The Innovation Lounge From GPWiki Saturday 12 of April, 2014 Innovation Through a Conducive & Creative Environment Our experience, applying 4D and Structured Visual Thinking in nearly 2500 client assignments and interventions, is that the space we create is a critical member of the team See Also Technical Specifications Below we explain a little more about our philosophy and approach and talk about some of the practical aspects of the experience. Interesting isn’t it that the majority of business meetings are focused on tasks, ‘action items’ or other variations of ‘to do’ lists. The Value of quality time Our clients and businesses generally are beginning to appreciate that working spaces are of paramount importance. Getting people into the same room is also a gilt edged opportunity to be creative and innovate in ways that are impossible to imagine. Designing Innovation In The Practicalities Whenever we meet together on important tasks these are the raw materials for the important conversations. How does this work? 1.
50 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software Whether you just want to balance your checkbook or you need to track the finances of a large global corporation, you can find open source software to do the job. For our list of open source financial tools, we cast a wide net and included applications related to enterprise resource management, point-of-sale and even employee time tracking. Not to mention traditional accounting and financial management tools. One trend worth noting -- a huge number of the open source tools on this list, particularly the business applications, are now available on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis. Without further ado, here are fifty open source applications that might be able to replace the financial software you currently use for your home or business. Open Source: Accounting 1. Specifically designed to replace QuickBooks and Sage, TurboCASH offers a handy chart on its Web site that let's you compare features. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. osFinancials Replaces: QuickBooks, Sage Peachtree Open Source: Billing 8. 9.
AM&AA Members Group News "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." — John Quincy Adams I’ve created a leadership checklist that should act like a hub and spoke of effective leadership practices. The challenge is distilling effective leadership practices into one-liner reminders that are easy to evaluate the behavior, where possible. I used a specific “user story” format (“As a leader, I …”) to both make each line item a standalone story, but also to test these as personal “unit tests” for leadership. It’s a work in progress. Top 10 Leadership Checks As a leader, I seek first to understand, and I listen to people until they feel heard (empathic listening.) Core Checks As a leader, I am a self-starter and I take the initiative. Action As a leader, I ask, "What do we want to accomplish?" Change As a leader, I anticipate and prepare for changes. Communication As a leader, I challenge ideas while respecting other opinions. Decisions and Choice Problem Solving
63 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest, Feb. 6, 2011 Here is this week’s edition of Treasure Chest–63 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. I know, that’s a lot! What’s funny though is that I thought this week would bring my fewest number of resources. Due to time constraints this week, I didn’t think I was doing a very good job of curating resources. I would also like to thank Larry Ferlazzo for including this blog in his “The Best Blogs…” category. “Tech The Plunge” Is A Blog Worth Reading | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…–Tech The Plunge is an excellent resource-sharing blog written by Jeff Thomas. On with the show! Featured Tom Barrett’s Interesting Ways Series—All in One Location!!! Tools How-To iPad, iPod, etc. My Favorite iPad Apps–If you are curious to know what apps have I installed on my iPad, check these interactive screenshots for a complete list of my favorite iPad apps.smartr for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store–Smartr’s the fastest way to get your news on Twitter. Miscellaneous Videos Teach Different
Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship Note from the editor: This is a guest post from Aneesh Chopra, United States Chief Technology Officer. During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama challenged the Nation to out-educate, out-innovate, and out-build our competition to win the future. A critical ingredient in this endeavor is the creative spirit of the American entrepreneur that featured prominently in the President’s Strategy for American Innovation – a framework for long-term economic growth and sustainable job creation. Today, President Obama celebrated the launch of Startup America, a national (public/private) campaign to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship across all corners of the country, and the formation of the Startup America Partnership to catalyze private support for entrepreneurial ecosystems. To kick-start the campaign, the Obama Administration announced 27 public and private commitments organized across five key goals: 1. Stay tuned. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Everyone Sits in the Prison of His Own Ideas - TNW Entrepreneur “Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas. A human being is a part of the whole called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein There are several ways to build a succesful company. Apple doesn’t do market research, or so they say. When Jeff Hawkins was developing the first PalmPilot he walked around with a wooden prototype in his back pocket. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen built YouTube because they needed an easier way to share videos with their friends. You’re already locked up in the prison of your own ideas.
Open Culture Web 2.0 to support the nets Web Tools that support this standard •Gizmos ExploreLearning currently has over 450 Gizmos with accompanying curricular materials, all with the aim of sharing the “Ah-Hah!” moment with teachers and students. • SAS Curriculum Simulations By integrating technology and instruction, SAS Curriculum Pathways helps students master the core disciplines in an efficient, cost-effective manner. • Google Earth Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. • Earth Browser EarthBrowser is an innovative earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 7 day forecasts for thousands of locations worldwide. •Survey Monkey We are the perfect tool for educators, speakers and trainers. •SMART Response A technological way to assess students, more commonly known as Audience Response Systems. •Lego Robotics Kits This is LEGO Digital Designer.
Home Page August 7, 2012 To all my educator colleagues: As you all know, I retired in June of 2011 from my school district job as Director of Technology. I retired to spend more time learning new things to support you as you embed technology into teaching and learning in a meaningful way. I now have the time to visit districts and help with their technology-related initiatives, teach online graduate courses for the Wilkes/Discovery Masters program, and host several webinar series. Since I started the Schrockguide in June of 1995, a lot has changed. However, I am not retired from providing you with great resources and ideas to support teaching and learning! I have moved all the support information for my presentations over to Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything, located here, to help you as you think about the practical and pedagogical uses of technology. I hope to hear from you via the new sites I am now creating. Kathy