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When Pop Culture and Academia Collide! [Infographic] - AvatarGeneration

When Pop Culture and Academia Collide! [Infographic] - AvatarGeneration | Social Mercor | Scoop.it

This is an interesting infographic from Best Online Colleges, which describes the study of pop culture in education. It questions its relevance and goes through the pros and cons of studying modern cultural artefacts such as The Wire, The Simpsons and Aliens in the classroom Take a look, and let us know how, or if you use popular culture in your classroom in the comments below.


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Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Creating New Opportunities - Forbes

Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Creating New Opportunities - Forbes | Social Mercor | Scoop.it
(Image credit: Getty Images North America via @daylife) By Ritika Puri The United States unemployment rate remains strong at 7.8%, but in the manufacturing industry, demand is outpacing supply with hundreds of thousands of jobs going unfilled.

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Check out this inerview - from the article http://bit.ly/Wv9fCO

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Check out this inerview - from the article http://bit.ly/Wv9fCO

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It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s a Washing Machine: Aerospace Physics Helps Dispense Detergent In New GE Washer So You Don’t Have To | GE Reports

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s a Washing Machine: Aerospace Physics Helps Dispense Detergent In New GE Washer So You Don’t Have To | GE Reports | Social Mercor | Scoop.it

Who doesn’t love chores that can be done at the push of a button? Take laundry. The TV infomercial pitchman William “Billy” Mays Jr. used to ask his late night audience whether they were “on the ball?” He was selling a “patented” long-lasting detergent dispenser the size of a softball that users placed inside their washers. “Just toss and go,” Mays urged his viewers. “Get on the ball and you’ll never have to pour and measure detergent again.”  read more...


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