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Is it better to 'think outside the box,' or to build on something more closely related to the problem one is trying to solve? Researchers have collected surprising evidence that nearer is better. 
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Nature explores the most-cited research of all time.
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New research suggests that curiosity triggers chemical changes in the brain that help students better understand and retain information.
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Gilbert C FAURE's insight:
remarquable état des lieux et des besoins pas encore beaucoup de curation, mais...
Gengembre Dominique's curator insight,
October 31, 2014 3:05 AM
Le carnet « Sports et loisirs de nature » a pour ambition d’offrir, aux territoires et prestataires d’activités auvergnats, les clés pour structurer et organiser l’offre de pleine nature, indispensable pour gagner en attractivité.
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October 31, 2014 3:51 AM
Le carnet « Offices de tourisme » a pour objectif de mieux cerner l’évolution importante que rencontrent depuis plusieurs années les offices de tourisme (OT) et d’en dresser le portrait afin de mettre en évidence les enjeux fondamentaux à venir.
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Encouraging Kids - Eighteen years after my dad died, I can still hear him, when I get too serious saying, "Lighten up, Lissy! Via RJ Lavallee, Suvi Salo, Evdokia Roka, Juergen Wagner
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In his final piece for Ars, Dave Girard talks about life with depression.
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Netvibes, Diigo, Pearltrees, Scoop.it !, Visualping et j’en passe, autant de noms sur lesquels nous sommes déjà tombés au gré de nos « pérégrinations » sur la toile. Mais, savons-nous seulement ce à quoi ils servent ? Ou même comment procéder pour assurer une veille efficace ? Quelles en sont les étapes clés ? Quels sont les outils nécessaires ? Autant de questions et bien d’autres dont les réponses se trouve dans chacune des 26 pages de ce document particulièrement précis et bien élaboré, illustrations et captures d’écran à l’appui.
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Which countries consume the most electricity per person? You might guess the United States would top the World Bank’s list, but the Nordic countries of Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden are actually at or near the top. Icelanders consume an average of 52,374 kilowatt hours per person per year, Norwegians 23,174 kilowatt hours, Finns 15,738 kilowatt hours, and Swedes 14,030 kilowatt hours. Americans are not far behind, with an average consumption of 13,246 kilowatt hours per person. The Japanese consume 7,848 kilowatt hours. This image is part of a global composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite in 2012. The nighttime view of Earth was made possible by the “day-night band” of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite. VIIRS detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, wildfires, and gas flares. The city lights of several major Nordic cities are visible in the imagery, including Stockholm, Sweden (population 905,184); Oslo, Norway (634,463); Helsinki, Finland (614,074), and Reykjavik, Iceland (121,490). Tags: Europe, energy, remote sensing, development, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway.
Lena Minassian's curator insight,
February 18, 2015 7:17 PM
This articles discusses which countries use the most electricity and believe it or not, the Nordic countries are at the top of the list. It shows two satellite images in the nighttime for you to get a better visual as to which areas of these countries use the most electricity. There are multiple factors that go into these countries consuming this much energy. One factor that is interesting is the high demand for electricity because of the long winters in these countries. 
Kevin Cournoyer's curator insight,
May 6, 2015 9:34 AM
These images are really interesting and expose just how much electricity the Scandinavian countries actually use. It is surprising to think of these nations as large energy consumers because of their general reputation as progressive, clean, and liberal places. This brief article is an excellent example of how maps and satellite images can be misleading, though. As opposed to places like the U.S. or China, energy consumption in the Scandinavian countries actually produces only small amounts of greenhouse gases and is based on renewable energy sources.
This shows an interesting and not immediately apparent geographic distinction between the Scandinavian countries and places such as China and the U.S. Chinese and United States energy consumption is enormous because of those countries' ability and desire to produce large amounts of goods quickly. Household energy use is also high because of the widespread use of electronics such as televisions, computers, and appliances. The Scandinavian countries, on the other hand, have a need for increased energy use because of their geographic location: long, dark winters mean an increased need for electricity and for longer periods. Also, Scandinavia is able to produce energy at lower costs due to its use of renewable energy sources. So though those countries may consume much more energy than their non-Scandinavian counterparts, they are doing so responsibly and for a reason. 
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
February 22, 2018 11:41 AM
This map of Scandinavian energy usage holds a lot of insight to what this region of the world is like. Shockingly, Scandinavians all use more electricity per person per hour than the U.S. The people in Iceland use the most electricity of any other country and they use more than double the next closest consumer, at 52,374 kw/hour. This made me scratch my head a bit at first, because when I think of large energy consumers I think of Americans with huge t.v.s with surround sound, central air, and more useless kitchen appliances than anywhere else. However, the article goes on to explain the conditions that contribute to Scandinavians high power usage. First of all, they are located in a region with a very harsh climate. They must use tons of electricity to heat their buildings. Additionally the months of darkness in some regions require lights to be in constant use. Another regional factor that leads to high electricity usage is manufacturing. Since the region is abundant in natural resources like aluminum, a lot of electricity is needed to turn these resources into usable goods. The natural resources in Scandanavia also keeps electricity prices cheap, so people are more likely to use high amounts. Despite the high electricity usage by Scandanavians make minimal pollution because the sources of power they use are renewable resources. This makes sense because these countries are able to harness a lot of hydropower with their access to the ocean and waterfalls.
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Colloques, conférences, reportages : l'Université de Poitiers vous propose la retransmission des évènements marquants de l'établissement.
