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Vicki Davis

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  • has to think, be flexible, change, and use a variety of tools to solve new problems. We change what we do all the time. I can guarantee the job I hire someone to do will change or may not exist in the future, so this is why adaptability and learning skills are more important than technical skills
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Adaptability and learning skills -- this is why building a PLN is so important!!
  • I say to my employees, if you try five things and get all five of them right, you may be failing. If you try 10 things, and get eight of them right, you're a hero. You'll never be blamed for failing to reach a stretch goal, but you will be blamed for not trying.
  • risk aversion
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  • entrepreneurial culture
  • Effective Oral and Written Communication
  • clear and concise
  • focus, energy, and passion around the points they want to make.
  • first 60 seconds of your presentation is
  • Summers and other leaders from various companies were not necessarily complaining about young people's poor grammar, punctuation, or spelling—the things we spend so much time teaching and testing in our schools
  • the complaints I heard most frequently were about fuzzy thinking and young people not knowing how to write with a real voice.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Writing with voice = blogging -- give students a voice, this means first person, NOT third person writing.
  • Employees in the 21st century have to manage an astronomical amount of information daily.
  • There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren't prepared to process the information effectively it almost freezes them in their steps.”
  • rapidly the information is changing.
  • half-life of knowledge in the humanities is 10 years, and in math and science, it's only two or three years
  • “People who've learned to ask great questions and have learned to be inquisitive are the ones who move the fastest in our environment because they solve the biggest problems in ways that have the most impact on innovation.”
  • want unique products and services:
  • developing young people's capacities for imagination, creativity, and empathy will be increasingly important for maintaining the United States' competitive advantage in the future.
  • The three look at one another blankly, and the student who has been doing all the speaking looks at me and shrugs.
  • The test contains 80 multiple-choice questions related to the functions and branches of the federal government.
  • Let me tell you how to answer this one
  • reading from her notes,
  • Each group will try to develop at least two different ways to solve this problem. After all the groups have finished, I'll randomly choose someone from each group who will write one of your proofs on the board, and I'll ask that person to explain the process your group used.”
  • a lesson in which students are learning a number of the seven survival skills while also mastering academic content?
  • students are given a complex, multi-step problem that is different from any they've seen in the past
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      This IS flat classroom digiteen and Horizon project and other projects where teachers are pushing kids to have novel answers to novel questions.
  • how the group solved the problem, each student in every group is held accountable.
  • ncreasingly, there is only one curriculum: test prep. Of the hundreds of classes that I've observed in recent years, fewer than 1 in 20 were engaged in instruction designed to teach students to think instead of merely drilling for the test.
  • . It is working with colleagues to ensure that all students master the skills they need to succeed as lifelong learners, workers, and citizens.
  • I have yet to talk to a recent graduate, college teacher, community leader, or business leader who said that not knowing enough academic content was a problem.
  • critical thinking, communication skills, and collaboration.
  • seven survival skills every day, at every grade level, and in every class.
  • College and Work Readiness Assessment (www.cae.org)—that measure students' analytic-reasoning, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and writing skills.
  • 2. Collaboration and Leadership
  • 3. Agility and Adaptability
  • Today's students need to master seven survival skills to thrive in the new world of work.
  • 4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
  • 6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
  • 7. Curiosity and Imagination
  • I conducted research beginning with conversations with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders. With a clearer picture of the skills young people need, I then set out to learn whether U.S. schools are teaching and testing the skills that matter most.
  • Julie Lindsay on 28 Oct 08
     
    Educational Leadership article from ASCD
Jon Cavalier

Workflow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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  • A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons,[1]
  • A workflow is a model to represent real work for further assessment, e.g., for describing a reliably repeatable sequence of operations. More abstractly, a workflow is a pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources, defined roles and mass, energy and information flows, into a work process that can be documented and learned.[3][4] Workflows are designed to achieve processing intents of some sort, such as physical transformation, service provision, or information processing.
  • The cultural impact of workflow optimization during this era can be understood through films such as Chaplin's classic Modern Times. These concepts did not stay confined to the shop floor. One magazine invited housewives to puzzle over the fastest way to toast three slices of bread on a one-side, two-slice grill. The book Cheaper by the Dozen introduced the emerging concepts to the context of family life.
  • KaycieE E on 13 Oct 08
     
