What is the point of innovation? If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I feel the “point” of innovation is NOW! Now? Yes NOW! How? Forget the past. Innovate now. Try a clean slate. A new look from a different angle. Rewrite the rule books. Explore timeless thinking. Involve everyone! Absorb different cultures. Incorporate other fields. Enquire. Delve. Question. Hatch. Concoct. Brew. Do. I hope you enjoy viewing my Mind Maps – there are hundreds more planned here at the Mind Map Inspiration Blog plus ongoing creativity and drawing tips. Also available: E-Books designed to help you create stylish and artistic mind maps of your own. If you know someone who could benefit from this post and others here at the Mind Map Inspiration Blog please share with them.
Work skills you'll need to survive the 'conceptual age' Left-brain technical skills will no longer be king in the 'Conceptual Age,' says Lisa Bodell. Lisa Bodell says the best employees of the future will excel at creative problem solvingShe says workers will need to go beyond just knowledge or expertiseBodell offers ways to cultivate the right brain skills before it's too late Editor's note: Lisa Bodell is founder and CEO of futurethink, an innovation research and training firm that helps businesses embrace change and become world-class innovators. She is the author of "Kill the company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution." (CNN) -- Where "global knowledge" was once essential for leaders, IBM's 2010 Global CEO Study cited "creativity" as the most important leadership quality for the future. In "A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future," Daniel H. As employees chart their route to the top in this new era, it's important to know the skills that companies are looking for. Lisa Bodell 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
YouTube im Unterricht Details Geschrieben von Beat Küng YouTube und andere Videoplattformen werden noch immer erstaunlich selten im Unterricht genutzt. Das Dossier „YouTube im Unterricht“ führt durch die Plattform und zeigt vom Erstellen eines Nutzerkontos bis zu den online-Bearbeitungsmöglichkeiten das Potenzial für die Medienbildung auf. Das Dossier kann als PDF heruntergeladen werden. Version 2013_7, komplette Überarbeitung Version 8-2012, mit der neuen YouTube-Funktion "Gesichter automatisch unkenntlich machen" 9 Tools to Create E-magazines and Newspapers for Your Class 1- Uniflip UniFlip converts your magazine, brochure or catalog from its original PDF format into an exciting, professional multi-media digital format with pages that flip. 2-Joomag Joomag is a web tool that lets you create your own magazines using a simple online editor. 3- Scribd Scribd is known for being a reading library where you can search for and find ebooks and slides but it is also a magazine creator which allows users to upload their own content and turn it into a magazine 4- Issuu This is like Scribd above. 5- Zinepal This tools lets you create an ebook or magazine from posts and articles of a blog. 6- Build A Newspaper This one is a professional platform that provides teacher based templates to create mazagines. 7- Fodey This is most simple of all the tools mentioned here. 8- Open Zine This is another web tool that allows users to create their own magazines without any need for advanced tech knowledge. 9- Calameo
Jobs of the future | Money It's January 2020. You've commuted to the office in your titanium flying car, to be greeted by a robotic receptionist. You travelate to your 3D, virtual, interactive desk which pours you a tall decaf and scans the morning's to-do list on to your retina … Or maybe not. By 2020, the UK economy will be even more globalised. The gaming generation will be middle-aged – and virtual services will be the basis for many jobs. "Start from the assumption that 2020 will look nothing like now," says Stephanie Bird, director of HR capability at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. "We can't 'future-proof' careers," she says, "but we can 'future-adapt' them." 1. Green jobs are arriving in two breeds: some focused on reducing human environmental impact, others to "greenwash" their organisation's image. Job titles in 2020 Traceability manager Examines global supply chains and checks for suppliers that might be excessively pollutive or carbon-costly to buy from. