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Top 10 Richest Womens in Showbiz - 0 views

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    They are famous and rich. Some of the most famous women in the world have impressive fortunes. According to Forbes magazine, 70% of the Hollywood ladies have acquired their wealth through the inheritance from their parents and only 30% managed on their own to achieve enviable financial thresholds.
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The Youngest Billionaires of the World - 0 views

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    The Youngest Billionaires of the world, Few such stories & lists of the world's richest people who created these wonders will be told time and again, and be an inspiration for many.
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    The Youngest Billionaires of the world, Few such stories..
Peter Horsfield

Pierre Omidyar - Extraordinary People Changing the Game - 0 views

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    Meet the extraordinary founder and head of eBay, the largest auctioning website in the world, Pierre Omidyar. He is also the co-founder of Omidyar Network, one of the largest philanthropic groups in the world. He is one of the 40 richest people who has given more than half of their revenue to charity. "The more we connect people, the more people know one another, the better the world will be." To read more about Pierre Omidyar visit www.thextraordinary.org
Peter Horsfield

David Mayer de Rothschild - Extraordinary People Changing the Game - 0 views

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    Meet the extraordinary man who belongs to the richest family in the whole world-the only trillionaires and founder of Adventure Ecology, an organization that taps the youth to get them into environmental causes, David Mayer de Rothschild. He is also the founder of Sculpt the Future Foundation. "Every dream is a breeding ground for adventures". To read more about David Mayer de Rothschild visit www.thextraordinary.org
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10 things you didn't know about Bill Gates - 0 views

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    In one of his most candid interviews ever, Microsoft founder Bill Gates (the world's second-richest man) revealed personal details never heard before, along with a little tidbit that he was probably supposed to keep secret
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Kids Create -- and Critique on -- Social Networks | Edutopia - 0 views

  • "With Web 2.0, there's a strong impetus to make connections," says University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow, who studies how people learn and teach with social networking. "It's not just creating content. It's creating content to share."
  • And once they share their creations, kids can access one of the richest parts of this learning cycle: the exchange that follows. "While the ability to publish and to share is powerful in and of itself, most of the learning occurs in the connections and conversation that occur after we publish," argues education blogger Will Richardson (a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).
  • In this online exchange, students can learn from their peers and simultaneously practice important soft skills -- namely, how to accept feedback and to usefully critique others" work.
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  • "I learn how to take in constructive criticism," says thirteen-year-old Tiranne
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  • Using tools such as the social-network-creation site Ning, teachers can easily develop their own networks, Mosea says. "It is better to create your own," he argues. "If a teacher creates his or her own network, students will post as if their teacher is watching them, and they'll tend to be more safe. "You can build social networks around the curriculum," Mosea adds, "so you can use them as a teaching resource or another tool." An online social network is another tool -- but it's a tool with an advantage: It wasn't just imposed by teachers; the students have chosen it.
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    Self-Directed Learning "When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
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    "Self-Directed Learning When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
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