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Michelle Krill

Teaching students 21st-century skills - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 16 Mar 09 - Cached
  • IF STUDENTS are to succeed in today's complex economy, they need to know more than just English, math, science, and history. They also need a range of analytic and workplace skills.
  • Mastering those skills means learning how to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, use the Internet to do research, and communicate clearly and effectively.
  • Students also need to be responsible and accountable, to be up on the news, and to have a workable knowledge of economics and business.
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  • Now, this is a report some skeptics might well dismiss as another attempt to reinvent the educational wheel.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 16 Mar 09
       
      What's so bad about reinventing the educational wheel?
  • From IT to business etiquette to networking to preparing a resume to little things like having a proper handshake and making appropriate small talk, Oliver says she's learning how to conduct herself in the business world.
Marge Runkle

Tasty Data Goodies - Swivel - 0 views

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shared by Marge Runkle on 14 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Marge Runkle on 14 Nov 09
     
    Swivel features more than 15,000 data sets for users to play with in various categories ranging from Economics to Health to Technology. From the data, users have created hundreds of thousands of graphs, charts and infographics, including the one below that visualizes the amount of rainfall in California since 1870. You can get started by copying and pasting your data or uploading an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file to the site. Once you've create your visualization, you can embed it anywhere on the web.\n
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