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03/06/2011
01/31/2011
Paris Review - The Art of Nonfiction No. 3, John McPhee
John Angus Mcphee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1931, attended college in his hometown, and still lives there today. He tells stories when he drives through town; memories shadow him everywhere he goes. (“I grew up all over campus,” he says. “I knew the location of every urinal and every pool table.”) McPhee’s childhood home—white-railed porch, narrow garage—still stands at 21 Maple Street. (“They haven’t changed a thing.”) A few blocks away is the gray stone building where he attended elementary school. It’s now the university’s Lewis Center for the Arts, home to the creative-writing program. (“I flunked kindergarten in the basement of that building.”) McPhee’s father worked for thirty-six years as a university physician in the McCosh Health Center. Directly next door is Guyot Hall, where John McPhee currently has his own office. It’s the same building where he worked part-time in the mid-1940s, as a teenage assistant to biologists. (“My job was killing fruit flies after they finished experiments.”)
01/23/2011
Peer-review of Marzano IWB Study
url: http://edinsanity.com/2009/06/02/marzano_part1/title: Educational Insanity » Blog Archive » “Peer-review” of Marzano’s IWB Study Report, Part I description:
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01/22/2011
ICSTM 2004 Keynote with Dr. Russell Ackoff - SystemsWiki
The following three videos are Russell Ackoff's Keynote Address at the International Conference on Systems Thinking and Management (ICSTM) in May 2004. Contents[hide]1 Part A2 Part B3 Part C4 References Part A Function of the faculty member is not to teach but to facilitate the learning of others.
01/18/2011
Getting Started With Social Media: A Resource Guide | Social Media Examiner
Getting Started With Social Media: A Resource Guide
6 Ways to Know if You're a Change Maker or Change Breaker
The leader’s innovation challenge is how to make major changes produce pragmatic results. So much is written about "innovation" that I think misses the mark on actually innovating. There are way more “great ideas” than can be done, but not enough leaders capable or willing enough to do them.
01/17/2011
Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web
We have put a lot of effort into optimizing the player to perform smoothly when in playback mode or when the user interacts with the controls. The timeline animates fluidly, and we have two different autohiding modes: ”fade” and ”slide”.
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01/15/2011
Ushahidi :: Home
Patrick Meier SpeaksOn the Power Of Volunteers The BBC Is Mappingthe London Tube Strikes Swift AppsOpensource Curation Tools crime.mapatl.comMapping Atlanta's Crime Uchaguzi.co.keMonitoring the Referendum 12345
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01/12/2011
Academic reference management software for researchers | Mendeley
GeneralCross-platformMendeley Desktop has full support for Windows, Mac, and Linux.Secure backupAny documents synced in the desktop client will be backed up on the web.Mobile devicesRead papers anywhere with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.Install on multiple computersInstall Mendeley on multiple computers and access your entire library.
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Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into our cyborg selves.
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