Exploring the Infinite
http://infowars.net/articles/july2007/240707Schools.htm Schools have become hi-tech prisons. Children all across America and the UK are being conditioned to accept that they are not free and that they must submit to draconian laws and measures for their own safety. Soon enough children will not even know what it is like to act as a private individual within society. Don’t believe this? Read
http://www.2decide.com/table.htm It’s great for it’s purpose, to provide an overall look at the issues and where each candidate stands. However, its simplistic nature can be a bit misleading. All that means is that if you’re really interested in finding out more, it’s up to you to do the research, which is really nothing new. Try to get your news from
http://consumerist.com/consumer/college-is-expensive/professor-says-textbooks-are-too-expensive-quits-using-them-280753.php
“…Chaos is beautiful. Now many times we are afraid because we want order. We can’t deal with the confusion and disorder. We want form. We want rules. Yes, throughout human history there have been people—religious leaders, political leaders—who will give you order. They will give you rules and commandments… …The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/25/games From the page: “At a packed session for academic librarians attending the annual meeting of the American Library Association, in Washington, the topic was how to help students who have learned many of their information gathering and analysis skills from video games apply that knowledge in the library.”
Just wanted to start spreading the news… I finally purchased a domain name for the Librarian Chick wiki! Please bookmark www.librarianchick.com and share it on your favorite social networking sites! Librarian Chick now contains nearly 400 free resources with new additions posted multiple times weekly. If you want to know when new resources are listed, just subscribe to the RSS
This is an amazing story of a young man who is gifted with a facility for mathematics problems, sequence memory, and natural language learning. (Wikipedia) The following clip is just part one of 5 of the Brittish documentary. Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five
http://www.degreetutor.com/library/research-tools/librarian-searchguide “Librarians were the ultimate search guides before search was re-invented with the web.”
Thank you, Jon, for sending this my way! More information can be found here: Microsoft Live Labs Also, you really must check out the Ted Talks if you haven't already.
via Yahoo! News From the page: “A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests that ceiling height affects problem-solving skills and behavior by priming concepts that encourage certain kinds of brain processing. “Priming means a concept gets activated in a person’s head,” researcher Joan Meyers-Levy told LiveScience. “When people are in a room with a high ceiling, they activate
http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/ From the site: “Digital innovators, creative researchers, award-winning producers, provocative artists, energetic executives, and adventurous engineers. The worldwide SIGGRAPH community gathers in San Diego to explore the products, systems, techniques, ideas, and inspiration that are creating the next three generations of computer graphics and interactive techniques.”
It's so unfortunate that the first areas to be dropped by public schools when facing a budget crisis are the creative arts and music courses. It's also unfortunate that Central, the only high school smack dab in the heart of Flint's Cultural Center (and coincidentally, Flint's oldest school) will soon close it's doors forever due to a failing economy and
http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070314/the-validity-of-abstract-art/ An interesting article which calls us to appreciate Abstract Art, rather than think of it as secondary to Realism because it requires an individual to create anew rather than mimic what already exists.
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I know I'm a bit late in posting this but it's just too juicy… Metro.co.uk reports, “A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to class dressed as a pirate. But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume is part of his religion.