    This is the definition of our topic and helps explain exactly what Workflow Software is.
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  • krysten j on 05 Oct 09
     
    when computers became interoperable, it paved the way for work flow software.
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Sep 10
     
    Definition of Workflow: "A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons,[1] an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms. Workflow may be seen as any abstraction of real work, segregated in workshare."
  • mitch g on 27 Sep 10
     
    A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons,[1]
  • Bryce G on 05 Oct 10
     
    Shows the meaning of what "workflow" means.
  • Jamie D on 14 Oct 11
     
    "Workflow concepts are closely related to other concepts used to describe organizational structure, such as silos, functions, teams, projects, policies and hierarchies. Workflows may be viewed as one primitive building block of organizations. The relationships among these concepts are described later in this entry."
  • Kreslyn C on 18 Oct 11
     
    "A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons,["
  • Smith 14 on 20 Oct 11
     
    "The term workflow is used in computer programming to capture and develop human-to-machine interaction." Workflow- is the process of using computers to interact with humans, it helps people interact and work together more fluently.
  • Zach West on 14 Mar 12
     
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A workflow consists of a sequence of concatenated (connected) steps. Emphasis is on the flow paradigm, where each step follows the precedent without delay or gap and ends just before the subsequent step may begin. This concept is related to non overlapping tasks of single resources.
  • Jon Cavalier on 14 Mar 12
     
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A workflow consists of a sequence of concatenated (connected) steps. Emphasis is on the flow paradigm, where each step follows the precedent without delay or gap and ends just before the subsequent step may begin. This concept is related to non overlapping tasks of single resources.
Suzie Nestico

Mount Carmel Area students traveling to India as part of international project - News -... - 0 views

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  • In addition to Pennsylvania, this round of the project includes classrooms from Maryland, Alaska, Kansas, California, Texas, Spain, Germany, India, Qatar and Canada.
  • The Flat Classroom Project, cofounded by Julie Lindsay, Beijing, China and Vicki Davis, Camilla, Ga., speaks to the very heart of Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future initiative and 21st Century learning, Nestico said.
  • Students are not just doing education, they are living it, creating it, and ultimately, reshaping what it will look like for others in the future, Nestico said.
  • Vicki Davis on 02 Mar 10
     
    I love this article from Pennsylvania about Suzy Nestico's class participation in the Flat Classroom project and the Flat Classroom conference. Many in pennsylvania have struggled because of their restrictive rules. Suzy gets it done. "The Flat Classroom Project, cofounded by Julie Lindsay, Beijing, China and Vicki Davis, Camilla, Ga., speaks to the very heart of Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future initiative and 21st Century learning, Nestico said. It utilizes technologies such as a Ning and Wikispaces that allow students to collaborate with other students around the world to peer edit and design a variety of multimedia, despite location and cultural barriers, much like how the real world is starting to work. Each student works with an international partner to create a multimedia presentation based on one of the 10 "Global Economic Flatteners," as described by Thomas L. Friedman in his book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century." Nestico learned of the Flat Classroom concept while completing her master's degree in education at Wilkes University, and felt it would give her students an opportunity to explore cultural and political issues without ever having to leave home. After participating in the projects with multiple classes over the past year-and-a-half, new doors opened and, now, students are beginning to meet face-to-face, she said. Students are not just doing education, they are living it, creating it, and ultimately, reshaping what it will look like for others in the future, Nestico said." Great byline that gets to the heart of what we're doing.
  • Suzie Nestico on 23 Jan 11
     
    Article highlighting Mount Carmel Area's participation in the Flat Classroom Conference in Mumbai, India
Trent H

Technology in Education - 0 views

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  • Critical Questions How can technology help you personalize learning? How can technology engage multiple intelligences? How can technology bridge the digital divide in K-12 settings? How can technology assist the unique learner? How can technology be used to simultaneously deepen student understanding and accelerate student achievement standards? Possible Actions Encourage students to use the web as a research tool on a topic of great personal interest. Give parameters for the expected product, but let the student emerge as chief designer. Review your favorite on-line educational game or activity. List the intelligences a student would have to tap to do well. Create a multiple intelligence rubric for the piece. Create an extended learning program which focuses on on-line learning activities that could be used to "reteach" skills which students missed in class. Identify software/on-line learning activities which can be used to accommodate a learner with unique learning capacities. Choose one state standard relevant to your teaching and have each student create a problem which requires the performance of that standard. Use the web to find the resources to solve the problem.
  • Trent H on 15 Apr 10
     
    questions
Cortney K

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  • AT&T designed its Dataphone, the first commercial modem
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      Cortney K on 20 Oct 11
       
