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The world throws away more than 750 million tons of garbage each year, and not all of it ends up where you think... In fact, the average American produces 10 times his or her body weight in trash each year, and when it comes to disposing it, taking out the trash is just the beginning. Learn more about the issue, as well related environmental effects and implications, at the link to the complete infographic.
Via Lauren Moss
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The world throws away more than 750 million tons of garbage each year, and not all of it ends up where you think... In fact, the average American produces 10 times his or her body weight in trash each year, and when it comes to disposing it, taking out the trash is just the beginning. Learn more about the issue, as well related environmental effects and implications, at the link to the complete infographic.
Via Lauren Moss, hrmanager-UAE
This post is about tech, 50 of the best resources for Ipads in Education, used different ways involving iPads and education in and out of classroom.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
The word "transhumanism" was first coined by biologist Julian Huxley in 1927 when he wrote that "the human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself". He went on to add that "we need a name for this new belief. Perhaps transhumanism will service: man remaining man, but transcending himself by realizing new possibilities".
Via Susan Cook, ABroaderView
iPhone Passcode Security Improves With Accented Letters And Special Characters - The Huffington Post
Via Gust MEES, ABroaderView
Not just IT! "Technology today is all about facilitating collaboration. Collaboration within and across our institutions. Collaborations around data and ideas. Collaboration on multiple screens on multiple (and mobile devices). Robust collaboration requires communication, flexibility, resiliency, and choice. A collaborative organization provides platforms and tools that allow individuals and groups to connect, build relationships, and form networks. A system built for collaboration pushes people to the front and technology to the rear." What would be the advantages of re-branding our IT Departments as Collaboration Departments?"
Via Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
Facebook's new Graph Search is very different from Google search. With Graph Search, you can combine keyword searches with friends who’ve shared content on Facebook related to that search.
Via Robin Good, ABroaderView
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Getting Started track-more than 30 classes and labs that will help those new to family history learn where to start, how to build their family tree, and how to use technology to explore their connections.
How to get the most bang for your charitable bucks Babble They may be able to recommend a few homeless shelters to you, or suggest that you check out specific organizations that have a strong track record building early literacy, if that's your...
This post is about tech, 50 of the best resources for Ipads in Education, used different ways involving iPads and education in and out of classroom.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, hrmanager-UAE
The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and ...
Via The Fish Firm
Visualize your workload like never before with DropTask, a complete reimagining of task management on the web.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Much attention has been paid to 3D Printing lately, with new companies developing cheaper and more efficient consumer models that have wowed the tech community. They herald 3D Printing as a revolutionary and disruptive technology, but how will these printers truly affect our society? Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based. From at-home repairs to new businesses, from medical to ecological developments, 3D Printing has an undeniably wide range of possibilities which could profoundly change our world
Via Szabolcs Kósa, ABroaderView
Globe and Mail Farewell 'push' marketing, hello brand journalism Globe and Mail Businesses are using social media, web video, and digital publishing to speak directly to consumers.
Via Laura Brown, Deanna Dahlsad
Dean prioritization: QUOTE Dickson Idusuyi, the Faculty Senate president and an associate professor of social science at the university, said that discussions have centered around how to make Alcorn more efficient and whether some departments need restructuring. Idusuyi said the university has had a culture where deans stay on in their jobs year after year. “They stay in these positions too long to be effective,” he said. “It doesn’t mean they are not doing their work or they are inefficient. Being a dean is not a lifetime appointment. Just like there is reassessment in the business world, there should be a reassessment of these positions. Brown said that one problem with the existing situation was that the deans were not being re-evaluated regularly.
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Via Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
It’s finally here: the OFFICIAL TwitchTV Android app! TwitchTV is the world’s leading video game broadcasting network where more than 16 million gamers gather every ...
Via ganassa, ABroaderView
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