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Exercise your mind, or loose it! A new book on nurturing the white matter in our heads.
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Its fascinating that our technologies allow us today to leverage the chemistry in natural materials as we create a more sustainable world of the Future Now.
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Krugman challenges us to consider that having an elite college degree may be useful; but, its not the end-all for making a decent living.
Finds for 2011-03-08
Chopping Wood
Every so often, my mind is so full of it that, I decide to go into the garage, pull down some of my collected wood, and figure what I might do with it. This morning I completed a stool that started out with a rough sketch, and forced me to consider the importance of planning those drill holes in advance.
Ah, but then, I wouldn’t just force my mind to get crafty in the face of adversity… so, out of the Chop Shop this week comes my thinking stool.
I needed a mobile unit that I could ponder the future from..
Now to go pick out a stain for it! ;P
Finds for 2011-03-07
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I am curious about the success rate of these Master Data Management and/or Unified Information Access strategies. They seem complicated, and I suspect that a strategy for change based on these guidelines could be stretched so far out that interest from stakeholders would wane…
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I am into mind maps; but, diagrams like this are useless to anyone else but the creator… and, that's highly doubtful with the amount of detail embedded in this image. May I suggest Mind Manager, Mr. Kelley!?
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I have got to register for one of these events! Now is the time to dig deep and start to realize our opportunities to engage, nurture and develop young minds.
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Those of us wanting to make a difference in education should be mindful not to overlook the work that IDEO has already done in teasing out requirements towards the development of new interdisciplinary learning methods, teaching practices and knowledge sharing tools.