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Friday Feature: Where Good Ideas Come From
Submitted by sgough on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 4:53pmPublished in
An RSA Animate of the book Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Link to the video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/NugRZGDbPFU
Friday Feature: Internet Trends 2011 slide deck
Submitted by sgough on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 12:04pmPublished in
This slide presentation explores trends currently shaping the internet. It was prepared by Mary Meeker, a partner at KPCB (Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, Byers) an American venture capital firm. The presentation is geared towards American business, but the some of the trends could affect the education market. Slide 22, Hierarchy of Needs Revisited, is a personal favourite (though I do believe it is meant tongue-in-cheek).
Friday Feature: Training Genius: The Learning Secrets of Polyglots and Savants
Submitted by sgough on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:46pmPublished in
by Scott Young, http://the99percent.com
An interesting article that discusses research by K. Anders Ericsson who found that "a person’s potential could commonly be surpassed, with focused effort and practice" and combines that with the idea of learning through connections rather than rote learning.
Read the full article here: http://the99percent.com/articles/7059/Training-Genius-The-Learning-Secrets-of-Polyglots-and-Savants
