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"At Reebok, the cushioning in a best-selling basketball shoe reflects technology borrowed from intravenous fluid bags. Semiconductor firm Qualcomm's revolutionary color display technology is rooted in the microstructures of the Morpho butterfly's wings. And at IDEO, developers designed a leak-proof water bottle using the technology from a shampoo bottle top. These examples show how so-called "peripheral" knowledge -- that is, ideas from domains that are seemingly irrelevant to a given task -- can influence breakthrough innovation. "The central idea of peripheral knowledge really resonates," says Wharton management professor Martine Haas. After all, who can't think of examples when ideas that seemed to bear almost no relation to a given problem paid off in some unexpected way? By bringing peripheral knowledge to core tasks, it is well known that work groups can recombine ideas in novel and useful ways. But the problem, Haas notes, is primarily one of attention: How do you get workers focused on a particular task to notice -- and make use of -- seemingly irrelevant information?"

"Rational ritual" and shared knowledge in the age of online social networks. Public ritual is about transmission of meaning and the co-creation of a common knowledge. Does common knowledge = literacy?

Technology integration isn't always as easy as presenters make it out to be. Here is a model to explore to assess/implement tech. integration. TPACK stands for Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge. This framework looks at each of these domains of knowledge, and how they overlap with each other within a given context. It can be an important tool when addressing the problem of technology integration.

Great read and video for that Wednesday Slump in Data!

Theories and Models of Learning for Educational Research and Practice. This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. 

Katlin Tucker, a dynamic high school teacher presents her approach-pedagogy-instructional strategies to transform teaching and learning. She demonstrates ways she helps engage students and grow skills in several areas, including communication, comprehension & critique, collaboration, content knowledge, etc. A couple of her main tools include Collaborize Classroom and Google Docs. 

Pretty old (2003) but interesting nontheless

The most important part of personal knowledge management (PKM), in my opinion, is the need for active sense-making. Merely seeking and sharing information does little other than create more noise online. Sense-making takes time, discipline, and effort. One strength of PKM is the "manual" nature of sense-making activities.

The web also provides countless new ways for students to contribute to the learning and knowledge development. This requires participation, but doesn't stop there, moving to creation, sharing... contribution.

"Free Learning Tools betaTest your knowledge, improve your scores and leverage our free testing system. Detailed Results and Performance Statistics! Individual Question Analysis & Explanations Percentile Rankings Score v. Time Distribution Time Spent Per Question"

Excellent blog post on how to get students involved and knowledgeable in digital citizenship from an early age. Resources noted.

"The basic unit of social business technology is personal knowledge management, not collaborative workspaces." - Thierry de Baillon

Application that lets you interact with a wheel of Bloom's taxonomy verbs, activities etc.