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Archive for January 2008

On a wing and a prayer

Posted by: gimster on: January 25, 2008

For troubled people, a Mother Goose rhyme:
For every ailment under the sun
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it;
If there be none, never mind it.
Or the Serenity Prayer:
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should [...]

TED | Talks | Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video)

Posted by: gimster on: January 25, 2008

The second of two videos on the link between choice and happiness. The idea came about after a brief discussion with Mr James Ho. Choice is on our minds as JC1 students have to grapple with their choice of the post-secondary institution after getting their results yesterday
from www.ted.com [...]

TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice (video)

Posted by: gimster on: January 25, 2008

The first of two videos I’m posting here on the link between choice and happiness.
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod

Quote of the day

Posted by: gimster on: January 24, 2008

‘Good artists copy; great artists steal.’
Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973), Spanish painter and sculptor
 
 
For discussions started using this quote, see this article or this one.
 

Fair Use & Copyright

Posted by: gimster on: January 21, 2008

Intellectual Property laws are among the most complicated ideas out there, or so I remember hearing the Chief Technology Officer for Linden Lab telling us in the audience at NTU last year. So, here’s some comprehensible information every blogger should know? Or worry about?
Copyright Explained: I may copy, right? – Clear and concise, with links [...]

The Davos Question 08

Posted by: gimster on: January 21, 2008

‘What one thing do you think countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better placed in 2008?’ – on YouTube
Paulo Coelho’s Video Appeal for the Davos Question:

A response from ned.com

Find out more and check out the other responses on YouTube. ‘The highest-rated videos [...]

The Miniature Earth

Posted by: gimster on: January 20, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvDnuO7mtkc

Alternative versions available on YouTube available – without audio, or with Imagine by John Lennon.
For the video in full resolution, with yet another different soundtrack, go to this page.
The text for the video is adapted from this report.
Video mentioned in this webquest, found via this other webquest.

Milestones for my new students

Posted by: gimster on: January 20, 2008

To help you think beyond today, tomorrow and the next GP lesson; with an assessment orientation:

Practise writing paragraphs
Writing your first GP essay
(Mid March – release of PW question)
Practise the components of Paper 2
Completing your first Paper 2 (collaboration, solo effort)
(Mid April – submit PW PI)
JC1 Mid year exam – 23 June
(Mid September – submit PW [...]

How hard is GP?

Posted by: gimster on: January 18, 2008

I mentioned stumbling upon this blog post to one of my classes the other day, but couldn’t give a very clear account of it. So here’s a big block quote from it:

General Paper in JC: A very advanced form of English subject
For the purpose of discretion, the friend in discussion is not to be [...]

Clever Unicef Posters

Posted by: gimster on: January 16, 2008

Found on this site.
Learn more Unicef’s work against child labour here.
More ‘fun’ ads on this blog.

Quote of the day

Posted by: gimster on: January 13, 2008

Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline.
[...]

One Laptop Per Child

Posted by: gimster on: January 6, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM33EEAszHA

One Laptop Per Child
“It’s an education project, not a laptop project.”
— Nicholas Negroponte, architect and computer scientist, best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab; the founder of The One Laptop per Child association

‘Web 2.0 in under 5 minutes’

Posted by: gimster on: January 3, 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Online Survey Services

Posted by: gimster on: January 2, 2008

I’m looking to use an online survey service to collect information on my students.
Wikipedia has an article on online questionnaires
Free services and some of their limitations
Zoomerangbasic

Limited to 100 responses per survey
Maximum 30 questions per survey
See survey responses for 10 days
Tried to create a survey based on the demographic template but hit a bug while trying [...]

Notes from research on Innovation: Nokia and Mini

Posted by: gimster on: January 2, 2008

Took a couple of hours to search for stuff on the Web to use in the Innovation and Enterprise course for the IP1 students next week. Here’s what I found:
Did You Know 2.0 YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

This page on the wiki promoted in the above presentation links to other similar presentations.
Comments [...]

The Story of Stuff

Posted by: gimster on: January 1, 2008

This website was made known to me by Mr James Ho.
3 teaser videos:

You can download the whole video (about 20 minutes) to view offline, but you’d lose the interactive features that you get when you view the video on the website itself.
Good Oral [...]

New Year Thoughts

Posted by: gimster on: January 1, 2008

New year… How to be a better person. Is there more to life then being (highly) effective?
I asked a close friend why he is in the job that he’s in. He summarised his reasons very succinctly:

intellectual challenge
working with people he enjoys working with
making a difference to other people’s lives – being a positive influence
the least [...]



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