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From climate change to evolution, science is under siege. The cartoons here count the ways: political interference, personal attacks, erroneous reporting, dumbing down, corporate mischief. The list goes on. The cartoons were collected by the Un…
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They have arrived! Glowing in Citbank blue, hundreds of Bloomberg Bikes emerged from nowhere onto the streets of New York in the early hours of Friday, greeted with a combination of curiosity, puzzlement, and not a little suspicion. Which is ha…
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See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In response to some recent events, the Digital Media Law Project took a look today at some landmark legal cases in the history of media protection. plerudulier‘s insight: “…Professio…
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Do Digital Learners Have an Identity Crisis? | Things I grab, motley collection
Reblogged from online learning insights: Identity: “sameness of essential or generic character in different instances”. Merriam Webster Dictionary In a recent post I reviewed Routledge’s book “Learning Identities in a Digital Age”. The book is…
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Why And How Teachers Are (And Aren’t) Using Technology | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection
handy infographic which looks at the technologies early childhood teachers and administrators use (or don’t use) in their classrooms, including how often they’re used, what tech is used, and why they are used. via Why And How Teachers Are (And …
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See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In this video from our Futurist Forum, Jamais Cascio says that the people hacking a tech to make it serve more shady purposes (or to help them have sex) might be the best window into h…
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Report on 6 MOOCs turns up 10 surprises | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The report has good data, tries to separate out active learners from window shoppers and not short on surprises. It’s a rich resource and a follow up report is promised. plerudulier‘s…
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See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists. plerudulier‘s insight: Using scripture from …
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See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT A row over using English in universities has blown up in France, where language is at the heart of the national identity The front page of Libération, one of France’s leading dailies, …
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M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT “The Machine Age,” an essay written for The New York Times by Norbert Wiener, a visionary mathematician, languished for six decades in the M.I.T. archives, and now excerpts are being p…
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Burning the silos | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT If I’ve seen any theme come up repeatedly over the past year, it’s getting product cycle times down. It’s not the sexiest or most interesting theme, but it’s everywhere: if it’s not on…
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3D Scanners Make Bike Personalisation a Reality | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In the United States, 3D scanners are now providing new opportunities for technical manufacturers such as bicycle makers to raise the level of product personalisation and thereby attra…
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How a MOOC Could Be A Faculty’s Best Friend (EdSurge News) | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Recent news suggests that we may be at the leading edge of the “trough of disillusionment” for the hype cycle that ushered in the MOOCs plerudulier‘s insight: If anything, the spread…
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Transit Patterns: San Francisco | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT This is a visualization of San Francisco from the series “Transit Patterns”. The piece shows transit ridership in public transportation over 24 hours, depicting… plerudulier‘s insight…
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Reblogged from Grist: Have you ever sat on the subway across from a hot guy or girl holding the book you just finished, trying to peek at their left hand and wondering whether it’s kosher to start a conversation? The organization that runs the …
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The New Science of Forgiveness | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Everett L. Worthington, Jr. has dedicated his career to the study of forgiveness. He has found that it carries tremendous health and social benefits—and he’s taken his research to hear…
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How Online Translation Tools Are Now Being Used | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Any language teacher knows that online translation tools can be a double edged sword. This visual should shed some light on current trends to know about. The post How Online Translatio…
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Big names in medicine are set to give an upbeat assessment of the war on AIDS this week, 30 years after French researchers identified the virus that causes the disease. But meanwhile, researchers are scratching their head over the failure of re…
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Pinoccio, what is it? What for? [IndieGogo Campaign Pitch] | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Vimeo is the home for high-quality videos and the people who love them. plerudulier‘s insight: If you’re not a geek, and reading over this stuff freaks you out, have no fear! We’re b…
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The Digital Footprint Of 3 Different Generations | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection
You’ve heard of your carbon footprint, but what about your digital footprint? Your digital footprint refers to your total amount of activity in any digital environment. If you thought your carbon footprint was big, well, your digital footprint i…
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as the baby boomer generation grows old and if the number of elderly care workers fails to grow with it, many people might end up being cared for by robots. According to the Health and Human Services Department, there will be 72.1 million Americ…
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Lauren Laverne on fashion: shopping with a conscience | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Rana Plaza shows just how much traceable supply chains matter. We need to care about the people making our clothes “What is a cynic? plerudulier‘s insight: “What is a cynic? A man wh…
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Margaret Hodge has challenged multinational corporations’ ethics and behaviour regards tax payments. Photograph: PA … success of any campaign will depend on how the public behaves. If we don’t like the current state of affairs, we can do one of…
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Millennials Are Rewriting the Rules of Work and Entrepreneurship | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT HR and communication challenge s ahead… What do Millennials want? Flexibility and independence top the list, according to a new study, “Millennials and the Future of Work,” from oDesk……
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FabLab Barcelona : de l’école à la smart city | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Cet article est en creative commons, il est a été écrit et illustré par Camille Bosqué. Accès à l’article, initialement publié sur Strabic. Notre reporter a poussé la porte de l’un des…
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Why It’s Time To Take Ownership Of Your PLN | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT I know the old saying can be true, teachers make the worst students. But it’s time to take ownership of your PLN and here’s why. The post Why It’s Time To Take Ownership Of Your PLN ap…
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Open Badges and Moodle | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The soon to be released Moodle 2.5 comes with a new feature called Badges. So before I go through how it works in Moodle, let me address a few questions Wha plerudulier‘s insight: In…
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The Time Has Come For Chrome In The Home | Things I grab, motley collection
Reblogged from TechCrunch: I’ve spent the last two weeks wandering around London, Paris, and Istanbul (not Constantinople.) As an experiment, I left my trusty MacBook Pro behind and brought only the $199 Chromebook on which I type this. And to …
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