"Inspired by Andrew Sullivan’s airplane window picture series, here's a very large collection of awesome pictures taken out of airplane windows. I need to go on a vacation."
"To flip or not to flip? That is not the essential question. In assessing the optimal classroom dynamics, I would argue that we need to take a good look at what our classrooms look like right now, what activities our students gain the most from, what we wished we had more time for, and what things about our class we wish we could eliminate.
Do I flip: yes. Would I recommend it: enthusiastically." 
"In the world of tweets, pokes, and chats, how can you make sure that your child is social networking savvy? Here's what parents should know about Twitter."
"Filmmaker Andrew Stanton ("Toy Story," "WALL-E") shares what he knows about storytelling -- starting at the end and working back to the beginning. (Contains graphic language ...)" 
"A short but heartfelt manifesto about the difference between liking something on the internet and loving something on the internet." ![How to Engage Your Customers and Employees [a road map for stories] | Learning, Teaching & Leading Today | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/SXnylt1GdC-r2ZbGlEUcjjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Most customers now ignore targeted marketing campaigns, avoid responding to offers, and provide minimal feedback when asked. Instead, potential customers interact with each other, bypassing sanitized corporate messages devoid of meaning or value. 'Engagement' is dominating the business conversation these days because it is where the world is moving to. Everybody wants customer and employee engagement. Nice concept -- but how do you do it??? When I found this article, I said "Finally, here is how to think about this whole 'engagement' thing, and how to craft some next steps!" The author clearly spells out what is involved in customer engagement. The author Ray Wang shares 9 key components of successful engagement: 3 are people-centric values (the why & your starting point), 3 are delivery & communication styles (the how), and 3 are the right-time drivers (the when). This is no easy task, and there's lots for you to figure out here as you grapple with these 9 components. I've already started making lists and jotting down ideas as I think about the culture of my small company, the community I serve and the steps I take to be credible (the 3 parts to the 3 people-centric values components). Where do STORIES come into play? In how you connect with your communities (which stories to tell), the content you share, they are your catalysts, and your currencies -- which are all part of the 9 key components. Storytelling is woven through them all. When you combine this article with the video from Amy O'Leary on "Beyond the Like Button: Digitally Addictive Storytelling & the Brain," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thVbdqY-cCg&feature=player_embedded you will move light years ahead in engaging customers and employees via stories and story sharing. These 2 pieces are some of the best material I've curated lately -- and definitely keepers in my book. Via Karen Dietz 
"Need something to put things into perspective on a Monday morning? Our suggestion: The largest single-shot photo of Earth ever taken."
"My mother has played many roles in my life. She has been, and continues to be, a pillar of emotional support, a trusted advisor, my biggest fan and my best friend."
Via Jon Samuelson
"For an author, one of the nicest parts of the traditional book is the dedication page. The dedication is far more than an acknowledgement to someone who helped you write the book, it's a permanent signpost, a capstone to the work of a year or more."
"In April 2012 Copenhagen Phil (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) surprised the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro by playing Griegs Peer Gynt. The flash mob was created in collaboration with Radio Klassisk http://radioklassisk.dk/. All music was performed and recorded in the metro."
"In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix."
The world wide web is supposed to be just that: world wide. Sometimes it simply isn’t, however: This Guide, by author Jim Rion, is a must-have for anyone looking for access to the complete Internet.
This complete guide to the International web will show you: http://bit.ly/Joo3QB ; **Which governments around the world restrict Internet access
Download Guide [PDF] Here: http://bit.ly/Joo3QB ; Via maxOz, janlgordon 
This video playlist of three case studies of teachers integrating gaming into their classroom is worth a look if you are still wondering about the benefits of video game design. One teacher talks about using Minecraft; another, about how her traditional use of board games and design naturally shifted to video gaming when her school began to get computers and technology; and the other works at the Quest to Learn school that has a philosophical base built on gaming. Via Nik Peachey |
"Richard Rothstein gives a commencement speech that unpacks the conventional wisdom driving education policy and finds that it doesn’t always resemble the truth."
"For lots of startup founders, a big money valuation is just half the goal. Many startups are motivated by a singular drive to change the way we view and interact with the world around us."
"The iconic documentary filmmaker shares personal insights into the craft of storytelling and his lifelong quest to "wake the dead."
"From The Civil War to Jazz, Ken Burns's sweeping documentary series have brought American history to life for millions of viewers. His signature style is so well known that Apple's iMovie has a function -- a slow zoom on a still image -- called 'the Ken Burns effect.' For a documentary filmmaker, it's hard to imagine a more intimidating project than making a documentary film about Ken Burns. When Sarah Klein and Tom Mason set out explore the mysterious nature of story, however, they decided to do just that. In their beautiful short documentary, Ken Burns: On Story, premiering here today, the filmmaker shares insights into the craft of storytelling and reveals his highly personal quest to 'wake the dead.' Klein and Mason talk about the genesis of the project in an interview below." "This is a short but heartfelt manifesto about the difference between liking something on the internet and loving something on the internet." "Amy O'Leary, a news editor and multimedia producer for The New York Times, presents the final keynote address of the Narrative Arc conference. Her presentation, Beyond the 'Like' Button: Digitally Addictive Storytelling and the Brain, discusses the brain and its relationship to immediate news. As a writer who crafts the online narrative of a story at the time the idea is conceived, she is uniquely skilled to speak to the power of social media in the news.
Hosted by College of Communication on March 23-25, 2012." 
EXCITE! — Excellence in Curriculum Innovation through Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Last week, we held a large group share/think/brain dump/reflect session with our Media 21 students over a series of four days after students completed initial written self-assessment and summative ...
Via Lisa Durff
"The most famous cognitive obstacle to innovation is functional fixedness — an idea first articulated in the 1930s by Karl Duncker — in which people tend to fixate on the common use of an object. For example, the people on the Titanic overlooked the possibility that the iceberg could have been their lifeboat. Newspapers from the time estimated the size of the iceberg to be between 50-100 feet high and 200-400 feet long. Titanic was navigable for awhile and could have pulled aside the iceberg. Many people could have climbed aboard it to find flat places to stay out of the water for the four hours before help arrived. Fixated on the fact that icebergs sink ships, people overlooked the size and shape of the iceberg (plus the fact that it would not sink)."
"Thailand looks set to proceed with the widest educational tablet deployment to date, after the country’s government finally signed an initial $32.8 million (1.02 billion THB) contract for a project that aims to deploy close to a million devices across the nation’s schools."
"Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations.
The buried room apparently was a workshop used by scribes or astronomers working for a Mayan king. The paintings depict the king and members of his court. The numbers mark important periods in the Maya calendar. The room is about the size of a walk-in closet. It's part of the buried Maya city of Xultun. There are painted murals on three walls, depicting a resplendent king wearing a feather and four other figures. Maya paintings this old — the site dates to the ninth century — are very rare; tropical weather usually destroys them." 
The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society. Via Dennis T OConnor 
This site has a wide range of videos which can help you learn a variety of languages from English to Vietnamese. Via Nik Peachey |
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