Seventeen Minutes With Bill | Charles

j0217995

Wow what a great interview. Congrats Channel9. Was very interseting.

Zeo
Channel 9 :)

WOW! CHARLES WOW! Smiley Smiley Smiley THIS Video showcases the awesomeness that is Channel 9!

Bill uses hotmail and Bill reads engadget! It's good to know that Bill actually gets to explore the same internet that everyone here at channel 9 has access too. That seems almost unreal. I guess the internet is the great equalizer.

sushovande
Smiley Face Sharp

Thanks for asking about IE to BillG

AdamKinney
Agent of Change

Awesome interview. I loved it.

Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come

I was intrested about Bill's comment on education and software, tailoring it towards the kids needs.

Now sure i'm not a mathmatician nor do i understand half the buttons on my calculator. but with software we can tailor a childs education. Does every child need to learn the same things? sure it creates a sense of equality (edited out equalness), is a child in year 9 more better off than another child in year 9 where one knows trig and the other doesn't?

With software we can develop situations where child A wants to learn about the construction business but child B wants to learn about accounting, now does child B need to know pythag and does child A need to know about market rates (don't pick on me for this, i think you all understand where i'm going).

I know since i learnt pythag about hmm 5 years ago i haven't used it since then. ok maybe in doing one of your "show us what you can program" exercises but i haven't ever used it since my math GCSE exam.

TommyCarlier
Widen your gaze

Good questions, great answers. Excellent video.

erik_
Tablet Power

cool, nice nice, great video

Amazing, how one man can just track what is going on in such a big corporation.

The guy that can pay for the biggest plasma, doesn't watch TV.
Must be bad news for plasma producing firms Big Smile

Good job, Charles

Thanks

Cyonix
Me

Great video! I want Bill to hang out on Channel9. Its great Bill is interacting with the community. However it would be nice if he posted on here.

j0217995

Jaz wrote:

I was intrested about Bill's comment on education and software, tailoring it towards the kids needs.

Now sure i'm not a mathmatician nor do i understand half the buttons on my calculator. but with software we can tailor a childs education. Does every child need to learn the same things? sure it creates a sense of equality (edited out equalness), is a child in year 9 more better off than another child in year 9 where one knows trig and the other doesn't?

With software we can develop situations where child A wants to learn about the construction business but child B wants to learn about accounting, now does child B need to know pythag and does child A need to know about market rates (don't pick on me for this, i think you all understand where i'm going).

I know since i learnt pythag about hmm 5 years ago i haven't used it since then. ok maybe in doing one of your "show us what you can program" exercises but i haven't ever used it since my math GCSE exam.

We should not tailor all parts of a childs education. There are some basic things that each student should know. (I am comming at this from a degree in education) Each student should know a subset of history, a subset of math, some form of geography, civics, etc.
However there should be more oportunities for students to study things they want.