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The youngest TEDsters at ISS

ISS students presented at TEDIndia along with their peers in Bangalore and Melbourne, working on sustainability using WebEx online collaboration tools.

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Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on November 8, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Heres to the crazy ones...

Michel reminds us to think different Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 27, 2009 at 8:51am — No Comments

No more Going to Work

Joe has a good point here. We don't come up with good ideas sitting in our cubicle. Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 27, 2009 at 3:50am — No Comments

Gary Hamel's message at the World Business Forum today is that your organization is not fit for the future unless it is fit for human beings. Hamel is a globally recognized expert in business strategy and performer extraordinaire on stage, delivering his message with verve and compelling stories. He argues that the most important invention… Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 23, 2009 at 4:09am — No Comments

Homo Faber - Man the Maker in the Future Today

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Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 22, 2009 at 8:42pm — No Comments

Innovation is everything...

http://blog.futureofed.org/index.php/2009/10/20/innovation-part-1-what-the-forecast-says/ Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 22, 2009 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Again and Again...

...Seth gets it: The Rule of High School Any sufficiently overheated industry will eventually resemble high school. High school is filled with insecurity, social climbing, backbiting, false friends, faux achievements, high drama and not much content. Much of this insecurity comes from a market that doesn't make good judgments, that doesn't understand how to reliably choose between alternatives. So it turns into a popularity contest. As Tom Hanks reportedly said, "Hollywood is like high school… Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 16, 2009 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Finest moments

Thanks to John for this - timely: The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. M. Scott Peck Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on October 12, 2009 at 9:07pm — No Comments

Education at the crossroads

Seth gets it - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/education-at-the-crossroads.html Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on August 18, 2009 at 3:04am — No Comments

Everything I learned in Kindergarten

Thanks to Rolly for this compelling video that shows how relevance begins in Kindergarten. Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on August 12, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

John's thought for the day

John sent this: Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt Submitted by John E. Baker, JEB, West Point classmate, soldier, scholar, creator of the Army motto, ‘Soldiers Always’ Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on August 6, 2009 at 9:21am — No Comments

WE ACT...

What learners need to be succesful in the 22nd century: World-view = the world is hot, flat and crowded Emotional Intelligence = people have to get along Academics in balance = a true libera… Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on August 5, 2009 at 3:32pm — No Comments

The Higher You Climb

Seth comes across once again as a motivational source for all. Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 22, 2009 at 6:28pm — No Comments

DIY projects

Cool site that is inexpensive and compelling. Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 20, 2009 at 5:15pm — No Comments

From Zero to 5th grade in a few months...

Art sends us a most compelling true story of how a special school in India is bringing preadolescent girls who have not attended school up to speed in a few months with critical thinking, games, etc. Thanks, Art. Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 18, 2009 at 7:14pm — No Comments

40 years after Apollo 11

So now getting into space is child's play... ...a true story and here is how they built it Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 16, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Planning

John sent this and it makes sense: Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. Alan Lakein Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 14, 2009 at 1:06pm — No Comments

BC Calculus on an XboX 360 anyone?

Clay's blog has some interesting disruptions for education Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on July 9, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

Art sent this today -READ this and think with your heart

"The highest reward for a person's work is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." – John Ruskin About John Ruskin John Ruskin was an English art critic who influenced the attitude of a whole generation toward art and architecture. He was born in 1819 in London. His career began with an essay defending his friend, artist J.M.W. Turner, from critics. His book Modern Painters made Turner popular and gave stature to the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He founded the Cambridge Scool of Art… Continue

Added by Dr. Jorge Olaf Nelson on June 19, 2009 at 9:18am — No Comments