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InfoWhelm and Information Fluency (02:09) - 0 views

www.tubechop.com/1667079 infowhelm information
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 20 Nov 13
     
    Clip to show at Diigo presentation.
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e-Learning Infographics - 0 views

elearninginfographics.com/teach-kids-to-code-infographic infographic
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 05 Nov 13
     
    Use with innovations classes for examples for Infographics.
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Why entrepreneurs have an edge over governments in shaping global development - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...-will-shape-global-development entrepreneurs Innovation
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  • this innovation has so much power to change the world simply because nearly one half of all diseases around the world can be traced back to pathogens in polluted water supplies. Using approximately the same power required to power a hair dryer, it’s now possible to provide clean drinking water every day in nearly any community in the world.
  • tech philanthropy
  • We traditionally think about solving the world’s most intractable problems — providing clean drinking water, eradicating disease, and feeding the world’s growing billions — as being so immense that only the most powerful governments and multilateral institutions could solve them. But that may not be the case
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  • Coca-Cola that plans to bring the Slingshot — in addition to electricity and free Internet — to over 20 countries and more than 1,000 communities around the globe by 2015
  • it may turn out to be that the modern tech philanthropists and social entrepreneurs are like the tiny David armed only with a slingshot against a massive Goliath. Instead of looking for a complex and sophisticated solution to these problems — or assuming that the disadvantages in the fight to solve humanity’s problems were just too great to even try —  it may turn out that all we needed was a bit of tech-agility and a Slingshot.
  • e Slingshot water purification system invented by Dean Kamen —
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Teaching Brainstorming - 1 views

inventors.about.com/...creativity_2.htm inventive thinking
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 04 Oct 13
     
    Great resource for our innovations class!
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Consensus Decision Making | Red Cedar Learning Cooperative - 1 views

redcedarlearningcoop.org/...consensus-decision-making consensus decision making
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 11 Sep 13
     
    For innovations group decisions
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Assessment Tools | NWP Digital Is - 0 views

digitalis.nwp.org/610 assessment
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 18 Jul 13
     
    Assessment of digital media
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amabile creativity - Google Search - 0 views

www.google.com/search creative problem solving
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 05 Jul 13
     
    To print
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Creating Innovators » - 1 views

creatinginnovators.com innovations
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 05 Jul 13
     
    This book is a must-read!
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Amazon.com: instant challenges: Books - 0 views

www.amazon.com/...ref=nb_sb_noss_1 instant challenges
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 13 May 13
     
    DI's Instant Challenge CD $49
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Promising Practices June 2011 * Adams Five-Star School District, Thornton (2 of 3, Stud... - 1 views

vimeo.com/29349200 Inquiry Quest
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 28 Apr 13
     
    Here is the project from the student / parent perspective.
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Inquiry Quest - 1 views

issuu.com/...iry_quest_assessment_resources inquiry quest innovations
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 28 Apr 13
     
    These student pages for Inquiry Quest are available only for Colorado schools, but I think we can make our own to suit our purposes.  I like the way it guides the process along so clearly.
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Promising Practices June 2011 * Adams Five-Star School District, Thornton (3 of 3, Teac... - 1 views

vimeo.com/29410687 innovations
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  • Kathy Laffoon on 28 Apr 13
     
    Great video for understanding our class!
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