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This deceptively simple application allows users to capture and share six-second video clips–rather than pure gif animations–through social media. This short window might sound like a detriment to some, but is actually what makes Vine such a powerful creative tool: Users must consider how they will capture, edit and share content in a way that conveys their intended messages

We should judge teaching not by the amount of knowledge it passes on, but by the enduring excitement it generates. Knowledge, when it comes, is a later arrival, flaring up, when the time is right, from the sparks good teachers have implanted in their students’ souls.

Beyond that—at least it is often said—we need critical thinking and creativity: the ability to detect tacit but questionable assumption and to develop new ways of understanding issues—in short, to think beyond what “everyone knows.”