If you want to innovate like Da Vinci, education is overrated | TechRepublic - 46 views
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Thiel is a venture capitalist and the game that VCs play is to invest in 10 different ideas with the hope that one of them hits it big, while the other nine are likely to fail, morph into something different, or simply fade away.
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Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Yes, both dropped out of Harvard to start a company and eventually became billionaires, but before they went to college both of them got an outstanding education that was certainly a springboard to their later achievements.
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A college education trains and teaches students how to best plug themselves into the current civilization. Education helps you plug into the things society already needs, to plug into society as it is today. It’s not about tomorrow
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Thiel is a venture capitalist and the game that VCs play is to invest in 10 different ideas with the hope that one of them hits it big, while the other nine are likely to fail, morph into something different, or simply fade away.
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In reference to Gates and others who have shined, according to Gladwell's "Outliers" they have also most likely put in the time (10,000 plus hours) practicing, envisioning, and imagining what they want to create. Innovation takes time input, imagination, desire, and risk...
Sazneo Allows Remote Teams To Communicate In Real-Time - 50 views
2 Really Simple Ways To Send Audio Tweets To Twitter - 110 views
Book In An Hour: A Classroom Strategy « Not All Who Wonder Are Lost - 8 views
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« Thoughts on Collaboration and Developing Higher Level Questioning Skills Twittering with a Purpose: A Starter (or Restarter) Guide » Book In An Hour: A Classroom Strategy April 30, 2009 by Ellsbeth This past winter I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Organization of American Historians distinguished lecturer, Dr. Lendol Calder. This is the first place where I came across the strategy called Book In An Hour. Since then I’ve tried to find additional internet resources on this strategy, but they appear to be few and far between. I know other people would find it useful, so I decided to write up the strategy and post it here on the blog. If you know of additional resources or ways to adapt this strategy, I would enjoy hearing from you. What: The Book In An Hour strategy is a jigsaw activity for chapter books. While the strategy can take more than an hour depending on the reading and presentation method you choose. Why: While many teachers view this activity as a time saver, I view it as a way to expose students to more literary and historical materials than I might have been able to do otherwise. There are many books that I would love my students to read, but I know that being able to do so is not always my reality. This st
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y gives me an avenue to expose them to additional literature and other important historical works without taking much time away from the other aspects of my courses. It also provides opportunities for differentiation. This strategy can be adapted to introduce a book that students will be reading in-depth. Instead of j
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ng to divide students up into groups or jigsaw with individual students. If you are using groups, I recommend making them heterogeneous or creating them in a way that subtly facilitates differentiation. I also encourage you to give each student in the grou
The # scichat Daily - 45 views
INFOGRAPHIC : How To Twitter Effectively - 157 views
10x10 - 100 Words & Pictures that Define the Time - 141 views
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A tool that shows 100 images which 'define' an hour. This could be anywhere between the last hour and Nov 2004. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental
Tag Galaxy - 33 views
Embed a Video on the Wired How-To Wiki - Wired How-To Wiki - 26 views
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Embed a Video on the Wired How-To Wiki From Wired How-To Wiki Jump to: navigation, search Adding video is a great way to help illustrate your How-To Wiki article. Here are some instructions.
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But, bottom line: The video must be hosted on YouTube.
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Use our custom tag
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More Classroom Tips for Teachers of ADD ADHD Students | ADD ADHD Information Library - 0 views
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Home › Parenting ADHD Children More Classroom Tips for Teachers of ADD ADHD Students in Parenting ADHD Children ADHD Checklist for Classroom Teachers Physical Arrangement of Room: Use rows for seating arrangements. Avoid tables with groups of students, for this maximizes interpersonal distractions for the ADHD child. Where possible, it may be ideal to provide several tables for group projects and traditional rows for independent work. Some teachers report that arranging desks in a horseshoe shape promotes appropriate discussion while permitting independent work.
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seated near the teacher, as close as possible without being punitive.
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away from both the hallway and windows to minimize auditory and visual distractions
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Social Bookmarking Session at ISTE - 99 views
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Feeding to Delicious (you can do both)F. Auto-posting to your Blog
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F. Site Communities and Tag Communities
Common Core Lesson Resource - 31 views
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"In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know. Browse and search OER Commons to find curriculum, and tag, rate, and review it for others."
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The revolution will not be televised!
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ELA, Math, SS, Science, Art, etc. Create a free account, save lessons, upload lessons, etc. Searchable by subject or grade level.
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