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Martha Hickson

Why America's obsession with STEM education is dangerous - The Washington Post - 14 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html

advocacy STEM writing liberal_arts

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  • Martha Hickson on 30 Mar 15
     
    "No matter how strong your math and science skills are, you still need to know how to learn, think and even write. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (and the owner of this newspaper), insists that his senior executives write memos, often as long as six printed pages, and begins senior-management meetings with a period of quiet time, sometimes as long as 30 minutes, while everyone reads the "narratives" to themselves and makes notes on them. In an interview with Fortune's Adam Lashinsky, Bezos said: "Full sentences are harder to write. They have verbs. The paragraphs have topic sentences. There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.""
amby kdp

A Curious Mind: Foster Your Creative Potential For Better Life: Megan Coulter: 97815123... - 0 views

www.amazon.com/...ref=sr_1_4

#curiosity #acuriousmind #curiousmindbook #curious #curiousmind #curiouspeople #selfhelp #books

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  • amby kdp on 08 Mar 16
     
    A Curious Mind: Foster Your Creative Potential For Better Life [Megan Coulter] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Curious Mind - Quiet The Power Of Introverts The book “A Curious Minds – Foster Your Creative Potential For Better Life” introduces you to persistent
Child Therapy

Friendly And Highly Skilled Therapist - 1 views

My eldest daughter who is now eight years old used to be very confident and lively both at home and in school. But lately, I noticed that she was just quiet though her playmates made unnecessary no...

started by Child Therapy on 29 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
puzznbuzzus

How to Prepare Aptitude Test for Competitive Exams - 0 views

Practice as many questions before your assessment. The more psychometric aptitude test questions you practice the more your speed, accuracy and confidence will improve. Improving these factors will...

Aptitude Test Online

started by puzznbuzzus on 23 Feb 17 no follow-up yet
kathleen johnson

Ideal Library - 14 views

I am working on something similar, a potential article for SLJ. I can send a draft in about a week if you are interested.

started by Jean Bruce on 23 Nov 10 3 follow-ups, last by kathleen johnson on 25 Nov 10
Robin Cicchetti

SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology | The Guardian - 20 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...sxsw-2011-internet-online

technology gamification Web 3.

shared by Robin Cicchetti on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • His take on the education system, for example, is that it is a badly designed game: students compete for good grades, but lose motivation when they fail. A good game, by contrast, never makes you feel like you've failed: you just progress more slowly. Instead of giving bad students an F, why not start all pupils with zero points and have them strive for the high score?
    • Robin Cicchetti
      Robin Cicchetti on 20 Mar 11
       
      How can this idea be applied to information skills and school libraries?
  • a consultant on cyber-crimefighting speaks with undisguised joy about how much information the police could glean from Facebook, in order to infiltrate communities where criminals might lurk. Asked about privacy concerns, she replies: "Yeah – we'll have to keep an eye on that."
  • Until recently, the debate over "digital distraction" has been one of vested interests: authors nostalgic for the days of quiet book-reading have bemoaned it, while technology zealots have dismissed it. But the fusion of the virtual world with the real one exposes both sides of this argument as insufficient, and suggests a simpler answer: the internet is distracting if it stops you from doing what you really want to be doing; if it doesn't, it isn't.
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  • "we were not meant to operate as computers do," Schwartz says. "We are meant to pulse."
  • "the dictator's dilemma".
  • Robin Cicchetti on 20 Mar 11
     
    Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.
  • Robin Cicchetti on 20 Mar 11
     
    Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.
Carla Shinn

Catching Up With The Kids: Moving School Libraries Into The New Media Era - 45 views

www.teachthought.com/...braries-into-the-new-media-era

books reading research 2.0 web 2.0 cool tools

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  • Carla Shinn on 22 Apr 13
     
    Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and study - not to mention the wealth of carefully organized stories, articles, reference materials and other information for students to use whenever they need it. It's no secret that the library is essentially a campus warehouse for media products. Trouble is, media is changing....
  • islandlibrary on 25 Apr 13
     
    I heard that a lot of school libraries closed recently. That's too bad. Maybe this could help school libraries alive.
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