Compassion in Politics

• Five insights from Jack Welch on Human Resources, Recruiting, and Innovation

  On innovation as a institutional and business mantra: “We really view ourselves as a series of laboratories that share ideas, financial resources, and management people.” -Jack Welch On addressing solutions: “The people who are closest to the work really do know it better.” -Jack Welch On the power of leadership getting out of the way: “The way [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 12:16pm EST
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• Every problem is a (blank) problem….

  I hear Anil Dash speak at Web 2.0 where he said “Every problem is a scaling problem.” I thought there was a great deal of insight contained there-in….but I thought I would expand it to suggest what are the core problems of spreading products, ideas, expertise, and services. So here is [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:24am EST
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• Common Sense Social Media Policy

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  Common Sense Social Media Policy I thought these suggestions social media strategy and policy suggestions from Octane and SK Murphy were incredibly on-target: With a nod to Octane’s Report on Social Media there are five things to bear in mind when striking up conversation within social media. 1. Keep in mind your [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:01pm EST
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• President Obama Launches: Educate to Innovate

  Educate to Innovate: America’s Education Legacy Recently President Obama launched Educate to Innovate which partners schools with businesses and funds programs for innovation in Math and Science education: We live in a world of unprecedented perils, but also unparalleled potential. Our medical system holds the promise of unlocking new cures — but [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:19pm EST
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• Is Higher Education Dying?

  Higher education is increasingly being put under the microscope by the media and analysts curious if its delivering on what it promises to. (so if you’re looking for the pain points in the traditional university system, this may just be what you need to pay attention to). For more check [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:21am EST
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• Americas Smartest Cities Ranked for 2009 to 2010

  1) RALEIGH-DURHAM 2) SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE 3) BOSTON 4) MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL 5) DENVER 6) HARTFORD-NEW HAVEN 7 (tie), SEATTLE-TACOMA 7 (tie), WASHINGTON, DC 9) PORTLAND, OR 10) BALTIMORE 11) PHILADELPHIA 12,)AUSTIN 13) NEW YORK 14) SALT LAKE CITY 15) MILWAUKEE 16) CHARLOTTE 17 (tie), KANSAS CITY 17 (tie), COLUMBUS 19, NASHVILLE 20 (tie), SAN DIEGO 20 (tie), INDIANAPOLIS 22) PROVIDENCE 23) ATLANTA 24 (tie), ST. LOUIS 24 (tie), CHICAGO 26) ROCHESTER, NY 27 (tie), PITTSBURGH 27 (tie), [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:54am EST
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• On Information Overload

  A poem about knowledge, wisdom, and information overload by TS Elliot Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:42pm EST
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• Play Magic Eight Ball

  Who doesn’t love the game magic eight ball? Well, if you want to play magic eight ball (and possibly get smarter in the process), there is a very cool site called Hunch which can answer your questions and provide real answers. Hunch can help you pick a Christmas gift, a university, [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:22pm EST
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• New Media Literacies

  Check out this short video on technology in the classroom which explains the value of new media literacies and features Henry Jenkins Professor of Communications, Journalism, and Cinematic Art at the University of Southern California: For more on 21st century skills, the recent work of Tony Wagner at Harvard may prove [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:13pm EST
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• Learn Tech Start up Entrepreneurship

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  One key aspect of the tech start ups and entrepreneurship is customer development. The ability to create a great product, customer development, and execute are certainly three cores of successful technology start up companies. Steve Blank is increasingly the person in this area that I’m paying the most attention to. His [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:53am EST
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• Dear Bricks and Mortar Book Store

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  I’ve been a loyal patron of your fine organization for the past 10 years. Year over year, I fear unless you create a community around your organization and/or decrease your prices to match Amazon, you may in fact go the way of the amazon. That indeed would be a sad, [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:09am EST
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• Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2009

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  Here are the top 100 learning tools, which are recommended by e-learning professionals worldwide. Jane has also created a powerpoint presentation of the 100 learning tools, which is hosted on Slideshare.net. I’m going to break them down by type of platform and focus on the ones I’ve used and find [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:51pm EST
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• Coworking, Jelly, and Coffee Shop Mashup!!!

