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Friday, March 19, 2010

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy

“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”

-- Jack Handy

Monday, March 15, 2010

Einstein on Rational Thinking

"I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking." -- Albert Einstein 

Sunday, March 14, 2010

"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess."

"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells-called neurons-lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it." 

William F. Allman (from Apprentices of Wonder. Inside the Neural Network Revolution, 1989

Various Left Brain vs. Right Brain Tests

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Learning to Change...

Thanks to Steven W. Anderson of Web 2.0 Classroom for providing this link on Twitter.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert for delivering this inspiring talk about creativity. You nailed it.

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

IQ

What is IQ? How is it determined? What does it measure? Are there more important measurements - maybe a measurement using Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory, or a measurement which looks at how well someone can synthesize information?

The Genius in All of Us

Lee Chazen

Lee Chazen is an educational content developer and writer who does consulting work under the name GliderCell. Chazen studied political science at Colorado State University, also receiving a minor in history and concentration in Russian and East Central European Studies. In the months following Gary Hart's presidential campaign, Chazen became a campaign manager for a California state assembly race where he also helped to coordinate a trade mission of Silicon Valley executives to the former Soviet Union (initiated by state assembly candidate Wendell Williams).

Chazen moved on to a career teaching high school world history, U.S. government and speech and debate. Convinced that teaching in a traditional "top down" method wasn't working for students, Chazen worked with students to create their own learning experience through the use of a game called Global Challenge. The Global Challenge Project continued for seven years and formed the basis for a research paper called Thriving on the Edge of Chaos. In this paper, Chazen argued for more games and projects in the classroom, where both teachers and students feel empowered.

Chazen has been a French horn player since the age of 7, playing with various symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and brass quintets. Hobbies include running, hiking and disc golf.

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