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Aaron Shaw

Contrarian Investor Predicts Economic Crash in China - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...08chanos.html

nytimes History education teaching Economy China

shared by Aaron Shaw on 15 Jan 10 - Cached
  • As most of the world bets on China to help lift the global economy out of recession, Mr. Chanos is warning that China’s hyperstimulated economy is headed for a crash, rather than the sustained boom that most economists predict.
    • Aaron Shaw
      Aaron Shaw on 15 Jan 10
       
      How will the Chinese economic crash effect the world economy?
  • “Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses,” he said in a recent appearance on CNBC. “And there’s no bigger credit excess than in China.”
  • Mr. Chanos, 51, whose hedge fund, Kynikos Associates, based in New York, has $6 billion under management, is hardly the only skeptic on China. But he is certainly the most prominent and vocal.
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  • Most economists and governments expect Chinese growth momentum to continue this year, buoyed by what remains of a $586 billion government stimulus program that began last year, meant to lift exports and consumption among Chinese consumers.
  • Mr. Chanos often responds to critics of short-selling by pointing to the critical role they played in identifying problems at Enron, Boston Market and other “financial disasters” over the years.
  • Aaron Shaw on 15 Jan 10
     
    "James S. Chanos built one of the largest fortunes on Wall Street by foreseeing the collapse of Enron and other highflying companies whose stories were too good to be true."
Kathleen N

charity: water - 0 views

www.charitywater.org/index.htm

charity servicelearning

shared by Kathleen N on 12 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Kathleen N on 12 Jul 09
     
    There is a great service learning opportunity here. The founder was profiled in the NYTimes today by Kristof http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/opinion/12kristof.html?ref=opinion
Demetri Orlando

You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...30privacy.html

privacy gps nytimes

shared by Demetri Orlando on 30 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Pachube
  • reality mining
  • It also noticed that middle-income people — as determined by ZIP code data — tended to order cabs more often just before market downturns.
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  • the researchers determined that face-to-face communication was far more important to an organization’s work than was generally believed.Productivity improved 30 percent with an incremental increase in face-to-face communication
  • Demetri Orlando on 30 Nov 08
     
    some interesting examples of how cell phones/gps are being used in the field of "collective intelligence." I suspect some of this could be applied to a PBL project. (e.g. have students use pachube to contribute data)
anonymous

Guest Lesson | For Authentic Learning, Start With Real Problems - NYTimes.com - 0 views

learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...rning-start-with-real-problems

PBL

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  • anonymous on 20 Nov 12
     
    "For Authentic Learning, Start With Real Problems" - Suzie Boss 
Kathleen N

Learning Visualized NYTimes.com - 26 views

learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...aphics-a-student-project-model

infographics teaching Social_Studies pbl

shared by Kathleen N on 27 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Kathleen N on 03 Jul 11
     
    infographics unit
Demetri Orlando

At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...13physics.html

mit lecture

shared by Demetri Orlando on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • In these institutions, physicists have been pioneering teaching methods drawn from research showing that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully, and are better able to apply them, through interactive, collaborative, student-centered learning.
  • students sit at 13 round tables equipped with networked computers.
Adam Babcock

Seeking Your Reflections on 9/11 - NYTimes.com - 0 views

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/...eeking-your-reflections-on-911

911 history youtube video PBL

shared by Adam Babcock on 07 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Adam Babcock on 07 Sep 11
     
    NYT and YouTube team up to document reflections on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11.
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