  What do you get when you add co-working to Jellies to the coffee shop environment???…. Co-Jelly-Coffee-Working or Co-Coffee-Jelly-Working…. “Congratulations…..you win an a new idea.” Ok…the name needs SERIOUS work (let me emphasize serious…as does the pitch)….but anyway the notion of having a three part (or four part working environment is interesting to me.) [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:16pm EST
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• An Open Letter to the Washington Post Online

  Dear Online Washington Post, I sincerely believe you should partner with CSPAN in their coverage of the floor debates and other coverage. If you stand for covering Washington DC beyond the spin, this is the best way to Also, this would allow you both to receive mutually re-inforcing brand and traffic value. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:01pm EST
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• Shooting Video for Your Non-profit

  Shooting video from your nonprofit, church, or educational organization can be a great way to cut costs. It can even be a great way to test if further investment in video production and editing is justified. Although, its important to take into account your strengths and potential weaknesses in this [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:42am EST
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• How much equity should you give up?

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  I found this insight from Paul Graham in a post called aptly “The Equity Equation” which provides great insight for startups: An investor wants to give you money for a certain percentage of your startup. Should you take it? You’re about to hire your first employee. How much stock should you [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:28am EST
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• Love, Save Us from Your Followers

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  Here’s the trailor from “Lord, Save us from Your Followers” The trailer does seem to have a political learning, but it does perhaps provide some focus to the ongoing conversations about the intersection of faith and public life in America and around the world. Thoughts? [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:13am EST
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• Possible College Class Topics

  My class at church which has college aged and non-colleged aged students (aka 20 to 30 somethings) in it is currently looking for topics of interest to the students. I’m going to outline a couple contemporary and Christian-themed ideas that I think are relevant both to college and post-college young [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:47pm EST
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• Criticism of Crowdsourcing

  I’m fascinated with the concept of crowd sourcing whether it be iStockphoto, Threadless, Crowdvine, eLance, the social news site Digg, or the local company Studio Now which crowd sources video production. I’m equally fasinated with companies that experiment with it as a way of collaboration or market it, including those [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:42pm EDT
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• How do you become a social media consultant?

  Well, I think the prior question is should I become a social media consultant? Usually, this is a question of skills and market match . I think Mr. Harte’s explanation of the 25 components of a social media consultant are a fantastic introduction to what types of skill sets you [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:15pm EDT
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• Brave Thinkers in the Atlantic: Paul Polak Social Entrepreneur to the BOP

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  Paul Polak founder for International Development Enterprises (IDE) was featured in this month’s Atlantic feature entitled “Brave Thinkers“: Name: Paul Polak Job: Founder of International Development Enterprises and D-Rev Why he’s brave: His companies treat the poor as consumers and entrepreneurs. Quote: “Talk to the people who have the problem and listen to what [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
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• Social Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Community

  Are Co-working Spaces marking the emergency of Web 3.0? Nathaniel Whittlemore on Social Entrepreneurship points out: Writing about Virgance last week, ecofirm Max Gladwell advanced a new definition for Web 3.0 that’s not about cloud computing and semantic web, but instead about a phenomenon of human use: Web 3.0 might also encompass the [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 11:29am EDT
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• Dave Ramsey on Debt Free Living

  Dave Ramsey Video on Debt Free Living and Financial Responsibility No matter what political and spiritual group you belong to, the financial wisdom which Dave Ramsey imparts to his listeners is about 97.5% on point. I hope this is helpful to you Here are four tips from Dave Ramsey for financial security: • [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:00am EDT
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• 10 Things I Learned at Nashville Startup Weekend

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  10 Things I Learned at Nashville Startup Weekend about Entrepreneurship and Business I recently attended Nashville Startup Weekend at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University and had a great time. I participated with the team that worked on Planet PE, an e-learning startup focused on physical education curriculum: 1) Scenario [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:20pm EDT
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• The Conservative Bible Project: Where are these free-market parables?

