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Mark Hennessy

New Thinker's Index test - 0 views

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thinking thinker intelligence quiz index test disposition

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  • Mark Hennessy on 07 Nov 11
     
    Take the test and compare your results with other famous and not so famous people. Inform each other of what you look like as a 'thinker'.
tmps tmps

Great Wall of China - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 12 views

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shared by tmps tmps on 19 Apr 10 - Cached
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 19 Apr 10
       
      Add questions
    • Vince McCafferty
      Vince McCafferty on 19 Apr 10
       
      I bet it took lots of cement to put it together
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 19 Apr 10
       
      I wonder what that looked like
    • Sue McDonald
      Sue McDonald on 19 Apr 10
       
      where was it built?
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC.
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      not much left eh?
    • raniferns
      raniferns on 19 Apr 10
       
      Massive
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      ok
  • ...28 more annotations...
  • didn't see it.[4]
    • Multivac 11
      Multivac 11 on 19 Apr 10
       
      So you can't see it from space!
    • joel_aarons
      joel_aarons on 19 Apr 10
       
      So he says!
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Apr 10
       
      This certainly suggests it is a great urban myth!
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      Of course you can't see it,imagine how relatively thin it would look from space.
  • The Great Wall stands 5 people wide and 20 people high
  • The current wall was built during the Ming Dynasty
    • purple lephant
      purple lephant on 19 Apr 10
       
      How long was the Ming Dynasty?
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Apr 10
       
      Was it named after someone? When was it in relation to other eras? eg middle ages
    • Sue McDonald
      Sue McDonald on 19 Apr 10
       
      Ming dynasty was 1368- 1644
    • Multivac 11
      Multivac 11 on 19 Apr 10
  • he first was built in the 5th century BC
    • John Obuch
      John Obuch on 19 Apr 10
       
      I wonder what it looked like?
  • The first was built in the 5th century BC.
    • Vicki Dunn
      Vicki Dunn on 19 Apr 10
       
      How long ago was that?
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      a long time
  • Neil Armstrong
  • enemy attacks
  • The First Emperor of China started the Qin Dynasty
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Apr 10
       
      What year was this? How many dynasties were there?
  • Little of this wall remains
    • sheryl ecker
      sheryl ecker on 19 Apr 10
       
      Why is so little left?
    • Sue McDonald
      Sue McDonald on 19 Apr 10
       
      it was the rabbits.
  • Builders used materials nearby so some parts of the wall were made out of mud, straw, and twigs
    • John Obuch
      John Obuch on 19 Apr 10
       
      How did they do it?
    • corinne mcgaffin
      corinne mcgaffin on 19 Apr 10
       
      maybe it was created by the same aliens that built the pyramids!?!
    • corinne mcgaffin
      corinne mcgaffin on 19 Apr 10
       
      Does anyone have a picture or link to pictures of the Chinese emperors?
  • The First Emperor of China started the Qin Dynasty
  • Qin Dynasty
    • joel_aarons
      joel_aarons on 19 Apr 10
       
      Pronounced "Chin"
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      But is it Die nasty or Din asty
  • Thousands of workers lost their lives from giant falling stones, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and starvation.
    • Vicki Dunn
      Vicki Dunn on 19 Apr 10
       
      Which animals?
    • sheryl ecker
      sheryl ecker on 19 Apr 10
       
      probably the rabbits!
  • The wall begins at Shanhai Pass and ends in Lop Nur.
    • Jessica Patti
      Jessica Patti on 19 Apr 10
       
      Does anyone know a good map where a could locate these places?
    • Multivac 11
      Multivac 11 on 19 Apr 10
       
      Google earth
  • Great Wall of China
    • Dale McInerney
      Dale McInerney on 19 Apr 10
       
      Can you see it from space?
  • 6400 kilometres
    • alvina Lim
      alvina Lim on 19 Apr 10
       
      That's incredible. Imagine the hard work put into it...
    • btwopae
      btwopae on 19 Apr 10
       
      same for the pyramids
  • Thousands of workers lost their lives from giant falling stones, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and starvation.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Apr 10
       
      I wonder if these were paid workers, volunteers, slaves??
  • of China started the Qin Dynasty
    • julie jellis
      julie jellis on 19 Apr 10
       
      cool
  • The workers who lost their lives were buried in the Great Wall.
  • stretching approximately 6400 kilometres long
  • China
  • China
  • During the Ming Dynasty, major reconstruction work took place, where sections of the Wall were built with bricks and stone instead of earth.
  • most famous wal
  • During the Ming Dynasty, major reconstruction work took place, where sections of the Wall were built with bricks and stone instead of earth.
  • The First Emperor
  • farther north than th
Marita Thomson

Visual Storytelling: New Language for the Information Age | Brain Pickings - 1 views

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storytelling language digital_storytelling visual_literacy visualisation brainpickings

shared by Marita Thomson on 03 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Marita Thomson on 03 Jul 12
     
    Visual Storytelling: Inspiring a New Visual Language, from the fine folks at Gestalten, gathers the most compelling work by a new generation of designers, illustrators, graphic editors, and data journalists tackling the grand sensemaking challenge of our time by pushing forward the evolving visual vocabulary of storytelling.
Tom March

One in 8 Million - New York Characters in Sound and Images - 3 views

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Learning to Look Collections Photograph NY Times

shared by Tom March on 05 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Tom March on 05 Jan 10
     
    The New York Times
Tom March

TED | Talks | Tags - 0 views

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Collections TedTalks

shared by Tom March on 18 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Tom March on 18 Apr 09
     
    Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. View the entire collection by tag / topic.
Tom March

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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TedTalks Ken Robinson Creativity Schools

shared by Tom March on 18 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Tom March on 18 Apr 09
     
  • Tom March on 18 Apr 09
     
    Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? - Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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