      Look at our century now and compare it to back then. As seen here in the 1960's it was just an ordinary phone, like our grandparents might have in their attic its not just a button push to dial, here it is a dial you spin to get to the numbers.
  • Wozniak´s "blue box", Steve Wozniak built his "blue box" a tone generator to make free phone calls.
    • Cortney K
      Cortney K on 20 Oct 11
       
      1972, Wozniak built his "blue box" a tone generator to make free phone calls. Now you need to pay to make calls and prices vary to wheter you are making a local call or international
  • The Mosaic web browser is released. Mosaic was the first commercial software that allowed graphical access to content on the internet.
    • Cortney K
      Cortney K on 20 Oct 11
       
      Eventually in 1993 the Mosaic web brower was released and it allowed graphical access to content on the internet. Now, we do not need a computer to get access to the Internet, we have our smartphones, ereaders, ipads, etc.
travis robertson

Analog Devices : Analog Dialogue : isoPower - 0 views

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  • travis robertson on 20 Oct 11
     
    For designers of isolated systems, rapid advances in digital isolation technology are yielding new capabilities that greatly simplify their job. Examples include integrated, isolated power and truly bidirectional isolation channels that can reduce system costs and save circuit-board real estate. These advances are fueled by a shift away from LED-based optocouplers toward newer isolator technologies that are compatible with standard foundry CMOS processes. They enable integrated circuitry to be packaged with chip-scale microtransformers, thus fitting more functionality into a single package. This article discusses two kinds of devices that embody these advances. In the first example, isolated power, chip-scale microtransformers are complemented by switches, rectifiers, and regulators to produce an isolated, regulated dc-to-dc converter; when integrated with isolated data channels it provides a complete isolation solution. In the second example, bidirectional isolation, integrating the requisite buffers and drivers creates an isolator that has truly bidirectional isolation channels without the need for external signal conditioning.
Cortney K

HP introduces state-of-the-art video conferencing system / DreamWorks helped design the... - 0 views

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  • Cortney K on 17 Oct 11
     
    4th steroid. More on about DreamWorks and getting started with video conferencing. Gives us an idea on how it got started, who uses it, and what all had to b put into it to get it started
Michelle L

Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society - Issues - Outsourcing in America: Overview - 0 views

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  • Outsourcing is the practice of hiring workers not employed by a company to do that company's work
  • Outsourcing can happen on a small scale
  • in recent years, the term "outsourcing" has usually meant sending work overseas
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  • Business-process outsourcing (BPO) is one of the fastest-growing areas of outsourcing, particularly in China
  • The cost of living in non-Western countries is much less than it is in the United States or most European nations
  • Outsourcing does have some disadvantages
  • Outsourcing is a constantly evolving field
  • moment is for Indian companies to take on high-level jobs that require creativity and language skills such as research and design, while China takes the low-level BPO
  • The most controversial aspect of outsourcing is the fact that it seems to threaten the supply of good jobs in the U.S.
  • Americans dread outsourcing
  • Michelle L on 24 Oct 11
     
    Outsourcing in America
Sam V

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Mhs-1 worldstudies virtual_communication

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  • Next spring, he will offer UPG students a course he's designed called Theater Technology.
  • Students will learn various technological skills including creating digital audio and attending and participating in virtual performances.
  • virtual textbook he's creating will eliminate the excuse: "I lost my book."
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  • And it's becoming a popular site for college classrooms.
  • Chiarulli said her students will visit underwater sites and take tours on a Second Life island.
  • Chiarulli already teaches online distance learning courses involving video clips, audio recordings and textbooks. The Second Life class is an expansion of technology in the classroom.
  • He said the site will help students become comfortable with navigating 3-D worlds, which he anticipates may have applications in many different fields. "I think it has tremendous potential as a learning tool," he said.
  • "It's like The Sims," she said, referring to a popular online community game, "but a lot more complicated. "You meet new people, and you definitely develop skills."
Jasmine J

The Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace | Whole Building Design Guide - 0 views

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  • Jasmine J on 31 Oct 11
     
    This explains how virtual communication makes the business world a "lean enterprise" and details on how almost every aspect of running a company has changed because of the internet.
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