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5 Tips For Using Pinterest In Your Classroom

world-shaker:

Here’s one:

Students Using It to Track Research

Another possible use is to have your students create boards dedicated to research projects. This is a great way for students who are working on group projects to share resources remotely and then generate discussion based on the research that was completed. The research is easy to use and share, and the visual appeal of Pinterest will make it easier for students to organize the information they collect.

Source: world-shaker

emergentfutures: Teens join Twitter to escape parents on Facebook: survey “Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet – too public, too many older users. Not cool. That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on. But then their parents, grandparents, neighbours, parents’ friends and anyone in-between started friending them on Facebook, the social networking site of choice for many — and a curious thing began to happen…..” Full Story: Globe and Mail
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emergentfutures:

Teens join Twitter to escape parents on Facebook: survey

“Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet – too public, too many older users. Not cool.

That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on.

But then their parents, grandparents, neighbours, parents’ friends and anyone in-between started friending them on Facebook, the social networking site of choice for many — and a curious thing began to happen…..”

Full Story: Globe and Mail

Source: emergentfutures

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Cecilia Liao: Former Stanford professor to teach 500k students how to build a search engine in 7 weeks

cecilialiao:

Last year, Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun offered an online course on Artificial Intelligence for any internet-connected students from around the world, and close to 160,000 people took part in the course.

This year, Professor Thrun has quit Stanford and will be running a 7-week course…

(via thenextweb)

Source: siliconfilter.com

emergentfutures: Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, and the Future of Sustainable Cities The idea of fixing Detroit—or any other city in desperate need of revitalization—is overwhelming, to say the least. And legions have tried, with various levels of success. What if you could harness the best and brightest ideas from around the world? That was the mission of a recent crowdsourcing exercise put forth by IDEO, the iconic design firm, and Steelcase, the Michigan-based producer of workplace furnishings and solutions. By itself, it is simply one inspiring story, but it’s also a prototype for all that’s possible in creating a more  Full Story: GreenBiz
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emergentfutures:

Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, and the Future of Sustainable Cities

The idea of fixing Detroit—or any other city in desperate need of revitalization—is overwhelming, to say the least. And legions have tried, with various levels of success.

What if you could harness the best and brightest ideas from around the world?

That was the mission of a recent crowdsourcing exercise put forth by IDEO, the iconic design firm, and Steelcase, the Michigan-based producer of workplace furnishings and solutions. By itself, it is simply one inspiring story, but it’s also a prototype for all that’s possible in creating a more 

Full Story: GreenBiz

Source: emergentfutures

thenextweb: One UK Twitter user saw a joke tweet land him in hot water, as he was detained by Homeland Security in Los Angeles, interrogated and barred from the US, The Sun reveals. (via Twitter User Barred From US For “Destroy America” Tweet)
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thenextweb:

One UK Twitter user saw a joke tweet land him in hot water, as he was detained by Homeland Security in Los Angeles, interrogated and barred from the US, The Sun reveals. (via Twitter User Barred From US For “Destroy America” Tweet)

Source: thenextweb.com

Twitter Announces Micro-Censorship Policy

emergentfutures:

Paul Higgins: This does not sound too good

courtenaybird:

Via NYTimes.com: So much for the free-wheeling, libertarian reputation of Twitter. The company announced Thursday that it could start censoring certain content in certain countries, a sort of micro-censorship widget that would pop up up in a grey box on the Twitter feed.

“Tweet withheld,” it would read “This tweet from @username has been withheld in: Country.”

Source: courtenaybird