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  Some have been asking questions about the quality and economic orientation of the New Testament. One attempt to (dramatically) re-orient the text has come from Conservapedia. My Critique of the Conservative Bible Project I wish I could separate the wheat from the chaff. Initially, it seems odd to me that we would [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 10:41am EDT
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• Crowd Sourcing and Outsourcing Video Editing Solutions

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  Crowd Sourcing and Outsourcing Video Editing and Production Companies You might call me a fan boy of the crowd sourcing phenomena. There are several options for crowd sourcing video. Increasingly as broadband speeds go up, video streaming fees go down (plummet), and the desire for website interactivity and social media rises [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 10:00am EDT
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• Inside Higher Ed on the Value of Debate

  Susan Herbst in Inside Higher Education wrote an eloquent piece on the value of debate as a component of high school and the university curriculum: However, colleges and universities do offer more practical ideas and tools to American lawmakers, journalists, and interest group leaders, that are far more helpful and productive. [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 5:12am EDT
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• Information Aggregators and Dashboards

  On the Value of Information Aggregation As the information arms race practically explodes our collective brains, the role and importance of information aggregation will dramatically increase. Hongwei Zhu, Michael D. Siegel, and Stuart E. Madnick from the MIT Sloan School of Management highlighted the importance of information aggregation back in 2001: We [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
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• Sustainable Living | No Impact Man

  No Impact Man lived for a year with his family eating and living sustainably in NYC. Apparently, there is a documentary being produced and he wrote a book called “No Impact Man” about the experience. [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 5:39am EDT
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• TED Talks Videos on Education, Creativity, and Play

  New Models and Ideas about Education 1) Richard St. Johns on Eight Secrets of Success 2) Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together 3) Ann Cooper talks school lunches 4) Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity 5) Barry Swartz on our loss of wisdom 6) Jose Abreu on kids transformed by music 7) Gever Telly teaches [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• Customized E-learning for Middle School

  Customized E-learning Curriculum for Grades 5 Through 12 In a recent Harvard Business Review article “How to Make the Classroom as Exciting as a Video Game” Tom Davenport of Babson points to: This time-honored but silly approach to education, however, is beginning to crack. This summer, for example, 80 students at Middle [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
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• Did You Know 4.0

  Here is the Did You Know 4.0 video from the wonders of the interwebs: This version was created by Scott McLeod and Karl Frish who put together the infamous Shift Happens videos (along with the visual design firm XPLANE) and sponsored by the Economist for the upcoming Media Convergence Conference. Its pretty [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 3:39pm EDT
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• Career Services 2.0

  What will the student of the next generation need to know? Social networking skills-From Facebook and Linked and Ning in to industry and vertical specific social networking platforms. This includes using Group forums, Linked in answers, and your network to your advantage. Moreover, these skills can carry over into lead generation, [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• Social Media and Internet Trends for 2010

  This is for the new book “Socialnomics.” You can find the social media statistics in the video by clicking. Feel free to check out my social media trends for 2009 to 2010. Enjoy. Here are the top ten trends according to 10 Golden Rules: 1) Micro communication (iPhone, Twitter, Qik video, iGoogle [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 5:38am EDT
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• 2 Corinthians 5:20

  2nd Corinthians 5:20 Explained Have you ever wondered what 2nd Corinthians 5:20 means? I enjoy listening to how Frances Chan sees the world, scripture, and our role as Christians. The New International Version of Second Corinthians 5:20 tells us: 20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 5:07am EDT
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• My Review of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns”

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  My Review of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns” I’ve already summarized the key points in Clayton Christensen’s vision articulated in “Disrupting Class.” I’ve decided to provide my own perspective on Clayton’s prognostications and prescriptions. Initially, “Disrupting Class” is quite good. I think he does [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 5:36am EDT
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• Clayton Christensen’s “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns”

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  “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns” by Clayton Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W. Johnson “Disrupting Class” is a great book on the future of education reform as it relates to technology, but to assume that the scope of this book is limited to [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 3:03pm EDT
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• Middle School Debate Skills

  What are the core skills of a successful middle school debater? While I was coaching college debate at a local DC University, I spent a good deal of time working with the Urban Debate League in Washington DC, and a wealth of that time was spent working with middle school debaters. [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
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• Teaching High School Debate

