Cooperative learning is an idea that is gaining traction. The approach is more productive and efficient than competitive learning, which is the staple of most schools. Below is a useful introduction from the Georgia Educational Technology Training Center. Cooperative Learning Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of …
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Month:February 2008
BT Notes: Kung Hei Fat Choi, fishing, …
Happy New Year! Chinese New Year that is! We have fond associations with Chinese New Year from our decade in Asia and wish all our friends a happy, peaceful and fulfilling Year of the Rat. The year of the Rat started with the new moon at the end of last week. To celebrate yours truly …
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Using Nature as a Design Guide
Read BusinessWeek’s article about biomimicry here, and see the slideshow.
Dealpedia – business deal info …
Michael Rbertson, founder of Linspire (formerly Lindows 🙂 ), has just launched Dealipedia – a business wiki for mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, IPO and other deals. Launching with nearly 20,000 deals, but also never before revealed info like how much Yahoo paid for Flickr, how much Google paid for Grandcentral and how much the founders …
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Earth Pulse – a visual guide to global trends from National Geographic
Check it out here. Its visually pleasing and loaded with data and insight. Sections are Human Condition Trends, Our Relationship With Nature Trends, and Our Connected World Trends.
US employment down – a serious sign of slowdown
US employers cut 17,000 jobs from their payrolls in January, US Labor Department figures showed. Economists had been expecting a rise of 80,000. If this figure proves to be in line with actual events (after adjustments), it shows severe declines in economic activity in the US. There has been modest wage inflation over the past …
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Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo: desperation and disaster
Microsoft is bidding for Yahoo. It has offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price yesterday. Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it would have to spend an additional $300m this year …
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