Skip to main content

Home/ Graded 21st Century/ Contents contributed and discussions participated by Blair Peterson

Contents contributed and discussions participated by Blair Peterson

Blair Peterson

IMSOCIO - 1 views

  •  
    School organization that focuses on mapping for the community.
Blair Peterson

Students build and fly 3D-printed plane | theage.com.au - 0 views

  •  
    Graded needs a 3D printer.
Blair Peterson

A Tech Geek on Why We Need the Humanities | Input/Output | Big Think - 0 views

  • And John Seely Brown, a visionary technologist and innovation expert, argues that foregrounding the Humanities is our only hope of sustaining innovation in the United States. As physicist Michio Kaku has pointed out, the only jobs left to humans in the not-so-distant future will be those that computers can’t do – the kind that demand intuition and creative thinking.
Blair Peterson

Don't Fail Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs - 0 views

  • We polled 70,000 kids in fifth through 12th grade and found that students who are engaged, who are on the thriving end of the wellbeing scale, and who are hopeful are approximately four times more likely to qualify as financially literate than disengaged, suffering, or discouraged students.
  • A Gallup study showed that 77% of students in grades five through 12 said that they want to be their own boss, and 45% plan to start their own business. When we asked the same group if they believed they would "invent something that changes the world," 42% said "yes."
  • When Gallup-HOPE asked these kids if they were currently interning with a local business, 5% said "yes." So there are about 23 million kids in an entrepreneurial state of mind, but 95% of them aren't getting the attention they need to become entrepreneurs. However, our research also shows that if we can move that 5% up to 25%, we can change the world.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • One more key point: 30 years of Gallup data show that when people have jobs that fit their talents and when they are engaged in their work, they are much, much happier. They are also more productive, healthier, and more economically profitable. If we give talented kids what they need to launch themselves as entrepreneurs and then show them how to be engaged and what their strengths are, we can guarantee them a happier, better life.
Blair Peterson

Thiel Fellowship - 0 views

  •  
    Thiel gives young adults $100,000 to immerse themselves in their projects for 2 years. They skip college.
Blair Peterson

Why Jay Z Should be Your College Admissions Counselor - 0 views

  •  
    Maybe this isn't 21st century but it definitely is important for kids today to consider.
« First ‹ Previous 161 - 180 of 1192 Next › Last »
Showing 20 items per page