  Teaching High School Debate: Resources for Teaching Policy and Lincoln-Douglas Debate I’ve assembled these resources to help new and experienced teachers of speech and debate be better equipped to teach their students the tactics, skills and strategies involved in being a successful competitor in high school or college debate. Open Evidence Project [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
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• Value of High School and College Debate

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  The Value of Debate: Justification for Debate in the Academy 1) The Urban Debate League has a fantastic one pager on the value of debate. 2) Very extensive Debate Justification prepared for Georgetown University by Jeff Parcher. 3) The Value of Forensics by Professor Minh Luong of Yale University 4) Value of debate [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 1:08pm EDT
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• Research on Creativity and Innovation

  Handbook of Creativity, by Robert J. Sternberg (incredibly comprehensive) The Nature of Creativity, by Robert Sternberg (journal article “The Nature of Creativity” is also available as PDF download) Wisdom: Its Nature, Origin, and Development, by Robert Sternberg Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life, by Robert Sternberg Research on Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence Multiple Intelligences: New [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 2:22pm EDT
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• 9 Methods for Funding Your Academic Research

  9 Methods for funding Your Academic Research 1) book publication (digital and/or print) 2) business partnership 3) non-profit partnership 4) academic partnership 5) graduate assistanceship 6) social entrepreneurship 7) using government grant funds 8] using grants from private donors and/or foundations. you can find grants for research here. 9) finding a passionate private donor that cares deeply about your [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 5:34am EDT
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• Modesty: A Christian Guy’s View

  Fashion, sexuality, and Christian values are all potentially controversial issues. It “shows respect for yourself and your brothers in Christ.” Here’s what the producers say about the video: This video was geared towards 6th through 12th grade girls and used as an icebreaker for some candid talk about real modesty, what the [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 5:41am EDT
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• Free and Low Cost Alternatives to Lexis Nexis Academic

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  I’ve written this article with 10 suggestions for free and low cost alternatives to expensive academic research engines like EBSCO Host, Lexis-Nexis, and Proquest Direct/ABI Inform. I hope you enjoy and are able to further your academic journey without paying much. Happy researching! If you like this article, please link to [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 6:29am EDT
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• New Paradigms in Teaching and Learning

  New Paradigms of Leaning for Education From (Old Paradigm) To (New Paradigm) Consuming ——- [...] [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 2:03pm EDT
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• The Future of Cloud Computing and Business Models

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  Web 2.0 Conference: The Future of the Cloud and Internet Business Models An interesting panel on the future of the web and the cloud from the Web 2.0 Conference–the first panelist had by far the most to say about the future of business models and cloud computing. (unfortunately, this is just [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 5:28am EDT
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• Top ten emergent technology trends at the Churchill Club

  1) Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetsone-bay for information. 2) Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures mobile = computer, identification, and much much more. 3) Joe Schoendorf, Partner, Accel Partners. rise of the implicit internet (connects social networks??? like open ID????) 4) Mobile phone from feature to Smart phones 5) Water tech replace global [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• Education 2.0: Teachers and Students Talk about Google Docs

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  Google Docs = Peer review + collaborative projects + excitement around learning + time saving + event planning (with no meetings) [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 5:17am EDT
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• Funding Your Startup

  Introduction of “Funding Your Startup” Panel Tech Stars Bright Kite Brad Feld Pay Pal and CEO of Medium Venture Capital on West Coast. New firm in stealth mode. VC in Colorado. Background as entrepreneur Bootstrapping video conferencing (???) David Cohen Overview by David Cohen: Bootstrapping Creative funding with a funding to get going. Professional type investments. Stuff out of silicon valley is very VC [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• Journalism 2.0: What Journalism Students Need to Know

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  What every journalism student needs to know. It defines the 23 critical skills each journalism student needs in the journalism 2.0 era. Learning how to Do Journalism • How to find stories • How to find sources (people and proof) -Advanced Google search techniques -Social web search techniques -Other resources • How to productively take in news [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 11:00am EDT
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• Journalism 2.0: the Future of Journalism Syllabus