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Warum Tablets im Unterricht? Didaktische Relevanz Studien belegen, dass Tablet Computing zur Schlüsselkompetenz wird und daher auch in den schulischen Alltag integriert werden sollte. Horizon Report 2013 Der Horizon Report ist eine internationale Studie, in der Technologietrends in Bezug auf ihren Einfluss auf den Bildungsbereich untersucht werden. JIM Studie 2012 Die JIM Studie des Medienpädagogischen Forschungsverbunds Südwest, die den Medienumgang von Jugendlichen im Alter zwischen 12 und 19 Jahren untersucht, belegt, dass die Nutzung von Tablets stark zunimmt und mittlerweile bereits über der Nutzung von MP3-Playern liegt. In dem Bildungspolitischen Grundsatzpapier des BITKOM (Bundesverband Informationswissenschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.) aus dem Jahr 2011 wird eine Umfrage unter Schülern zum Einsatz von digitalen Lernmaterialien und der Nutzung webgestützter Kommunikation dokumentiert. Organisatorische Vorteile gegenüber dem Computerraum Tablets ermöglichen einen mobilen Einsatz. Gefällt mir:
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The Employment Mismatch - Special Reports Internships Make the Difference For some employers, on-the-job experience may matter more than a student's major or grade-point average. What Companies Want Employers say that recent graduates often don't know how to communicate effectively, and struggle with adapting, problem-solving, and making decisions. Note: Mean rating is determined on a 1-to-5 scale where 1 equals “a lot less” and 5 equals “a lot more.” Photo illustration by Jonathan Barkat for The Chronicle By Karin Fischer Employers value a four-year college degree, many of them more than ever. Yet half of those surveyed recently by The Chronicle and American Public Media's Marketplace said they had trouble finding recent graduates qualified to fill positions at their company or organization. "Woefully unprepared" is how David E. What gives? The tension may lie partly in changes in the world of work: technological transformation and evolving expectations that employees be ready to handle everything straightaway. Mr. But Mr. David R.
Personalized PBL: Student-Designed Learning I wrote a blog about one of the pitfalls of personalization for the ASCD Whole Child Blog. Specifically, that pitfall is the lack of engagement. With all the focus on personalization through time, pacing, and place, it can be easy to forget about the importance of engagement. No matter where students learn, when they learn, and the timing of the learning, engagement drives them to learn. When we factor all the pieces of personalization together, we can truly meet students where they are and set them on a path of learning that truly meets their needs and desires. Moving Past "Course-Based" PBL Due to the antiquated restraints of the education system, most educators are forced to implement PBL in a "course-based" manner. Student-Designed Projects Students at Phoenix High School have been engaged in a model similar to the one I've described. Role of the Teacher Not every teacher may be ready to jump into this type of personalization.
Content Curation: The Art of a Curated Post [Infographic] For content marketers wanting to economically increase content production, content curation is the optimal solution. It benefits both publishers and audiences—who appreciate expertly selected, third party, independent content. In fact, according to Curata’s study, best-in-class marketers use a content marketing mix of 65 percent created content and 25 percent curated content. But many people interested in content curation—and some who are already curating—may still have lingering questions about best practices. What should a curated post look like? How much of the original article should I include? To help answer some of these questions and outline the anatomy of curated piece of content, we created “The Art of a Curated Post.” 1. It’s vital to always craft a new headline to avoid competing with the original article in search engine results. Remember, even if a title worked well on the original post you’re curating (it got you to click, didn’t it?) 2. 3. 4. 5.
Mobile Learning Merklisten Mobile Endgeräte verfügen über immer umfassendere Funktionalitäten und werden zunehmend nicht mehr nur zum Telefonieren verwendet. Immer häufiger werden Online-Services nicht mehr am PC, sondern am Smartphone oder Tablet genutzt. Auch im Bereich des Lernens wächst die Bedeutung mobiler Devices stetig. Sie ermöglichen zeit- und ortsunabhängiges Lernen und sind überall verfügbar und mit dabei – damit können sie beispielsweise gut zum Üben oder Wiederholen eingesetzt werden. Darüber hinaus können sie vielseitig eingesetzt werden und unterstützen beispielsweise die Kombination verschiedener Lerninhalte (z.B. Apps - nützliche Anwendungsprogramme für den UnterrichtWenn man von Smartphones und Tablets spricht, kann auch der Bereich der Apps nicht außen vor gelassen werden. