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Erin Tregloan

Stick Out Your Tongue - 0 views

www.thechildrenshospital.org/...10651.aspx

senses tongue health science

shared by Erin Tregloan on 19 May 10 - Cached
  • Erin Tregloan on 19 May 10
     
    This site is a great jumping point for students looking for essential questions about the five senses. Not only does it explain how the tongue works, but it also gives a lot of other fun facts that will lead to more questions.
Joe Scott

The Solar Cooking Archive - 0 views

www.solarcooking.org

solar cooking

shared by Joe Scott on 20 May 10 - Cached
  • Joe Scott on 20 May 10
     
    Everything a researcher needs to know about solar cooking. It is recommended that a researcher visits the "Frequently-asked questions" section.
Michelle Mellis

Ask Earl for Kids - 0 views

kids.yahoo.com/ask_earl

ask question education students

shared by Michelle Mellis on 20 May 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Mellis on 20 May 10
     
    This is part of www.kids.yahoo.com which allows students to ask Earl specific questions of interest.
C Clausen

The End Of Work As You Know It - 0 views

www.businessweek.com/...b4047426.htm

shared by C Clausen on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • They're going to change where we work, how we work, and even the nature of work itself. Already the changes are coming fast and furious.
  • telepresence systems,
  • videoconferencing
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  • She fields his calls, rerouted via Cisco's phone system; arranges meetings; and even can overhear his phone conversations to anticipate his needs. "Marthin and I haven't missed a beat," says Hooshmand, who can see into De Beer's office through her own screen in Texas. As she waves down another San Jose (Calif.) colleague walking by, from 1,600 miles away, it's hard not to believe her.
  • "The line between our customers and our staff continues to blur."
  • It's an emerging dynamic variously dubbed mass collaboration, peer production, or crowdsourcing
  • Seriosity, a startup that's beginning to use game psychology in business applications: "Enterprises will steal sensibilities from games and virtual worlds and embed them into business."
  • Amazon is creating an on-demand workforce for companies that can't afford to hire staff for such quick or ephemeral jobs.
  • Turkers
  • b, "this is a more virtual, self-managed ecosystem.
  • digital technology will transform work into a global supply chain of talent to carry out carefully programmed tasks on demand.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      Much like the industrialization of America turned to mass construction of goods Ford and the idea of the assembly line but this takes it to a whole different level
  • "A job is a bundle of privileges and obligations,"
  • "Digital technology has allowed us to break up that bundle" and reassemble it into "mass-customized jobs," he adds, as they fit our skills, the work to be done, and the goals of the companies we're working for.
  • All that raises a fundamental question about technology's ultimate impact on workers. Will this be a new world of empowered individuals encased in a bubble of time-saving technologies? Or will it be a brave new world of virtual sweatshops, where all but a tech-savvy few are relegated to an always-on world in which keystrokes, contacts, and purchases are tracked and fed into the faceless corporate maw?
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      BINGO... THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
  • it can't change human nature. "A
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      I'm not sure if I agree with that, human nature has already begun to change...
  • "aren't going to be a substitute for face-to-face interaction."
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      Really, hasn't it already?
C Clausen

UDL Goal Setter: Tools & Activities: Teaching Every Student - 0 views

www.cast.org/...udlgoalsetter.cfm

Goal Setting teaching udl Walden University essential questions

shared by C Clausen on 23 Sep 10 - Cached
  • The key is to design a goal that represents the true purpose of the learning activity.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 23 Sep 10
       
      Educational focus for all learners...if the goal is CLEAR, than you know where you need to go, the trick is figuring out a way to make it possible for ALL students to accomplish this goal.
  • confuses means and ends.
  • Only when the essential learning purpose is clear can we determine the educational focus for all learners.
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  • alternative pathways and scaffolds can be used to meet diverse learning needs
Sean Wybrant

The Philadelphia Zoo Creatures: An exhibit of endangered animals (sort of) - 0 views

www.philadelphiazoo.org/creatures

education endangered animals resource plastic Philadelphia zoo

shared by Sean Wybrant on 20 May 10 - Cached
  • Sean Wybrant on 20 May 10
     
    This may be the only way to see some of the animals on the endangered species list in the near future. It is a scary thought, and the fact that an exhibit of plastic is a featured exhibit at a zoo makes one really question the world we live in.
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