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  Journalism 2.0: the Future of Online Journalism Syllabus I’ve sampled about 1/3 of a future of journalism syllabus from an ASU “The Future of Journalism” syllabus which focuses on new business models for online and new media journalism. At the end I’ve added my own suggestions on Journalism 2.0, social media, [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
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• Creativity and Business Innovation Syllabus

  I’ve aggregated several creativity, business, and innovation syllabii here to create a collective bibliography. Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Bibliography 1. Creativity in Business – Michael Ray (Stanford) 2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Peter Drucker 3. How to Think Like Einstein – Scot Thorpe 4. Entrepreneurial Wisdom – Renn Zaphiropoulos 5. Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity and [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
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• Starting Your Start Up: Tech Stars Boulder Circa 2007

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  Starting Your Start Up: Tech Stars Boulder Circa 1997 Here are my notes from the Tech Stars 2007 panel: 1) Get started. Don’t work for perfect before talking to your market. 2) Look to history of other companies in your vertical or similar verticals 3) Emmerse yourself in the vertical market. (Listen to market [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 3:00pm EDT
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• Top 15 Stanford E-Corner Entrepreneurship Vidoes

  The Best Entrepreneurship Videos from the Stanford Business School E-Corner I borrowed this list from an entrepreneurship syllabus by two Stanford University professors and the insight from these tech entrepreneurship thought leaders from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program would be helpful: Jeff Hawkins: On Entrepreneurship Vinod Khosla: Technology and the Future Jeff Hawkins: What [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Second Annual New Media Summit in Denver Colorado

  David Cohen recorded this panel from Press Club in Denver, Colorado. According to Cohen its “Brad Feld, Veronica Belmont, JB Holston, and Phil Weiser discuss new media trends in the Second Annual New Media Summit presented by Metzger Associates.” What is the future of the web? What is web 3.0? “More folks [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 7:41am EDT
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• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

  Education Technology Quotes from “How People Learn” I recently read large parts of “How People Learn” in reference to 1) how people learn 2) how technology such as social media can be used to help improve both learning processes and results: Five ways technology can help classroom learning and academic achievement: • bringing [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 4:17am EDT
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• Curriculum Development Syllabus

  Why a Curriculum Development Syllabus Bibliography? I’ve decided to aggregate the most interesting cites from curriculum development syllabuses to form a curriculum development bibligragphy of sorts: Vilma Mesa’s University of Michigan Curriculum Development Syllabus: Jackson, Philip W. (1992). Handbook of research on curriculum. New York: Macmillan; (Note: $172 used via Amazon) Pinar, William; Reynolds, [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:40pm EDT
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• Project Management Software for the Mac

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  Affordable Project Management Software for the Mac All of the project management software I’ve suggested is compatible with Mac OS X because many are internet based (in other words project management software or collaboration software tools based on cloud computing). Google WAV is increasingly a free option for project collaboration, communication, and [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 5:31am EDT
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• Jobs for Debaters

  There are several jobs that debaters tend to go on to: • teaching high school and coaching HS debate • coaching college debate as a graduate assistant • coaching college debate with an MA or Phd (more the later than the former) • being a lawyer (next step LSAT and law school) Most tend to [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 12:29am EDT
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• Lincoln Douglas Debate Videos Available Online

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  Here are some resources for finding lincoln-douglas debates available online. The first two sets of resources may not follow the National Forensic League format, but will likely provide a slower style debate. The last is Tournament of Champions and national circuit style lincoln douglas debate (hence they are incredibly fast–at [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 6:50pm EDT
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• Recording Industry Seeks 100X+ Exorbitant Damages in Joel Tenenbaum Case

  The RIAA and the record labels are asking for draconian measures to be laid at the feet of people who may be guilty–but are asking for exorbidant damages against individuals. For instance, if I were to illegally download 7 songs….shouldn’t I only be held responsible for paying $7 that the [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
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• Mayor Carl Dean Launches Live on the Green with Lightning 100

  Live on the Green Launches Concert Series in Nashville TN: The Nashville Business Journal reports: “Nashville has a unique identity as Music City, and I can think of no better way to celebrate our local talent than to host a free concert series in the heart of downtown,” Dean said in a [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 1:26pm EDT
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• Jeff Bezos: Owner of Amazon: The Internet Killer

