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Posted to Diigo 02/25/2011

Feb 25, 2011

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Presentation Zen: The need for connection & engagement in education As scientists and other specialists learn more about how our brains work, for example, many of the traditional instructional methods used for the past 100 years (or more) seem to be out of kilter with how human beings really pay attention, engage, and actually learn…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

Nov 18, 2009

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The first session at TEDx Johannesburg began with Iain Thomas, the author of ambiguous micro stories at I wrote this for you. Here’s the site tagline, which is great: “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get…