5 Habits Of The Most Creative People What do a startup king, a social network innovator, a hip hop prince, perhaps the best actor on television, and two absolutely hilarious dudes have in common? They're all among the Most Creative People—and we can learn quite a bit from the way they work. Max Levchin: Always be asking questions We talked to PayPal founder Max Levchin about how he keeps snagging startup ideas. Turns out it's a lot about controlling chaos in ways we've discussed about why ideas come at random and why you need to document everything. Levchin's method is like this: He talks to tons of random creative people, asks them questions about their craft, takes extensive notes of their quandaries, and then compiles—and reviews—all of his research. Kirthiga Reddy: Go flat The director of online operations for Facebook India, Kirthiga Reddy has helped grow the social network's user base from 8 to 71 million users over two years. "You're not here to do just what you're told," she says. Kendrick Lamar: Be an example
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Business He started by telling them that there were kids in other parts of the world who could memorize pi to hundreds of decimal points. They could write symphonies and build robots and airplanes. Most people wouldn't think that the students at José Urbina López could do those kinds of things. Kids just across the border in Brownsville, Texas, had laptops, high-speed Internet, and tutoring, while in Matamoros the students had intermittent electricity, few computers, limited Internet, and sometimes not enough to eat. "But you do have one thing that makes you the equal of any kid in the world," Juárez Correa said. He looked around the room. Paloma was silent, waiting to be told what to do. "So," Juárez Correa said, "what do you want to learn?" In 1999, Sugata Mitra was chief scientist at a company in New Delhi that trains software developers. Over the years, Mitra got more ambitious. Over the next 75 days, the children worked out how to use the computer and began to learn.
The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee — Unretrofied It was a particularly busy day, which is a bit of an understatement. I don't quite remember which product had just released that morning, but it was the kind of thing that had attracted a long line of campers outside the entrance the night before. The store was so packed it felt like working inside of a sardine can all day. Somewhere in the middle of this hectic rush, a group of about 15 high school kids came through the door, accompanied by their teacher. It seemed like an odd day to take a field trip to the Apple Store, I thought. The kids basically ignored me, but the teacher was happy to speak for the group. Each student was given the choice of a black or a white 160GB MacBook. And then it dawned on me that all of these students were all speaking to one another in sign language. They were from a school for the deaf. While the teacher was tied up with the troublemaker, the first student in line began signing something to me. Our text conversation was pretty curt: -how are you doing? good
Game Word Generator - The Game Gal When I was putting together this site of games, I discovered that my printable word lists became very popular. I had word lists for pictionary, charades, and other games, and visitors seemed to really like them! So I got to thinking, what’s one step better than a printable list of words for playing pictionary? An online word generator! Here’s how it works: First, select a Game (the game menu also includes a Holiday option). My amazing husband also made an iPhone app with all the same content. Finally, I love feedback!
When Simplicity Is the Solution Carmen Boulter's "The Pyramid Code" [5 parts] The Pyramid Code is a fascinating new five-part series that explores the pyramid fields and temples in Egypt and megalithic sites around the world, looking for clues to sophisticated technology in the ancient world. The series is based on the extensive research done in Egypt and around the world by Dr. Carmen Boulter of the University of Calgary. The Pyramid Code features interviews with geologists, physicists, archaeologists, engineers, and authors and asks the questions: Who were the ancients and what did they know? Could the pyramids be much older than traditional Egyptology would have us believe? Could it be that the ancients were more technologically advanced than we are today? The Pyramid Code is a fascinating new five-part series that explores the pyramid fields and temples in Egypt and megalithic sites around the world, looking for clues to sophisticated technology in the ancient world.
