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5 Most Inspirational Videos of 2012 | Inc.com - 0 views

  • These five short videos will remind you what's important in life and work.
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  • Welcome to KICS SharePoint!
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For Children, a Lie on Facebook Has Consequences, Study Finds - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • For Children, a Lie on Facebook Has Consequences, Study Finds
  • The key to the experiment, explained Keith W. Ross, a computer science professor at N.Y.U. and one of the authors of the study, was to first find known current students at a particular high school. A child could be found, for instance, if she was 10 years old and said she was 13 to sign up for Facebook. Five years later, that same child would show up as 18 years old – an adult, in the eyes of Facebook — when in fact she was only 15. At that point, a stranger could also see a list of her friends.
  • The key to the experiment, explained Keith W. Ross, a computer science professor at N.Y.U. and one of the authors of the study, was to first find known current students at a particular high school. A child could be found, for instance, if she was 10 years old and said she was 13 to sign up for Facebook. Five years later, that same child would show up as 18 years old – an adult, in the eyes of Facebook — when in fact she was only 15. At that point, a stranger could also see a list of her friends.
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Nov. 29 | GeekDad | Wired.com - 0 views

  • <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-88551" title="agad-logo (1)" src="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/agad-logo-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="99" /> Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle posted here.
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16 Flipped Classrooms From Around The World - 0 views

  • 16 Flipped Classrooms From Around The World
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Online Flashcards with Spaced Repetition: FlashcardDB - 0 views

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  • Free Online FlashcardsWith Spaced Repetition
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    Very cool online resource and learning tool
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Expert fears "catastrophe" as Darfur yellow fever death toll hits 107 - AlertNet - 0 views

  • “If the person has been in Khartoum for any length of time and if he has been in contact with mosquitoes, then, whether he’s been treated or not, there still is the possibility that transmission will occur,” he said. People who have yellow fever can infect mosquitoes which bite them in the early stages of the disease because they have high levels of the virus in their blood, he said. This is how viruses travel from one country to another.
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Why Kids Should Grade Teachers - Amanda Ripley - The Atlantic - 1 views

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      Quality Teaching = Quality Learning
  • Test scores can reveal when kids are not learning; they can’t reveal why.
  • In math, for example, the teachers rated most highly by students delivered the equivalent of about six more months of learning than teachers with the lowest ratings. (By comparison, teachers who get a master’s degree—one of the few ways to earn a pay raise in most schools —delivered about one more month of learning per year than teachers without one.)
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  • Why Kids Should Grade Teachers A decade ago, an economist at Harvard, Ronald Ferguson, wondered what would happen if teachers were evaluated by the people who see them every day—their students. The idea—as simple as it sounds, and as familiar as it is on college campuses—was revolutionary. And the results seemed to be, too: remarkable consistency from grade to grade, and across racial divides. Even among kindergarten students. A growing number of school systems are administering the surveys—and might be able to overcome teacher resistance in order to link results to salaries and promotions.
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  • Round Square is a worldwide association of schools which share a commitment beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility.
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Maker Faire Africa: Schoolgirls Create Urine-Powered Generator | Wired Design | Wired.com - 0 views

  • A urine-powered generator created by four teenage girls made its debut at Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    "A urine-powered generator created by four teenage girls made its debut at Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria."
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