Coursera with Rap 👨‍🎤 and Memes 🐱

Screenshot essay. Bessemer memo on remix thesis, three examples on GitHub for Education. Is Strava for Education possible?

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Today’s post is third in the series of Screenshot Essays: All that's fit on a mobile screen. Faster for you.

Let’s get to it.

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💨 Screenshot Essay: Coursera with Rap 👨‍🎤 and Memes 🐱

🤟 Bonus section: Bessemer memo on remix thesis, examples on GitHub for Education. Is Strava for Education possible?

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💨 Screenshot Essay

[note: Coursera with Rap 👨‍🎤 and Memes 🐱and Github for knowledge both are infancy ideas, care to nurture and build a thesis one day]

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🤟 Bonus section:

What is remixing?

Amitt Mahajan is on point.

Amitt Mahajan @amittm

Enabling remixing is a method of category disruption and generates network effects: - GitHub lets you remix code - TikTok lets you remix video - Twitter lets you remix ideas - The web's linking lets you remix documents - Zapier & no-code lets you remix workflows

Bessemer memo: Twitch and Periscope investment [remix content thesis]

IP as "raw materials" is an interesting idea related to the ability to "remix" content.

Scratch - Github for creating stories, animations and games

Children [remix] create, collaborate and share interactive stories and games — and share creations with others in the online community.

Desmos - Github for Algebra and Geometry

Children [remix] learn, create and collaborate on advanced algebra and geometry. The butterfly below is generated with algebraic equations. Quite fun, check it out.

Roblox: No introductions need, I’m just blown away by the numbers.

Been wondering if a Strava for Education is possible

Strava has KMs run and calories burned as a metric. More I run, greater the benefit for me. With multi-player social feed, Strava unleashes and becomes sticky. I’ve been fiddling to identify a KPI to measure the accomplishment of learning and compete via leaderboards. Learners can cheat and mess up the leaderboard. Wish I were smart.

Dan Romero @dwr

Surprised there aren’t more Strava for X. 1. Single-player tool with multiplayer social feed 2. The more you use the app, the more likely you are to do the atomic behavior. 3. Doing more of the atomic behavior is actually good for you. Potential examples learning, cooking…

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