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Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 21 Jan 09 - Cached
  • the leader has not set clear objectives or an agenda, and didn’t assign pre-meeting preparation tasks.
  • it is certain that every organization has too many meetings, and far too many poorly designed ones
  • Whoever calls a meeting should be explicit about its objectives.
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  • After productive or unproductive meetings, assign credit or blame to the person in charge.
  • many meetings serve a cultural function, allowing participants to renew social connections, establish relationships, verify the social order and deepen a sense of belonging
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Obama's inauguration: Class rules the streets of D.C. - Posted - 0 views

network.nationalpost.com/...-rules-the-streets-of-d-c.aspx obama inauguration web2.0
shared by Sarah Hanawald on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Obama's inauguration is providing students with the option to experience, share and report on a collection of days that are destined to be recorded for a museum or archive.
  • they were required them write their thoughts and to create a one-minute YouTube video.
  • "If you are not connected with social media, chances are you wont win the election,
  • Sarah Hanawald on 14 Jan 09
     
    Nice write up of how 11 students are going on a reporting trip from Worcester Academy in Mass to DC as reporters for their school. They will be reporting back to campus via flckr, twitter, youtube, and blogs.
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50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do | Marc and Angel Hack Life - 1 views

www.marcandangel.com/...everyone-should-know-how-to-do lifeskills
shared by Demetri Orlando on 12 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 12 Jan 09
     
    Great list of necessary life skills, runs the gamut from how to hold a baby to understanding basic computer security. Check out the video on starting a fire without matches starting a fire without matches!
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iTunes going primarily DRM free? (Update: yes, it is! 3G downloads, too) - Engadget - 0 views

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shared by Jason Ramsden on 06 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Jason Ramsden on 06 Jan 09
     
    Finally...DRM free music from the iTunes store but at a price.
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D.C.'s Kinetic Tech Czar - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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shared by Jason Ramsden on 06 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Jason Ramsden on 06 Jan 09
     
    A great article on how Web 2.0 is turning around a large urban city.
  • Jason Ramsden on 06 Jan 09
     
    Vivek Kundra, CTO for Washington, D.C., is shaking things up with Web 2.0 and his "Apps for Democracy" ideas. This is a great article on how Web 2.0 and new ideas can work at any level.
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Planning to Share versus Just Sharing at EdTechPost - 0 views

www.edtechpost.ca/...just-share-already sharing collaboration
shared by Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09
     
    grow your network by sharing, not planning to share or deciding who to share with
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Weblogg-ed - 0 views

weblogg-ed.com WillRichardson
shared by Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09 - Cached
  • The web offers a whole new way of restoring this way of learning directly from an expert rather than from an institution.
  • my continued frustration with my kids’ education which is the system’s inability to help them find and nurture the areas they truly have passion for.
  • would be nice if the institution were the place that connected my kids to the experts they desired and needed to support their learning
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  • to really change what we do in schools we have to first change our understanding of what it means to teach in this moment
  • Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09
     
    Will's reflections on the Microsoft Schools of the Future Summit has some interesting points.
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Robert Paterson's Weblog: The Rise of the Old Academy from the ashes of the University? - 1 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 03 Jan 09
     
    the only thing schools really need to do these days is help kids find their brilliance and nurture them to act on it. Anything else is just mucking things up
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One year in 40 seconds on Vimeo - 0 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 02 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 02 Jan 09
     
    nice scene of trees -- time lapsed over the seasons.
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Mogulus Live Broadcast - Watch Free Live Video and Chat - Live Stream On Your Website - 0 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 23 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 23 Dec 08
     
    broadcast your own video channel.
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Fluid Learning | the human network - 0 views

blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=94 crowdsourcing education
shared by Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08 - Cached
  • #1: Capture Everything
    • Demetri Orlando
      Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08
       
      recording is cheap lecture is expensive
  • #2: Share Everything
    • Demetri Orlando
      Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08
       
      the more it's shared, the more valuable it is
  • #3: Open Everything
    • Demetri Orlando
      Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08
       
      open-source is more flexible. embrace smart phones. web filtering is lazy
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  • #4: Only Connect
    • Demetri Orlando
      Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08
       
      connected all the time. students mentor students. expensive not in $ but in time.
  • It simply makes no sense to waste my words – literally, pouring them away – when with very little infrastructure an audio recording can be made
    • Sarah Hanawald
      Sarah Hanawald on 07 Dec 08
       
      Except that if you record everything, you end up with a new "administrative" issue-sorting, classifying, rating. . .
  • Many students will never be very computer literate,
  • the more something is shared, the more valuable it becomes.
  • Demetri Orlando on 06 Dec 08
     
    This blog post takes ratemyprofessor.com as the starting premise of a radical shift in education based on crowd-sourcing. Identifies 4 trends shifting the landscape:: connection, openness, share everything, record everything.
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YouTube - Collaborative Spreadsheet Art - 0 views

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shared by Jason Ramsden on 11 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Jason Ramsden on 11 Dec 08
     
    Talk about collaboration!
  • Jason Ramsden on 11 Dec 08
     
    This is an incredible time lapse of a festive holiday google docs spreadsheet. Simply Amazing!
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Zoetrope Web Browser - 0 views

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shared by Demetri Orlando on 07 Dec 08 - No Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 07 Dec 08
     
    slated for release in summer 2009, this web browser proposes to let you search "the historical web" and let users analyze data and info that has changed over time
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