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<strong>Education for 21<sup>st</sup> Century Jobs</strong><br><em>Part Two: The Gig Economy</em>

Education for 21^st Century Jobs
Part Two: The Gig Economy

By Bill Kelvie September 23, 2020Education5 Comments

Background: For decades, the United States has been unable to reclaim its once proudly held lead in the education of its citizens. Many major initiatives, such as No Child Left…

Does COVID-19 Open The Door To Democracy 3.0?

By Dennis Mulryan September 20, 2020Society1 Comment

This summer, I took part in the New England ritual of an over-the-fence conversation with my neighbor. She and I talked about the kids, how the gardens were doing, and…

Broadband Internet is Critical to Learning – Getting it to Everyone is the Difficult Task

By Ben Porter September 8, 2020Infrastructure, Uncategorized3 Comments

One of the first lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic was the value of the broadband[1] internet to our education system. While there was a massive amount of retooling (new applications…

BEWARE: The Digital Music Man is Coming to River City. First hide your money … then consider Six Things.

By Prometheus Team September 8, 2020Infrastructure1 Comment

Remember The Music Man? It was a hit musical about Professor Harold Hill coming to River City to have some fun, stir up excitement, and start a community marching band.…

So Many Experiments, So What Are We Learning?

By Ben Porter August 27, 2020EducationNo Comments

Colleges and Universities today are embarking on a vast array of seemingly random trials to try to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. If someone were in the cat-bird seat, they…

<strong>Education for 21<sup>st</sup> Century Jobs</strong><br><em>Aiming for a Moving Target</em>

Education for 21^st Century Jobs
Aiming for a Moving Target

By Bill Kelvie August 23, 2020Education, Uncategorized8 Comments

The United States pioneered universal free primary education to provide literacy to its newly enfranchised citizens. We flourished. It then led the world in the industrial era on the strength…

Old Fashioned Typewriter With Paper Showing E-Learning

Back up the Technology Dump Truck, Martha. We’re going to save the Colleges!

By Ben Porter August 6, 2020EducationNo Comments

The arrival of COVID-19, to coincide with Spring Break at US Colleges and Universities forced the issue on moving to on-line classes. The reaction on campus has been to double…

Don’t Let Computers Get Above their Pay Grade

By Paul Clermont August 6, 2020Society4 Comments

Many organizations today use computer-based algorithms, sometimes enhanced with Artificial Intelligence (AI), to make (or help make) decisions. Many of these decisions have lifelong impacts on us and our families.…

The Great Unfreezing, or Necessity is the Mother of Opportunity

By Douglas Brockway August 6, 2020Society3 Comments

COVID-19 is awful, but it presents opportunities. Organizations and enterprises of all sorts have hampered the ground level with layer upon layer of pre-conditions, assumptions and rules from senior levels…

Hello World,
We Are Prometheus Endeavor

By Prometheus Team August 1, 2020Prometheus4 Comments

Welcome! We are honored that you came… We are Prometheus Endeavor, a group of seasoned executives, technologists, and advisors aspiring to bring our knowledge and experience to the thorniest of…