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I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Sarah Hanawald on 07 Sep 08 - Cached
  • The current generation is never unconnected. They’re never losing touch with their friends. So we’re going back to a more normal place, historically. If you look at human history, the idea that you would drift through life, going from new relation to new relation, that’s very new. It’s just the 20th century.”
  • Sarah Hanawald on 07 Sep 08
     
    This last page captures something I've been thinking--that privacy is actual the abnormal state. We're meant to have connections we can't escape.
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Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 08 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Above all, they say, partners must come together and agree not just on common goals, but shared ways to measure success towards those goals. They must communicate on a regular basis. And there must be a “backbone” organization that is focused full-time on managing the partnership.
  • war rooms” in each school. Teachers have meetings every two weeks, where they closely monitor students’ progress
  • the network can engage in continuous learning based on evidence.
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  • In education, data has traditionally been used for punitive purposes, not for improvement
  • “The key to making a partnership work is setting a common vision and finding a common language. You can’t let people get focused on ideological or political issues,” says Edmondson. “You need a common language to bring people together and that language is the data.”
  • Demetri Orlando on 08 Mar 11
     
    a lot of these ideas apply to any change management endeavor
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More Medical Schools Are Screening Applicants Closely for People Skills - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 11 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 11 Jul 11
     
    Medical school entrance criteria include a "speed dating" style of interviewing to assess for teamwork and problem solving skills
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