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At the recently conducted WIN Lighting Awards 2012, the green bottle Christmas tree installed by the “Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona” (Pamplona’s Common Region is an entity that manages urban waste by way of reuse and recycle for a...
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Artful use of trash and landfill would be:
Excerpt: The green bottle Christmas tree design reused some 2,330 glass bottles, collected over a period of one year from 13 families of Pamplona region in Spain. The 6m high conical structure, resembling a tree, with a diameter of 4.80m at the base used 90% green glass bottles and 10% transparent glass bottles. These glass bottles were then lit using waterproof linear fluorescent lamps Philips TCW060, arranged radially into three circular rings in parallel planes to the base. The light is projected towards the cone’s vertex illuminating the bottles; with colour temperature 840 and total power of only 2.3kW to emit a radiant green light on a street in Spain. Delete the scoop?
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![Color Is MASTER of Us All [Infographic] | Technology in Art And Education | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/Kz1Zt8f2ZttL8kN2rA-1yzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
The Art of Color Coordination Such a helpful infographic. Beyond helpful for web design. Via Martin (Marty) Smith, Serkan Karaman, Susan Daniels
Monica S Mcfeeters's insight:
I thought this looked like a great helpful online reference on color. When you have someone that needs review this info it's nice to have a go to link handy. 
gregmhagar's curator insight,
May 21, 9:24 AM
Another handy design resource for developing visually appealing eLearning and training materials 
Susan Daniels's comment,
May 22, 2:36 AM
I need to get busy and start creating infographics. They are all over social media. The only piece I don't like about them is they are usually so loooooonnnngggg. :) Warmly, Susan
Susan Daniels's comment,
May 25, 9:43 AM
Thanks Monica. Yes, it is a quick reference that I have referred to more than once in the last few days. Warmly, Susan
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The Guardian
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Here's what's new with Microsoft. Delete the scoop?
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This looks like a great collection of links to some useful sites. 
wanderingsalsero's curator insight,
May 23, 8:37 PM
This is an evergreen interesting topic. I was especially intrigued with the title up above that said "Social Media Job of The Future". There might be a lot of prescience (sp?) in that choice of words. 
Dawn Adams Miller's curator insight,
May 23, 11:12 PM
Anything from LnD Dave is pure hold and very practical. Enjoy' 
Susan Wegmann's curator insight,
May 24, 8:51 AM
A GREAT resource for the buzzword "Content Curation." Finally! Delete the scoop?
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A bunch of you who grew up sitting in hallways during tornado warnings wrote in yesterday about Moore, Oklahoma. Neither of the two schools hit by a tornado this week had special Via Jocelyn Stoller
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Yes! The hall is lousy technology for stopping wind. Delete the scoop?
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Students watch a sample of artistic video clips online and respond through creative writing while using the vocabulary words they are currently studying.
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This could be used as an art project by having the student's do the creative writing piece with illustration, then use their art vocabulary to explain the artist intent and self evalution of success in reaching that goal. Delete the scoop?
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Monica S Mcfeeters's insight:
This is a great series of videos on how to flip your classroom! 
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May 22, 8:39 PM
Olhem isso César Alcon, Jimi Estrázulas e Maritza Mota! Delete the scoop?
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Immaculata High School transforms into an art gallery on May 23 NJ.com “I believe that the art festival is an opportunity for our students to share their work in a public forum, make professional connections, and speak about their creative ideas,”...
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The idea of an all school Art Fest Day involving all the school arts sounds like an idea that should spread. Schools and communities focus too often on just the sports team and players or the academics on test results. It is time the Artist stepped up to strut their stuff as well.
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Free art lessons on drawing, painting and digital art. Over 225 video tutorials! Learn how to draw and paint online. Tutorials for beginners, intermediate artists, and advanced artists.
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Here are some free online art classes anyone can explore. 
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May 18, 12:08 PM
I'm going to leave this on this page even though I'm having trouble linking directly to things from this link. I think this site may have some good recommendations that folks could Google if the link provided doesn't work.
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Using the free version of Squad up to three people can collaborate on the creation of new code. They can chat in realtime to help each other work through challenging problems. A searchable chat record makes it easy to go back in time to see how a problem was worked out in the past.
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This looks like a way to get kids and others into writing code. According to those in the tech world we need a lot more creative individuals to get into writing code for even better online materials and connections. Delete the scoop?
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Wired
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This is where you can link to see what is coming in the future when it comes to tech. Delete the scoop?
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In our creative writing time, I challenged them to use their learning to create sentences that were grammatically correct, yet did not make sense! Learners were provided sentences starters and asked to finish them; the final ...
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I thought this sounded like a fun creative project. You might even have them create a world or new language using this idea. Using what is known have learners dream up and create something unknown. You could use this idea with about any content area. What a creative way to kid people to think "out of the box". Delete the scoop?
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Today the world has lost one of its great minds. Paolo Soleri, architect, builder, artist, writer, theorist, husband, father, born on Summer Solstice, June 21, 1919, has died at age 93. Paolo Soleri spent a lifetime investigating how architecture, specifically the architecture of the city, could support the countless possibilities of human aspiration. The urban project he founded, Arcosanti, 65 miles north of Phoenix, was described by NEWSWEEK magazine as “…the most important urban experiment undertaken in our lifetimes.”
