The World is Flat and Free

From: The Change This BlogBeginning tomorrow, and running through August 4th, Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Macmillan Audio will be offering the audio edition of Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat for free. Listeners will receive the audiobook in three easy-to-download sections, and soon after that, as an added bonus, will also receive an exclusive . . . → Read More: The World is Flat and Free

Nimzy or the IceKUBE

I’m thinking about pulling the trigger and getting one of these Nimzy speakers. Laptop speakers just don’t do a great job – so… this thing turns and non-porous surface into a speaker.

Check out the video:

TED Talks Top Ten

TED posted a list of their Top Ten TED’s of all time. You can watch an overview and then proceed to the full length presentations.

My favorite is Sir Ken Robinson on his topic “Do schools kill creativity?“

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The new learning

David Warlick, at his 2 Cents blog, posted a reflection on comments made by Michael Huffman of the Indiana DoE about their 1:1 computing program:

“…our students are using our teachers.” ‘Using…’ is new learning. ‘Listening to…’ is old learning.

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