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"As the cyclical and seemingly never ending debate about education rages on, the topic - somewhat ironically, often poses more questions than it provides answers. But what is the value of mainstream schooling? Why is it that some of the most high profile and successful figures within the Western world openly admit to never having completed any form of higher learning? Paying homage to Jefferson Bethke's "Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus", a piece that received 22 million views in the space of a week, I address a number of these issues in my offering "Why I Hate School, but Love Education". With scores of school leavers wanting to further their education with no guarantee of their dream job at the end of it, we should ask ourselves whether qualifications still hold the same value now as they did in previous years? Does success in the school system correlate to success in life? Or is the school system simply geared towards fact retention and regurgitation? What is true education? @sulibreaks universityofsulibreaks.tumblr.com Director: @KevinNgongo www.youtube.com/kevinngongo Graphics: www.mikegallardodesigns.com Music: Sunshine: Surface Of The Sun - John Murphy - Adagio in D Minor"

"Clerics in the UAE have deemed a colony on Mars as being un-Islamic They argue that trying to live there would be akin to committing suicide Killing oneself is strictly forbidden in Islam, according to the Quran The ruling came after Mars One announced a 2025 mission to Mars So far around 500 Saudis and Arabs have volunteered to take part in it"

The reality is that they are two different products with many similarities. They appeal to different target audiences with the same end game in mind.  Even Jeff Janer, co-founder of Springpad wrote that once on Quora.  He's not really trying to compete against Evernote - but now, with Evernote's latest kung-fu moves (Android update, New web interface, social media sharing, and desktop redux), there's so many striking similarities. Both apps, I believe have their place with a specific segment in the note-taking-remember-everything space.  Evernote has been pushing educational, photographer & visual arts, musicians use cases in a big way.  Springpad has been really amping up their usefulness when shopping, cooking, sharing bookmarks, and of course, it's overall usefulness in sharing notes with the world.

"As a child, that's your little space within the house," Mr. Mollison said. Mr. Mollison's new book, "Where Children Sleep," had its origins in a project undertaken for a children's charity several years ago. As he considered how to represent needy children around the world, he wanted to avoid the common devices: pleading eyes, toothless smiles. When he visualized his own childhood, he realized that his bedroom said a lot about what sort of life he led. So he set out to find others.

Inside: "In an economony increasingly shaped by neoliberal reform, the conditions of children everywhere are deteriorating. Makret logics supported by translational bodies, networks, constituents, and policies - such as the UM, the World Bank/IMF, the WTO, and the World Economic Forum and the World Water Forum - bear out such outcomes (Goldman 2006, 2006; Goodman, 2011; Kloby, 2004). This economy helps shape policies and interaction in al spaces, including public schools in the US. When it comes to schools children are often silenced further by the gutting of school budgets, unequal funding, racial sorting/segretaion/violence, sexual harassment...targeted cuts to ESL and SE programs, and overal privatization. Given their vulnerabilities, for children to have any chance to succeed there muust be a significant shift in thinking among the public. The CRC must be debated in the US inlcuding a discussion of its problems and promise/potential. The US must ratify an improved version fo the CRC, live up to iy, and other nations must too... Public schools could be the forum where these conversations begin. Regrettably, many are unfamiliar with this convention and/or are unaware of its existence."

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A blank piece of paper represents life itself, and what you do on that blank paper represents how you interact with other people and with life around you. 

"CREATING EQUITY: INQUIRY & ART MAKING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE"

"One of the moons of Saturn has turned out to be another possible habitat for extraterrestrial microbes after scientists have discovered that it possesses a large ocean of water beneath its icy surface. Measurements of gravity fluctuations around Enceladus taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft indicate that there is an underground ocean of melted water at the moon's south pole which may be the source of dramatic vapour plumes seen at its surface."

Challenges: several factors shown in the model that defined challenges in learning environment according to the teachers' perceptions. They had shared that, they have limited content on ICT based materials to apply and implement in the learning environment. These also included the lack of digital resources suitable for special needs learners, the non-digitalized assessment and tasks. Moreover, the elements of interactivity are limited in the learning environment. In terms of connection, the space and the facilities for special education is still limited. Moreover, it has been assumed that the special needs learners had limited confidence to use the ICT facilities and to operate it. The teachers felt that they could not the ICT facilities in learning because they lacked the skill and experience to operate the ICT facilities. "Although access to ICT is not a problem; teachers felt they lack the necessary skills to integrate ICT"(Ngah & Masood, 2006, p. 238). The government has provided the facilities, however, the teachers are unable to utilise it. Benefits In term of benefits of a blended learning environment, the teachers felt that ICT will give them the opportunity to enhance their computer literacy skills. They might only know what it is, but they can learn and use it in their teaching. Moreover, it wills build-up teacher creativity to build their own learning environment that suits the students. For example, the animation project helped the special needs students to learn a new skill and enhance their attention and motivation (Yusof & Aziz, 2010; Yusof & Song, 2010). According to previous research by Mayer & Moreno (2002), Mayer's principle had shown the benefit of using the multimedia as the tool help enhance student engagement. He also stated the guideline to ensure the suitable elements in the multimedia content (Mayer & Moreno, 2002; Yusof & Aziz, 2010). The use of ICT helps them to minimize the use of paper, and the activities on a computer ca