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Mission:
To celebrate, share, and sustain the vitality of learners, regardless of age, in a
Wherever, Whatever, Whenever, with Whom-ever environment.
Don't forget to check out my other websites too!
www.mimbizic.com ("Power of Three" iPad educ. app)
www.babamim.com (American-Serb History 101)
www.moontownshiphistoricalsociety.com (Moon Twp., PA History!)
Pittsburgh, PA 15108
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"Whereas knights of old wore armor of plate, the modern knights of the air wear the invisible but magic armor of confidence in technology."
Mike Spick
"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time." Bill Gates
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http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2163
Thanks to Wharton School of Business, famous for their Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Tom Pisano, an Education Development Manager and a former Apple Computer trainer has a wonderful metaphor about Technology:
"A hammer and saw together do not build a house. A hammer, saw and a man could build a shelter. A hammer, saw and a trained craftsman can build a house.
"Technology could be a tool that allows learning to take place. Technology in the hands of a trained educator can indeed raise enough questions to motivate meaningful learning."
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Passionate attention to detail
Here's an excellent educational technology site from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) that lists so many different resources for teachers and administrators to use!
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/te0cont.htm
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Watched a Webinar about Social Media presented by Rick Burnes, with help from his colleague, Jill Heagarty, marketing associate at Hub Spot. The excellent presentation was entitled: "How to Monitor Your Social Media Presence in 10 Minutes a Day."
Rick advised people not to just make noise on Social websites like a cackling hen, but rather, a busy beaver, building a dam and future home.
http://www.hubspot.com/archive/monitor-social-media-presence-daily
Hubspot even allows you to download the slides and save them! Excellent service!
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Technology and Health Care
http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp
"The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a comprehensive healthcare-stakeholder membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare."
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In this link of the INNOVATORS DIGEST by Gerald Haman, is a YouTube video by Erik Qualman, who shares incredible statistics about the growth of Social Media. Don't miss this one!
Just scroll down until you come to it.
Called "The Social Media Revolution", it's something that everyone should watch.
http://innovationpeople.typepad.com/innovatorsdigest/
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Guy Kawasaki, certainly one of the most respected technology evangelists on the planet gives this advice: "Sell your dreams, not a product. Inspire and create meaning. Follow the 5 S's.
Keep it:
Short
Simple
Sweet
Swift
Substantial"
Here's his blog post with advice for "How to Change the World:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/the_art_of_intr.html#axzz0oP9nE5XH
Guy's Biography----> http://www.guykawasaki.com/about/index.shtml
Two more of Guy Kawaski's websites:
Thanks for sending the photo, Guy! 5/22/10
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Stanford University's Personal Robotics Program
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Science..... for the benefit of all.
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Check out the Code-a-pillar!
http://time.com/4115398/best-inventions-2015/
TIME: 25 Best Inventions for 2014:
http://time.com/3594971/the-25-best-inventions-of-2014/
(Check out the Hoverboards, the Mangalyaan (to Mars!) Wireless Electricty with WITRICITY in cars, 3-D Printers and so much more!
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http://summit.clevelandclinic.org/Top-10-Innovations/Top-10-for-2015-(5757).aspx
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An English writer, Arthur C. Clarke, b. 1917, wrote this about Technology: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!"
Steward Brand wisely said: "Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road."
Perhaps that's what Marshall McLuhan meant when he said: "The future masters of technology will hae to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb."
We have to constantly be on the lookout and keep abreast of new challenges. But also keep this foremost in our minds:
"Technology does not run an enterprise, relationships do." Patricia Fripp.
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