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Jason Dillon

Sting: How I started writing songs again | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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story song community economy culture

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  • Every morning as a child, I'd watch thousands of men walk down that hill to work in the shipyard. I'd watch those same men walking back home every night. It has to be said, the shipyard was not the most pleasant place to live next door to, or indeed work in. The shipyard was noisy, dangerous, highly toxic, with an appalling health and safety record. 2:34 Despite that, the men and women who worked on those ships were extraordinarily proud of the work they did, and justifiably so. Some of the largest vessels ever constructed on planet Earth were built right at the end of my street.
  • He said, "What the hell are you gonna do?" ♪ 11:23 ♪ I said, "Anything but this!" ♪ 11:26 ♪ These dead man's boots know their way down the hill ♪ 11:29 ♪ They can walk there themselves and they probably will ♪ 11:32 ♪ But they won't walk with me ‘cause I'm off the other way ♪ 11:35 ♪ I've had it up to here, I'm gonna have my say ♪ 11:37 ♪ When all you've got left is that cross on the wall ♪ 11:40 ♪ I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all ♪ 11:43 ♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance, when your whole life is through ♪ 11:46 ♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪ 11:49 ♪ I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more disputes ♪ 11:54 ♪ And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots ♪
  • So the procession is moving at a stately pace down my street, and as it approaches my house, I start to wave my flag vigorously, and there is the Queen Mother. I see her, and she seems to see me. She acknowledges me. She waves, and she smiles. And I wave my flag even more vigorously. We're having a moment, me and the Queen Mother. She's acknowledged me. And then she's gone. 13:50 Well, I wasn't cured of anything. It was the opposite, actually. I was infected. I was infected with an idea. I don't belong in this street. I don't want to live in that house. I don't want to end up in that shipyard. I want to be in that car.
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  • there's a symbiotic and intrinsic link between storytelling and community, between community and art, between community and science and technology, between community and economics. It's my belief that abstract economic theory that denies the needs of community or denies the contribution that community makes to economy is shortsighted, cruel and untenable.
  • Jason Dillon on 30 May 14
     
    see the interactive transcript also
Jason Dillon

ePals - 0 views

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collaboration international community

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  • Jason Dillon on 01 May 14
     
    This site allows teachers to search for prospective collaborating students and teachers. You can search by age range, language spoken, academic subject, key words, geographical region, etc. In my initial attempts to look around at projects, the quality of engagement seems to be lacking in many cases. Still, there are some interesting tools if any of our students wanted to make their work accessible to this online community.
  • Jason Dillon on 01 May 14
     
    "Set Up Web 2.0 Tools and Get Started An ePals Project Workspace is created for you once your project is approved. Use the blog, Discussion forums, file exchange library, calendar, and wiki to execute your project. The workspace is private to you and your collaborative partners."
Jason Dillon

ACADEMIC SOCIAL ACTION COLLECTIVE - 1 views

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asia action

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  • Jason Dillon on 01 May 14
     
    "Service learning programs tap into the interests and needs of both the participants and the communities they serve. While these types of programs vary in terms of their content, struc- ture, and design, there are some key components found in the most effective programs, including: Formal instruction or content-based learning activities; Meaningful youth-designed or youth-initiated activities that translate knowledge to action; Reflection for personal and group growth; and Opportunities for participants to connect with his/her community and the world at large."
Jason Dillon

The Castros in Their Labyrinth - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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sustainability economics government policy politics cuba castro

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  • Allowing Cubans to sign cellphone contracts helped swell the state coffers but gave citizens a tool for information and communication. Every little move toward flexibility has provided some economic relief to the administration and, simultaneously, a relative loss of control.
  • “Raúlist reforms.” The octogenarian leader appears to know that if he speeds up change, the entire sociopolitical model could dismantle before his eyes. While he keeps delivering the same message and proclaiming that changes are “for more socialism,” the reality makes it clear that Cuba is transitioning to a sort of capitalism exempt of labor rights and civic freedom.
  • A growing number of Cubans build their own receivers to enjoy television programming from Florida. Copies of those shows, popularly known as “the package,” are distributed on USB sticks or external hard drives by clandestine networks.
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  • The television screen has always been a very effective means for government indoctrination.
  • A few days ago, the newspaper Juventud Rebelde ran a cartoon of the Statue of Liberty holding a cellphone instead of a torch. The message was clear: Information and communication technology are the tools of the enemy.
  • Yoani Sánchez, a Cuban writer, has launched the island’s first independent digital newspaper, 14ymedio.
Jason Dillon

Invitation to a Dialogue: Globalizing Wisely - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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culture globalization technology

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  • we sometimes forget that cultural differences represent profound psychological differences. The critical question for all nations is, “How can we engage globalization without losing our traditions?” For traditions are our links with the past. How do our traditions become integrated into some new worldview?At its core, globalization is not about communications technology; it’s about personal identity. It goes to the psychological foundations of a people. It is the process of realizing that wherever we come from, from now on, we are “one people” with one destiny.
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      Patrice Parks on 05 Jul 14
       
      This will make a great introduction for my ninth grade students at the beginning of the year as we launch the initial foundational learning in English in preparation for the first PBL unit. Use it to spark discussion.
  • WILLIAM V. WISHARD Lake Ridge, Va., May 27, 2014 The writer is a former trends analyst and author of “Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning.”
  • Jason Dillon on 02 Jun 14
     
