems / Knowledgeworks, STEM, Teaching Workforce, Tin Can API, Weighted Funding, Wildflower Montessori Slippers, xAPI

Automated Education: Building Sanctuary Part 5

June 19, 2018 — 0 Comments

ames Heckman, University of Chicago economics professor, Arthur Rolnick, senior researcher at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, big data and the surveillance state, Blockchain, Blockchain sovereign identity, Chicago Child-Parent Centers, Chicago Longitudinal Study, Commission on Evidence-Based Policy Making, Decentralized Identifier (DID), early childhood education, economic precocity, financialization, Goldman Sachs, high quality preschool, High/Scope Perry Preschool Study, Human Capital Performance Bonds or HuCaps, Human Capital Research Collaborative in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Internet of Things, Investing in Kids Working Group, Milton Friedman, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, Money Ball for Government, Northern Trust, outcomes-based contracting, Pay for Performance, Pay for Success, Pay for Success and Big Data, Pew Charitable Trusts, predictive analytics, predictive profile, Preschool, Pritzker, ReadyNation, Rob Grunewald, regional economic analyst, Robert Dugger, financial policy analyst and venture capitalist, Rothschild - "Non Non-Profit", Rothschild-Invest in Outcomes, San Francisco Federal Reserve, social impact bonds, social impact investing, The Invisible Heart - documentary, Twin Cities RISE!, WePlaySmart - smart tables

Making Childhood Pay: Arthur Rolnick, Steven Rothschild, and ReadyNation

June 13, 2018 — 0 Comments

Aadhar Biometric Payments, Aadhar National Identity System India, AR Contact Lenses, biocapitalism, Biometric Bitcoin Wallet, Biometric Capitalism Talk Keith Breckinridge, Black Mirror Episode Nosedive, Blockchain, Blockchain Data Monetizing Platforms, Blockchain Economy, Blockchain Energy Consumption, Blockchain Technology of Trust / Goldman Sachs, Blockchain Universal Basic Income, Cambridge Analytica, Decode Digital Identity, Digital Colonialism, digital identity, Dynamic / Personalized Pricing, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab Harvard, Google AI Awakening, Google’s Eric Schmidt Data is the New Oil, Heartbeat / ECG Biometrics, Implantable Chips for Access and/or Payment, IoT Digital Health Monitoring, Lucyd AR Glasses, MIT Digital Currency Lab, Municipal ID Card / Payment Programs, Retinal Scan Payments, Self Sovereign Identity, Sesame Credit, Smartphone Augmented Reality, social credit score, Transference VR Horror Game/Film Experience, UN ID2020

Data Mining Life on the Ledger: Building Sanctuary Part 4

May 7, 2018 — 0 Comments

Affectiva Emotion Sensing Software, AI Conversational Agents / Amelia IP Soft, AI Nudge Bots, AI Teaching Assistant, Applied Gaming and Mental Health, Behavior Change for Good, Behavioral Biometrics, Behavioral Science and Social Impact, Blockchain, Blockchain Alliance, Blockchain Cryptoeconomics, Blockchain Social Impact Token, Blockchain Voting, Brainwave Data Collection, CASEL, Cash VS Digital Economy and Online Payments, Characterlab / Grit, Cisco Smart Cities, Cognitive Drones, Conversational Agents / Articulab, Cyborg Roses, Device Use Behavior Tracking in Education, Edge Computing, Education and Biocapitalism, Game Theory, Human Resources and Social Skills, Government as Platform, Haptic Devices, Human Capital Analytics, IBM Smart Cities, Internet of Battlefield Things, Internet of Things IBM, IoT and Predictive Policing, IoT Classrooms, IoT Parking, IoT Sensors, IoT Tattoos / Duoskin, Making Behavior Change Stick, Neckar Island Blockchain Summit, New York Smart City, Noise Sniffer, Nudge Unit, Pathways to Prosperity / Jobs for the Future, Patrol Robots, Pay for Success and Big Data, Police Body Cameras and AI, Rational Choice and Behavioral Economics, Sensors and Smart Cities, Sensors Determining Education Quality, Serious Games and Mental Health, Sidewalk Labs, Smart Cities, Smart Trash Cans, Storm water IoT, Street Lights and IoT, Supply Chain IoT, The Fun They Had, Virtual Agents / USC Institute of Creative Technologies, World Well Being Project

“Smart and Surveilled:” Building Sanctuary Part 3

March 18, 2018 — 0 Comments

Attentiveness Algorithms Online Education, Automated Drones, basic income, Biometric Government ID Systems / Aadhar, Blockchain, Bluffdale Data Center, Entertainment Software Association, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Orders), Fourth Industrial Revolution, Gamified Human Resource Platforms, IoT Home Monitoring, IoT Transit / Parking, Jobless Economy / Automation, Just In Time Labor, Koru Predictive Hiring, Learning Registry, Mechanical Turk - mTurk, Online Reputation Management in the Gig Economy, Online Skill Portfolios, Oracle, Orwell’s Technology, Prescription Video Game Treatments, Sesame Credit China, Social Media Ranking Systems/ Black Mirror “Nosedive” Episode, Storage of Data Inside DNA, Unilever Game Based Hiring, UpWork, Virginia CyberRange

A World Without (Much) Work: Building Sanctuary Part 2

March 11, 2018 — 0 Comments

basic income, Behavior Management / Classroom Economy, Blockchain, Career Connected Learning, Career Pathways, Cities of LRNG, E-Portfolios, Federal Learning Registry, Fielding Graduate University, Global Education Futures: Agenda, Hackable High School, Human Capital Investments in Education, Learning Ecosystem, Minecraft Education, Online Preschool, Open Education Resources, #GoOpen initiative, Pain Management / Virtual Reality, Precarious Housing in Internet Cafes, RedCritter for Teachers, Retail Apocalypse, Scholarchip, Student Data Dashboards, Third Grade Reading Guarantee, Virtual Economies, Virtual Real Estate on Blockchain, Virtual Reality and Neuroscience, Virtual Reality Studios, Workforce Readiness “Soft Skills” Diploma Seals

Building Sanctuary: A Dystopian Future We Must Fight To Avoid

March 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

Algorithms, Blended learning, Blockchain, Chromebooks, Common Core Standards, Data Quality Campaign, Digital Learning Now, Education Research & Development Institute (ERDI), Mark Zuckerburg, Online learning, Tom Vander Ark, Virtual classrooms

2011 Video: Personalized Learning’s Plan to Replace Teachers? “It means a different staffing model which costs less and works better”

February 8, 2018 — 0 Comments

Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Blockchain, data breaches, Data Quality Campaign, Evidence based policy, FERPA, Gates' Foundation, social impact bonds, Student Privacy

Bill Gates’ Data Quality Campaign is Coming for Your Child’s Privacy – Again.

October 31, 2017 — 0 Comments

A Better Way, ADL, Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, Alternative Reality Teaching, Bitcoin, Blended learning, Blockchain, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, ConnectEd, DARPA, Department of Defense, digital media learning (or DML), Digital Promise, Dreambox, Engage, Executive Order 13218, FCC’s E-Rate Program, Full Spectrum Learning, Future Ready, IMS Global, Internet of Things, Jeff Bezos, Learning Registry, Mark Zuckerburg, MASLO, No Child Left Behind, Para Data, personal learning assistants, personal tutors, personalized learning, President Clinton, President Obama, Reed Hastings, SCORMor, Tin Can API, xAPI

How exactly did the Department of Defense end up in my child’s classroom?

February 14, 2017 — 6 Comments