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Two Norwegian scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine - for work published in the English language. Historian of science Michael Gordin explains why they wrote in the language of Dickens and Twain rather than Ibsen and Hamsun. Via Charles Tiayon
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The results of the content curation survey 2014. Get the insights on the content curation industry. 282 people took part in this survey. Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Gilbert C FAURE's insight:
Scoop.it is first! but too few researchers, teachers, studants are still using it
Brian Fanzo's curator insight,
October 6, 2014 2:14 PM
Great Data here.. embrace the power of Content Curation!
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GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings. Via Seth Dixon, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks, Suvi Salo
Matleena Laakso's curator insight,
October 5, 2014 4:55 AM
Tämä on hauska, muutaman kerran on tullut "pelattua". 
Alex Smiga's curator insight,
September 7, 2015 4:36 PM
Cool game that drops you down somewhere random in the world on street view, then asks you to guess where in the world you are 
Christopher Galindo's curator insight,
September 3, 2023 10:07 PM
Una herramienta muy divertida para enseñar a los alumnos acerca de la geografía del mundo. Este juego utiliza los mapas de Google para mostrar lugares icónicos que los estudiantes reconocen y los reta a ubicar en un mapa dónde están localizados.
#Geografía #Mapas #Secundaria #Gamificación
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It’s a user-friendly content curation tool with a social component, creating a one-stop environment for learning, sharing and connecting. (...)
Marc Rougier's curator insight,
October 4, 2014 3:12 AM
Thanks much Stacy Firth for this description of Scoop.it (and thanks for the positive comments!). Very accurate. And yes Marketers are the number one users of Scoop.it! As a complement, integration with Wordpress, branding (up to white lable) and analytics are probably the most popular benefits of the premium plans. Indeed there is a social component to Scoop.it: the community of curators is leveraged to discover content and engage with like-minded people. It's secondary to the prime mission (publishing-by-curation platform), but we'll take into account the remarks about upgrading this social dimension. Noted! PS: I like the title and the concept of this series :) |
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AcademyScope is a visualization of all of the reports that are available on NAP.edu, allowing you to browse through the reports of the National Academies by topic area and see relationships between titles. Via François Christiaens
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Digital technology is transforming the way we read and write. Is it changing our minds too – and if so, for better or worse? WE READ more than ever – three times as much as we did in 1980, according to one study. But we're reading differently. Take a look around a train carriage full of commuters nowadays and you'll probably see more people perusing text on phones and tablets than in newspapers and books. We're writing differently, too. Not so long ago people at meetings and lectures scribbled away furiously with their pens as they took notes. Today, talks and presentations are accompanied by the manic click-clack of laptop keyboards. Hurrah, some say. Our smartphones and tablets are expanding our worlds. We now have access to vast libraries literally at our fingertips. Good riddance to shoulder-wrenching textbooks, teetering towers of dusty papers, leaky ... To continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content.
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People think they like creativity. But teachers, scientists, and executives are biased against new ways of thinking. Knowledge doesn’t just turn us into critical thinkers. It maybe turns us into over-critical thinkers. Via Bernard Rentier
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November 1, 2014 12:07 PM
and even more dangerous, professional evaluators, particularly in a harsh financial environment reject anything that is not in their own field....
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"The Scopus Cited Reference Expansion, announced in March, is well on its way. Our October 23 release saw the expansion of the h-index publication window to 1970. The previous publication window wa... Via LaLIST
Gilbert C FAURE's insight:
toute une génération va voir son index h augmenter! dommage, la plupart s'en vont
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October, 2014 Via Mario Zidar
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la table des éléments en video youtube
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Chronicling the life of its late owner, Bruce Handy meets Shakespeare’s greatest asset in the age of Amazon: George Whitman’s daughter, Sylvia.
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Here you will find a list of online "web 2.0" tools, designed for researchers. The list will be updated progressively as this blogs explores the different services out there. I - Using "the crowd" ...
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Here are several reasons why students aren't yet warming up to the idea of e-textbooks today. Via Bernard Rentier, Gilbert C FAURE
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When I was doing my PhD some 3 years ago, the only collaborative tool we used was Google Docs. Today there are many amazing new websites and tools for research. A recent review covered the emerging tools “that are changing (or have the potential of changing) the way researchers do and communicate their work." From the ability of cloud-based tools to connect researchers,... Via MyScienceWork
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The first point discussed by Thomas Crouzier is the potential of cloud-based services for scalabity and rapid exchange of large amounts of information. The author lists research management tools such as Labguru, as well as multidisciplinary social-media platforms (including MyScienceWork, of course). There is also a nice list of specialized and thematic services that will update our own list of digital tools for research (Addgene, PlasmID, Protocol.io, Slideshare and Figshare, etc.)
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How many scholarly papers are on the Web? At least 114 million, professor finds Via Charles Tiayon
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"I read recently that content curation is dead. I have a few different arguments against this concept, but for now, I’ll keep it short and sweet: Content curation is not dead, and while the debate over curating content online vs creating new content will rage on and on, curating content for other reasons is still going strong. That said, there are a lot of different ways to go about content curation, so we’ve test driven a few different tools so you can figure out which might work best for you whether you’re curating content for work projects, assigning it as a school project, for your own professional development, or personal interests." Via John Evans
magnus sandberg's curator insight,
October 6, 2014 3:31 AM
I'm rescooping this for three reasons. First, the term "curation" is fairly new to me and it is nice to see how different forms it can take. Secondly, I read so many blogposts entitled "10 tools for this" or "35 reasons for that". It is nice too see one of those where all of the 6 tools are actually great. Third, the fact that I actually have experience with three of the six tools makes me feel good. So enjoy :)
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01net Le site du gouvernement fait peau neuve 01net Epurée, très visuelle et responsive design (pour une meilleure consultation sur les terminaux mobiles), l'interface met en valeur le contenu qui, lui, repose sur les rubriques traditionnelles que...
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technologie scoop.it pour la curation?!!
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