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/a-global-community.html?ref=opinion This link shows reader letters in response to the original article... and the writer's reply to those letters.
Jason Dillon

visualizing.org | Data Visualizations, Challenges, Community - 0 views

visualizing.org

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  • James Linzel on 12 Feb 14
     
    A location for students to share work.....note: gapminder!
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    from James
  • Jason Dillon on 13 Feb 14
     
    I think graphic designers who work with museums to develop static or interactive displays are sometimes very good at thinking about how to represent information so it is visually appealing and helping to foster comprehension. We might reach out to people who do this type of work at some point to consult with students or to offer feedback on our students' work.
  • Jason Dillon on 13 Feb 14
     
    James--Should I assume from your note that you have seen Hans Rosling videos where he demonstrates gapminder? I think the Econ teacher in my previous school told me there was a way for students to enter their own data sets into the software; not sure.
Jason Dillon

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chemistry minecraft

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  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    "she had assigned her sophomores a project in which they were to create molecular models. And one of them had asked if he could create his in Minecraft. "
  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    I just joined this Google Group, Minecraft Teachers: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/minecraft-teachers A sampling of their resources and ongoing discussions: Lessons and Activities Looking for ideas? Want to share your curriculum? World Building Are you making your own maps? Have ideas for a lesson world? Mods Extend your game. Talk about the thousands of fun and useful mods to extend your game. Feature Requests What's on your wishlist for MinecraftEdu? What mods would you like to see to help you teach?
  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    I saved this youtube video to our SAS video server: In "Creating is Learning: Building skills and knowledge through Minecraft", David Smeaton (as part of his M.Ed program in Australia) provides an overview of beyond-game knowledge and skills that players/authors are developing in Minecraft communities. http://videonew.saschina.org/watch_video.php?v=NUA5R6GG5N2Y
Jason Dillon

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socialentrepreneurship community

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  • Jason Dillon on 29 Apr 14
     
    On this page, the Ashoka Foundation, shares information about a range of competitions/challenges, such as this: http://www.changemakers.com/play2learn
  • Jason Dillon on 29 Apr 14
     
    https://www.youthventure.org/ "Throughout, participants examine local, societal and global issues; share ideas and personal experiences; and refine plans and engage in teamwork, public speaking, and peer support. With each workshop, participants move towards a greater level of innovative and creative thinking; goal orientation; and refined problem-solving skills. Each team selects an Adult Ally, who provides mentoring and support to the team as needed."
Jason Dillon

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Design Thinking design international network

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  • Jason Dillon on 29 Apr 14
     
    "The FIDS framework cultivates the I CAN mindset that allows children to believe they are not helpless, that change is possible and they can drive it. It develops the 21st century skills and creative confidence in people empowering them to use their creative agency to design innovative solutions." http://designthinkingguide.dfcworld.com/
  • Jason Dillon on 29 Apr 14
     
    "DESIGN FOR CHANGE is the largest global movement designed to give children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world and put them into action. Children and adults learn through the Design for Change Challenge that "I Can" are the two most powerful words a person can believe. Children who have discovered this are changing their world. This year, Design for Change reaches 34 countries and over 300,000 schools inspiring hundreds of thousands of children, their teachers and parents, to celebrate the fact change is possible and that they can lead that change! The challenge asks students to do four very simple things: Feel, Imagine, Do and Share. Children are dreaming up and leading brilliant ideas all over the world, from challenging age-old superstitions in rural communities, to earning their own money to finance school computers to solving the problem of heavy school bags - children are proving that they have what it takes to be able to 'design' a future that is desired." - See more at: http://www.dfcworld.com/about.html#sthash.156lf0CC.dpuf
Jason Dillon

Paul Piff: Does money make you mean? | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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poverty economics class

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  • So what do we do? This cascade of self-perpetuating, pernicious, negative effects could seem like something that's spun out of control, and there's nothing we can do about it, certainly nothing we as individuals could do. But in fact, we've been finding in our own laboratory research that small psychological interventions, small changes to people's values, small nudges in certain directions, can restore levels of egalitarianism and empathy. For instance, reminding people of the benefits of cooperation, or the advantages of community, cause wealthier individuals to be just as egalitarian as poor people.
Jason Dillon

The Seek > Sense > Share Framework - 0 views

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collaboration community

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  • Seeking is finding things out and keeping up to date. Building a network of colleagues is helpful in this regard. It not only allows us to “pull” information, but also have it “pushed” to us by trusted sources. Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks. Sensing is how we personalize information and use it. Sensing includes reflection and putting into practice what we have learned. Often it requires experimentation, as we learn best by doing. Sharing includes exchanging resources, ideas, and experiences with our networks as well as collaborating with our colleagues. The multiple pieces of information that we capture and share can increase the frequency of serendipitous connections, especially across organizations and disciplines where real innovation happens. As Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From says; “chance favors the connected mind”.
Jason Dillon

Ten Ideas For How We Can Save the Planet | Perspectives | BillMoyers.com - 0 views

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  • We reached out to a handful of scientists, policy experts, writers and activists to ask: “If you could require America to do just one thing — any one thing — to combat climate change in 2014, what would it be?” Here’s what they said:
  • Take Action in Your CommunitiesAnnie LeonardExecutive director, Greenpeace USA; creator, The Story of StuffIf I could require Americans to do one thing, it is to get active!
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