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  I’m curious what Jeff Bezos next move will be. He’s moving Amazon into the cloud computing business, which looks to be huge and to greatly reduce the inefficiencies associated with businesses developing software applications that run online (commonly called software as service). I’m curious why he doesn’t start offering streaming video [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 5:21am EDT
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• Do Bands: Using Rubber Bands for Community Activism

  This is an interesting and fun project that a non-profit, church, or activist group could take up. I’m also curious about the way virtual objects for instance in a Facebook app or another social network might be summoned to share the movement online (although I still think rubber bands are [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 1:14am EDT
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• 7 Alternatives to Firing and Layoffs During the Recession

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  7 Ways to Avoid Firing and Layoffs During the Economic Downturn The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted these seven alternatives to firing: 1. Ask workers to take day off without pay. Field employees at Zurn Plumbing Service Inc. of Chamblee, Ga., take a mandatory day off each week without pay, their hours [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 12:29am EDT
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• Speech and Debate Coaching Jobs

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  How to Find High School and College Speech and Debate Coaching Jobs After looking at the Google results for speech and debates they are generally messed up for speech and debate jobs. So if you are looking for position openings in speech and debate, I hope this list of resources is [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 10:39pm EDT
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• Policy Debate Lectures and Camp Files from Georgia Forensics

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  Free Policy Debate Camp Lectures and Debate Institute Files from Georgia Forensics 1) GA Forensics List of Free Debate Evidence and CX Camp Lectures The folks who produce the Georgia Forensics website have created a list of debate camp lectures and free debate camp evidence files on the high school poverty debate [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 5:43pm EDT
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• University 2.0: Web 2.0 for Higher Education

  University 2.0: Web 2.0 for Higher Education Certainly social bookmarking and sharing sites like delicous, Zotero, and Diigo would have to make the list. Social networks like Ning and Crowdvine and wikis like PBWiki, Social Text, and Wikispaces would also top the list of college 2.0 technology tools. Publishing tools like WordPress, [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
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• Journalism 3.0: Crowd Sourced, Mashup, and Mobile Journalism

  Mashups + Personalized Data Dashboards I’m toying around with some ideas around journalism, mashups, dashboards, and mobile . I think one example might be news map or pages based on tag clouds (ala wordle). Certainly the work of Filtrbox in aggregating feed and tag info all in one (unfortunately I’ve experienced [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 8:27pm EDT
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• Digital Divide Affirmative and Negative Stratgies

  I think the digital divide affirmative put out by Georgetown is pretty interesting (the evidence is available for free online) Why? Well it opens up a lot of affirmative options? -Telemedicine. The literature on ITC for health is pretty sweet. And we know that impact space is pretty big as well. (if [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
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• Social Entrepreneurship Videos

  Social Entrepreneurship and Change Videos Homeboy Industries at Explore.org Paul Polack of International Development Enterprises Skoll Foundation on YouTube Social Edge on YouTube Ashoka DVD on YouTube PBS and Frontline videos about social entrepreneurship Stanford Videos on Social entrepreneurship Cornell’s audio and video interviews (E-Clips) David Bornstein and others on How to Change the World at Tulane University [...][...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
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• Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

  “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World” is an inspiring story told by John Wood about going from doing marketing for Microsoft to forming and growing Room to Read. Room to Read plans to give books to 10 million to children throughout the developing world and is well on its way: Since [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
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• My Favorite Speakers for Google Talks + Authors

  Here is an assortment of what I think are some of the coolest and smarted thinkers of our generation. I certainly don’t agree with everything they say, but they also have something significant to say. Authors @ Google Garr Reynolds “Presentation Zen” Authors @ Google Daniel Goldman “Emotional Intelligence” and “Primal Leadership” Authors [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
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• Twitter Experiment | Twitter in the College Classroom

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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
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• Digital Literacy: Understanding the Past, Present, Future of the Web

