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C CC

PM's speech on education for the new global age | Number10.gov.uk - 0 views

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Gordon Brown speech news

shared by C CC on 07 May 09 - Cached
  • C CC on 07 May 09
     
    Tuesday 5 May 2009 PM's speech on education for the new global age - Gordon Brown (UK)- Transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister on education for the new global age 5 May 2009.
Kimberly LaPrairie

YOUniversityTV: Tutorial - 0 views

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college university virtual_fieldtrips virtual_tour Student resources tools

shared by Kimberly LaPrairie on 22 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Kimberly LaPrairie on 22 Aug 09
     
    Video tours of college campuses aren't a new phenomenon; many universities have provided video tours and information about their campuses to prospective students for years. But Boynton Beach, Fla., startup YOUniversity LLC is hoping to draw users to its sites by offering prospective college students an unbiased, third-party source of information about hundreds of schools in an interactive, social environment. "Most of our employees are recent grads, who are best able to share their campus experiences with others getting ready to go to college," said co-founder Ron Reis, who launched the company in January 2008. The 17-person staff has three full-time camera crews that travel around the country, shooting high-definition footage of college campuses and the surrounding area. They've already taped more than 400 top schools throughout the country and have interviewed administrators, faculty, and students about their campus experience. "They've done a really good job, and they seem to have found a niche market that people really need," said Gordon Chavis, associate vice president for undergraduate admissions at the University of Central Florida
Tricia Rodriguez

Donald Clark Plan B - 39 views

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shared by Tricia Rodriguez on 08 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • for 20% of the world to benefit from the internet, but 100% to benefit from the new technologies, including the Web, that are available.
    • Tricia Rodriguez
      Tricia Rodriguez on 08 Nov 11
       
      Open the doors of the internet, keeping in mind that schools act as the "great equalizer" to those who do not have internet access at home. 
  • “I want all the technology companies, the Microsofts, the Apples, the Facebooks, the Googles to be involved in this project
    • Tricia Rodriguez
      Tricia Rodriguez on 08 Nov 11
       
      The funding must come from the companies who create ed technology. Large companies must be on board. 
  • who can’t see past the ‘we need more teachers argument’. They’re right but teachers are not scalable.
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  • It took a politician to show the word’s educators how to communicate, teach, frame a problem, provide facts and detail, THEN a solution.
  • All children in school by 2015, with massive injection of funds by the private sector, public sector, religious institutions and not-for-profits, all given wings by technology, mobiles and the web. 
  • shouldn't we admit we got it wrong" and asks that we put it right
  • 'Let's march. Let's march for education and let's march for it together.”
    • Tricia Rodriguez
      Tricia Rodriguez on 08 Nov 11
       
      Create a united front. 
  • Education is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end
  • call for action is realistic.
  • recession
  • single fund
Peter Beens

Part 3: Are we medicating a disorder or treating boyhood as a disease? - The Globe and ... - 18 views

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education medication issues ADHD Ritalin

shared by Peter Beens on 25 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males. Part 3 of a 6-part series.
  • taking a drug for attention deficit disorder each morning has become as commonplace as downing a vitamin.
  • prescriptions for Ritalin and other amphetamine-like drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder shot up to 2.9 million in 2009, a jump of more than 55 per cent in four years.
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  • 75 per cent of them were for young males
  • “It certainly suggests the drugs are being abused,” says Gordon Floyd, president and CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario. “There's a desire for the quick fix … the idea that – ‘oh, we'll fix this with a pill' – rather than spend a few months in counselling, is pretty appealing.”
  • ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders of childhood, with core features that include an inability to focus, and hyper and impulsive behaviour. Increasingly, it's seen as a chronic condition that 60 per cent of kids never outgrow and one that experts estimate affects five per cent of children worldwide.
  • Boys are four times more likely to develop autism, three times more likely to suffer dyslexia, and two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.
  • IMS figures show ADHD prescriptions for males have increased 50 per cent since 2005.
  • Peter Beens on 25 Oct 10
     
    Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males (Canadian data). Part 3 of a 6-part series.
Kathy Favazza

Khan Academy - 86 views

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khan math tutorial gordon technology

shared by Kathy Favazza on 15 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Kathy Favazza on 15 Feb 11
     
    AWESOME - practice problems with immediate feedback, optional hint and links to video tutorials
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