Notes from a Loyola Heights Nerdfest Matthew Cua with the SkyEye team. MANILA, Philippines — Known mainly as a weapon of war, a drone is re-imagined as a disaster-prevention tool. Solar panels are engineered to turn rain into safe drinking water for places that don’t have any. The recent Interlinks exhibit by the Ateneo Innovation Center featured a range of ideas, from a water treatment system dubbed AsTig for Asensong Tubig, a suite of Android-based tablet games to aid a recovering stroke victim to a biometric application for encoding and authenticating individual handwriting styles. In other words, a Nerdfest. It’s perhaps similar to other nerdfests held at other universities. The goal, he tells me, “is to nucleate these technologies.” Translation: he wants to see some of these young scientists turn their ideas into viable businesses. Perhaps, the unstated dream is to even turn Loyola Heights into another Silicon Valley, the Mecca of technology. But Greg shakes his head. “You’ll end up doing science fair projects.”
LEARN ENGLISH THROUGH TV Comedies With English Subtitles | Madrastra – a page... Entradas recientes MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: learn english through TV Comedies With English Subtitles 18 Ene.2016 0 Comments MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: learn english through TV Comedies With English Subtitles “Mind your language”is a British comedy television series that premiered on ITV in late 1977. The first ones with subtitles in english. Season 1 Ep.1 to 5 (Eng Subs) Season 1 Episode 7 (Come Back All Is Forgiven Eng Subs) Season 1 Ep 6 The Cheating Game (Eng Subs) Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 8 ( The Cheating Game Eng Subs) Some chapters of the rest seasons are subtitled and some others are not. seasons season 1 Season 1 Episode 9 ( Kill or Cure) Season 1 Episode 11 (A Point Of Honour Eng Subs) Season 1 Episode 13 (The Examination Eng Subs) Season 1 Episode 10 (Hello, Sailor Eng Subs Season 1 - Episode 12 - How's Your Father Season 2 Season 2 - Episode 1 - All Present If Not Correct Season 2 - Episode 3 - Brief Re-Encounter Season 2 - Episode 5 - Don't Forget The Driver Season 2 - Episode 2 - Queen For A Day
The Art of Storytelling - creating and improvising stories for children. Creating and Improvising Stories for Children There are lots of easy ways to improvise and create stories for children. This is something that most of us have had quite a bit of experience with when we were children ourselves. Any time we were playing with other young children, we were usually 'in a story'. It was easy then and it can be easy now. What would make it easier now? Don't worry about content. As adults we often make it hard for our selves by trying to get it right or making sure that the content is ideologically sound, or interesting, or grammatically correct, or logical. You can help you and your audience get into a playful frame of mind by playing some games or singing some silly songs first. The magic words - 'Once upon a time' - are an incantation, an invitation to suspend logical belief and enter the world of fantasy and fun. Forget about where the story is going to. Listen to your audience having fun or reacting to the latest part of the story. Now add a character.
BREAKTHROUGH CAPITALISM The Breakthrough Report Breakthrough: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions Business is increasingly critical in tackling the world’s great environmental, social and governance challenges. And at the heart of business sits the C-Suite, the grouping of senior executives who direct the enterprise. Breakthrough is addressed to them – and to those who advise them. This report reveals both real frustration in business about government failures, and a growing appetite at the leading edge to drive systems-level transformations. Breakthrough draws on over 100 interviews with key people in the field to sketch a Manifesto and linked agenda to help us move towards that change. Download Executive Summary → Download Full Report → 5 of My Favorite English Games for ESL Students I saved the best for last. My students requested this game more often than any other game we ever played. It's based on the old drinking game "Ring of Fire," modified for the classroom. Materials needed:A standard deck of playing cards, a whiteboard, 20-30 small slips of blank paper, and a bowl. The setup:Almost none! The activity:Before you start the game, hand every student two small slips of paper. The students will take turns pulling a card. Here are the actions I assign to cards and the penalties involved: K: Ask anyone. Q: Ask a girl. J: Ask a boy. 10: Ask your teacher! 9: Bunny ears! 8: Words. 7: Pick again. 6: Touch your nose! 5: Answer one question. 4: Ask the person on your left. 3: Ask the person on your right. 2: Answer two questions. A: Free card. Note: This is just an example of a setup I use for intermediate university level classes.