  Past, Present, and Future of Internet Culture and Business The History of the Internet Ethan Zuckerman on the History of the Internet in Under 7 Minutes ???? What Is Web Usability? Don’t Make Me Think Blog Usability User Interface on Alltop User Centered Design Do Online Ethics Exist? Open Source Lawrence Lessig Creative Commons Fair Use @ Stanford Ethics Matters Philosophy Alltop Online Business Models Ad Revenue E-commerce [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 5:58am EDT
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• Social Justice, Poverty, and Christian Service

  Social Justice, Poverty, and Christian Service Bible Verses I was re-reading UnChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons recently, here is some of the insight on the poor, the homeless, and social service: “to look [or BE] more like Christ followers, we must cultivate deep concern and sensitivity to outsiders. That is [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 6:11am EDT
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• Jacqueline Novogratz on the Failure of Development Aid in “The Blue Sweater: Briding the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

  I finished “The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World” by Jacqueline Novogratz in about 2 days. It was a fantastic read. The pictures of landscapes, cultures, and personal triumphs and tragedies of people living in poverty are certainly encouraging and inspiring. (She also [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 5:47am EDT
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• “Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need–and What We Can do About It.” Part II

  Our Current Curriculum is Based on Test Prep vs. Real Learning “The Center on Education Policy study illustrates just what we say in our learning walks. Increasingly, there is only one curriculum in American public schools today: test-prep.” Tony Wagner, co-directory of the Change Leadership Group (CLG) at the Harvard Graduate School [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 5:08am EDT
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• Google Apps for Education Video

  Google Apps Education Edition Video (HT: Google Apps for Education Video) [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 2:48pm EDT
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• Entrepreneurial Education and Training to Solve Poverty

  Earning and Learning at the Base of the Pyramid: Entrepreneurial Education and Training to Solve Poverty Great question. I am interested in James Tooley’s work on BOP education. Clive Crook wrote it up a few years ago in a good article in Harpers (I think). IMHO, educaton of girls is a [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 5:53am EDT
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• Enterpreneurial Education and Training Models to Solve Poverty

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  Earning and Learning at the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) The issue of training entrepreneurs is interesting to me as a teacher and because I believe spreading social entrepreneurship training and mentorship is critical for helping those in developing nations and at the bottom of the pyramid bring themselves out of [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 5:15am EDT
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• Movies about Science, Ethics of Technology, and Philosophy

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  Top Movies about Science and Technology 1. Gattaca 2. Multiplicity 3. Matrix I, II, III 4. Terminator I, II, III 5. Jurassic Park 6. A.I. 7. Farenheight 451 8. Minority Report 9. 1984 10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 11. I Robot 12. Total Recall 13. Robocop 14. Judge Dredd (See also philosophy and religion films or top dystopian films) What movies on [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• 21st Century Skills for University Students

  Beyond creativity and critical thinking skills there are very niche skills which deserve an entirely new class in the University system. It include 28 core ideas, as well as the 3 practical add ons for a total of 31. If you would like to revisit my earlier discussion of 21st [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• How to Do Academic Research in Google Like a Pro

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  One of the most important literacy skills for the 21st century is the ability to quickly and strategically find information and ask questions in Google. Find Related Terms in Google. You can use Google sets and Google Search Suggest to find other related terms and phrases to search for. Google sets [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 3:46am EDT
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• “Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need–and What We Can do About It.”

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  Are we educating like its 1999?….Or Worse 1959 or perhaps the 1800s? The Internet is a Ubiquitous Part of the “Net Generation’s” Daily Lives “In the simpliest terms, they are coming of age while tethered to the Internet, as well as to a host of instant communication devices that were unimaginable twenty [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 1:58am EDT
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• Social Learning and Education Technology Bibliography

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  Social Learning and Education Technology Bibliography Motivating E-learners Motivating E-learners (Google Scholar) Case for Education Disruption Innovators Dilemma (Technology Disruption) The Innovators Solution (Technology Disruption) Case that University Education is Broken and Stuck in a Bygone Era Case for E-learning in Education Masie E-learning Guide Global Achievement Gap (21st Century Job Skills) Internet Useage Statistics Open Source Education Case for Open Source [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 9:51am EDT
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• How to Teach Critical Thinking Skills