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Soleri was an amazing contrast in design from the usual American living styles. Here is a tribute to that amazing person. Delete the scoop?
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I always wonder how many are using certain sites. Here's some facts on WordPress that are very impressive. 
Robin Martin's comment,
May 15, 11:28 AM
Yeah!! Just putting together my first WP site as we speak...very excited too!
Susan Daniels's comment,
May 15, 1:46 PM
Good for you Robin. Let me know if you have any questions. I might be able to help - and I'd be happy to. Warmly, Susan
Robin Martin's comment,
May 15, 2:57 PM
Thanks so much Susan! I'm sure I will need a little help! Good to know you're here! : )
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The OECD's comprehensive world education ranking report, PISA, is out. Find out how each country compares Via Gust MEES, Rob Furman
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Great chart that compares scores of various countries' students. 
Thierry Ruissy's curator insight,
May 21, 5:22 AM
corrélation ou non, les sciences en perte de vitesse dans nos universités ? 
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May 21, 7:36 AM
Ces résultats sont-is confirmés ? ils sont affichés dans le Guardian, proviennent de l'OCDE - Pisa quand même... Delete the scoop?
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This article addresses some key points to why face time is important. Delete the scoop?
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A wonderful collaborative real-time drawing space which connects to your Google Plus account, allowing you to illustrate, explain and teach remotely across the whole.
Via ICTmagic
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This looks like it is really worth exploring! Delete the scoop?
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Day of #artmaking, relaxing and creating. $20.00 inclds vegan lunch. Lmtd space. http://t.co/Cxe4dboRkq
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A school art club or community organization might find an ART DAY to be a fun way to do a fund raiser. This would also be a great promotion for the arts or community development activity. Delete the scoop?
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Ohh ! Gods Are Online.. Via Susan Bainbridge
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The idea of working online with people that have never met in person is exciting because many people have great ideas that close family, neighbors and their own community just don't have the desire or skills to nurture, This is a great way to keep following a passion or plan when there are not close allies for the project.
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May 18, 3:02 AM
A new novel co-authored by a friend of mine, Rashma Kalsie. The 2 authors have never met in person, all their work was completed online. I love the concept of the novel and the idea of online collaboration! Delete the scoop?
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Technology can impact brain development in good, bad ways
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This is a really good look at two different points of views on ealry childhood education and technology. This even takes us into two completely different classrooms for a peak at these ideas in practice. Delete the scoop?
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Progress Index Number of home-school students increasing Progress Index "We've been able to move at each child's individual pace, choose a curriculum best-suited to their individual learning styles and needs, and pursue their interests in a way...
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While I am certain this is not for every family there are a growing number electing to teach their own children. There is so much material out there that this can deliver a good education when managed right. I do not see this as undermining the public school either. Delete the scoop?
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Crunchzilla is a service that students can use to learn to write Javascript programs. There are two versions of Crunchzilla; Code Maven and Code Monster. Code Monster is designed for students of middle school age.
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Even if you are older this site can help you understand code writing. Delete the scoop?
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Design Squad - Engage Kids in Hands-on Engineering Projects via Free Technology for Teachers - ... http://t.co/pnbCqwwKDH
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This looks like a great resource to try out.
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The categories are technology, structures, sports, space, sound, simple machines, health, green, energy, and electricity. Each activity contains a materials list and directions. Some of the activities also have demonstration videos. Delete the scoop?
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Learning styles: ways to relax and read #bced #SEL #learning
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This is not so high tech but I really believe we are long over due to making school feel more home like and comfortable. Far too many spend the bulk of our lives in school or on a job for our environmnet to be left to the same old stale, boring solutions. This offers some nice start thinking about it points regardless of the age group you work with. Delete the scoop?
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Despite its popularity, the personality test has been subject to sustained criticism by professional psychologists for over three decades. (Have we all been duped by the Myers-Briggs test?
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How many have completed all or part of this test over the years. This article presents very good points to support the idea that while it's kind of fun to see "who you are and what your like" that might just be all there really is to these tests.
Excerpt: FORTUNE -- "When Frank Parsons opened the world's first career guidance center in Boston in 1908, he began by asking prospective clients 116 penetrating questions about their ambitions, strengths, and weaknesses (and how often they bathed). But then he did something more unusual: He measured their skulls.
Parsons was a committed believer in phrenology. If you had a large forehead, he might recommend you become a lawyer or engineer. But if your skull was more developed behind the ears, you were of the "animal type" and best suited to manual work.
Career advice has, thankfully, come a long way since then. But now, instead of measuring the outside of people's heads, it has become common to measure the inside using psychometric tests. Personality testing has grown into a major industry and is standard procedure in leadership and management courses, as part of job-interview processes, and, increasingly, in career counselling. But should we really trust such tests to deliver scientific, objective truth?" Delete the scoop?
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China wants what America has been leaving behind. They want creative, innovative students that come up with original ideas to move society forward. America heads back to the days of lock step core content and teaching a test as a goal.