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Duane Sharrock

Bringing the world to innovation - MIT News Office - 0 views

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shared by Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s
  • D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people in the world’s least-affluent countries — and then hoped those residents would embrace the solutions.
  • thanks to a major new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant to D-Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, D-Lab’s instructors and researchers will implement this strategy even more broadly — providing greater continuity to projects around the world, says D-Lab founder Amy Smith, a senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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  • Awareness of D-Lab has grown in recent years, thanks in part to some prominent mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s selection of her in 2010 as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
  • The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major reason why participating students chose to attend MIT.
  • with the new USAID support, “we can harness the alumni of IDDS as a kind of an extremely diverse and dispersed design consultancy,”
  • While some students have already managed to turn class projects into ongoing organizations — building better water filters in Africa, bicycle-powered washing machines in Latin America, and wheelchairs in India, for instance — the new funding should enable more such activities, Smith says, by “incubating ventures and training entrepreneurs.”
  • The emphasis has shifted,” Grau Serrat says, “more from designing for poor people to designing with poor people, or even design by poor people.”
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    Another reason some students are applying to MIT. Undergrads are making a difference globally. "the innovative MIT classes and field trips known collectively as D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people in the world's least-affluent countries - and then hoped those residents would embrace the solutions." "The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major reason why participating students chose to attend MIT." "All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    "All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
David Ellena

9 Warning Signs an Employee Needs to be Let Go | - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 29 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Nine Warning Signs an Employee Needs to be Let Go
  • 1. Things don’t improve with a change of scenery - Maybe it’s the relationship with their boss, certain peers, or the nature of the work has changed and the employee is struggling to perform at his best. Whatever the reason, moving the employee to another role or department can get him back on track.
  • 2. You feel like you have to walk on eggshells around the employee
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  • Don’t underestimate the destructive power of a toxic, unpredictable employee.
  • 3. Emotional instability
  • If you have an employee that demonstrates severe emotional mood swings on the job and in their relationships with others, you need to pursue the proper legal and ethical guidelines in dealing with him to provide the support he needs.
  • 4. Trouble fitting into the company culture
  • 5. Blames others, makes excuses, and challenges authority
  • Troubled employees will often challenge authority by trying to lay the blame at the boss’ feet by saying things like “You should have done this…” or “You didn’t address that problem…” or whatever the case may be.
  • 6. Distorts or manipulates the truth
  • 7. Unseen gaps in performance
  • Maybe it’s sloppy work, not following correct procedures, or even worse, being intentionally deceptive or unethical. Be careful, things may not always be as they seem.
  • 8. A trail of broken relationships
  • A person may be a high-performer in the tasks of his job, but if he can’t get along with other people and has a history of damaging relationships with colleagues, eventually there will come a point where his contributions are outweighed by the damage and drama he creates.
  • 9. Passive-aggressive behavior
  • David Ellena on 29 Jan 14
     
    When it is time to say good bye.
Don Lourcey

Tapscott: Digital natives need tech-rich education | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNe... - 1 views

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shared by Don Lourcey on 28 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Educators should change the way they view technology's role in everyday life in order to understand students' educational needs,
    • Don Lourcey
      Don Lourcey on 28 Apr 10
       
      What changes need to be in place in order to increase this new understanding of technology's role in life and learning?
David Ellena

Our Future Will Not Look Like Our Present | Evolving Educators - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 01 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • we are in an educational transition that requires change.
  • Reading and Writing
  • students need to be technical readers. They need to learn how to comprehend complex text and be able to write it too.
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  • Technology Integration
  • Within this integration students and adults need to learn to be Digital Citizens.
  • What are lessons in education and the events of the world we live in? They are a series of problems requiring solutions.
  • Collaboration
  • This is how social media has become so popular and the way many companies now do business.
  • Problem Solving
  • Being able to collaborate with people is essential.
  • Self-Reflection
  • David Ellena on 01 Jan 14
     
    Some things to think about as education moves forward
Don Lourcey

Critical Need for Genuine School Reform - 1 views

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shared by Don Lourcey on 20 Mar 10 - No Cached
  • Don Lourcey on 20 Mar 10
     
    Compelling data on the nature of US schools versus the rest of the word and the radical change agents that need to be in place
David Ellena

Doing Less, Leading More - Ed Batista - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 05 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Our first accomplishments as professionals are usually rooted in our skill as individual contributors. In most fields we add value in the early stages of our careers by getting things done.
  • Instead simply doing more, sustaining our success as leaders requires us to redefine how we add value.
  • Continuing to rely on our abilities as individual contributors greatly limits what we actually contribute and puts us at a disadvantage to peers who are better able to mobilize and motivate others. In other words we need to do less and lead more.
  • David Ellena on 05 Jan 14
     
    As educational leaders, we need to make sure we are LEADING
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Duane Sharrock

Sexual harassment in the gaming world: a real life problem for female gamers. - Slate M... - 0 views

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  • Duane Sharrock on 13 Aug 12
     
    Another reason females might be under-counted or underrepresented as "gamers." From the article: This is something I've heard plenty: Oh, these are just misguided kids. But according to the Entertainment Software Association, the average gamer is more than 30 years old, and 68 percent of gamers are over the age of 18. So to chalk all of this ugliness up to immature boys who just need to "grow up" does nothing but turn a blind eye to the very real problem-a problem that leads some young women to avoid voice communications, hide their gender in their profiles, or give up on online gaming altogether.
David Ellena

9 #EdTech Problems You're Facing - Getting Smart by Greg Garner - EdTech, Innovation, m... - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 02 May 14
     
    Our teachers need leadership in these areas now
Don Lourcey

Free Technology for Teachers: Every Principal Needs A Blog! - 4 views

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shared by Don Lourcey on 12 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Are you proud of your school? Do you have students who are doing newsworthy things in class and in co-curricular activities? Do you have some great teachers who engage students in ways you never thought of? Would you like to improve communication with parents and the community?
David Ellena

Life of an Educator: The types of leaders we need in education... - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 05 Jan 15
     
    What type of leader do you want to be?
David Ellena

Let's Grow Leaders | Real Leaders, Better Business | 6 Reasons Your Team Yearns For Aut... - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 25 Aug 14
     
    Some reasons your team needs authentic leadership
David Ellena

Life of an Educator: 6 things we need to stop saying in #education... - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 09 Sep 14
     
    GREAT blog on changing our thought process as leaders. #'s 1&3 I will never use again
David Ellena

4 senses of character-based leadership | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs - 1 views

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shared by David Ellena on 07 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • 4 senses of character-based leadership
  • Sense of mission:
  • Without accomplishment, there is no need for a leader. Leadership implies motion. Motion without direction is wasted.
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  • If there is no urgency, if the thing can be done “whenever,” then there is little need for leadership.
  • Sense of urgency:
  • Sense of responsibility: Responsibility is the understanding not only that something must be done, but also that you must do it.
  • Sense of service: If your mission serves only yourself or a small crowd, you have no chance of becoming a great leader.
  • David Ellena on 07 Jan 14
     
    How does your leadership incorporate these traits?
David Ellena

Everything You Need to Know About Giving Negative Feedback - Sarah Green - Harvard Busi... - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 14 Jul 14
     
    Some great advice on giving constructive criticism
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