  A Guide to Teaching Students Critical Thinking Skills WARNING: In BETA This is are the beginnings of thoughts on critical thinking. The idea is to create a semi-comprehensive guide to help teachers to add more critical thinking activities to their classroom curriculum. The guide represents an aggregation of some of the [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 9:14am EDT
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• Going to the Social Capital Markets 2009 Conference

  Going to the SoCap 2009 Markets Conference in San Fransisco???? Here are some of the speakers from the SoCap website: Kevin Jones, Good Capital Tim Freundlich, Calvert Social Investment Foundation/Good Capital Gary Bolles, Xigi Media Shari Berenbach, Calvert Social Investment Foundation Terry Mollner, Trusteeship Institute/Calvert Social Investment Foundation Jed Emerson, Uhuru Capital Management Eric Henderson, Living Cities Andrew Kassoy, [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 5:38am EDT
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• Artlington VA: The Rap

  Arlington VA: The Rap And now for something totally different. This You Tube video by Remy playfully makes fun of the affluence and WASPness of Arlington Virginia or more specifically the “hood” of Clarendon VA. Enjoy…. [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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• Tony Wagner of Harvard on the Global Achievement Gap

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  Tony Wagner at Harvard University warns about two upcoming issues in education 1) the skills gap 2) changing motivation in the next generation of students. (I would skip right to the 7 skills, which is 7 minutes long) The seven skills for the 21st century include: 1) Critical thinking and problem solving [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:55am EDT
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• Student vs. Learner 3.0 : Mac vs. PC Parody

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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:38am EDT
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• 21st Century Learning: Open teaching, learning, and schools

  What is open teaching? (and what are open schools and whats an open learner look like? How will this effect k-12 and higher ed learning? I’m not exactly sure, this post outlines some core concepts here: Open teaching is described as the facilitation of learning experiences that are open, transparent, collaborative, [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:32am EDT
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• Wii for Education: Using the Nintendo Wii to Create a Low Cost Whiteboard

  Using the Nintendo Wii for Education in the Classroom: Low Cost Whiteboard Hack by Johhny Lee of Carnegie Mellon University Check of the video. He actually tells you how to create a multi-touch whiteboard with infared light pens. FYI this Wii hack video is 4:05 minutes long. Click to learn more about [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:10am EDT
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• Journalism 3.0: The Future of Journalism, Education, and Entertainment

  What trends are effecting our media culture these days? What will journalism look like in 5 years? Well, I would say smart print publications will realize that their online strategies are seriously tanking. Ad relevance and revenues aren’t significant or targeted enough. Journalism online not only isn’t creating the necessary affinity, [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
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• Networked Student: Social Media for Teaching and Learning

  Social Networking and Student Learning This is a great YouTube video which summarizes key concepts in Learning 2.0. It also provides a vision for teachers who are looking to help and empower students for 21st century learning. [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 7:31am EDT
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• Mobile Learning: Cellular Phones as Learning Tools

  Thanks to this video on mobile learning and education from Ideas and Thoughts. The world of mLearning and mEducation is certainly growing. [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 5:21am EDT
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• Eight Competencies for Socializing Your Organization

  Eight principles for guiding your business, non-profit organization, or university on its road into the social media ecosystem. [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 5:06am EDT
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• 21st Century Skills for Students, Teachers, and Parents

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  21st Century Skills for Students, Teachers, and Parents I’ve been reading “Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture” over the weekend. Its a great read for anyone interested in education reform, education pedagogy, curriculum development, or the future of education in an increasingly [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 1:03am EDT
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• Will University Education Stay Relevant?

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  A revolution is happening under our noses in technology which changes the nature of communication. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube signal what very well is a tipping point in our collective cultural history. Along with this change in communication, increasingly students are armed with laptops, the cost of web development is [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 4:22am EDT
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• Open Innovation in Education Reading List

  All the top open innovation and education technology blogs: Crowdsourcing Open Education Mass Customization and Innovation News Wikinomics (culture, economics, and digital collaboration) Smart Mobs (mobile learning and collaboration) Education Innovation (trying this one out: education innovation) Innovation on Alltop (creativity and innovation) [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 3:49am EDT
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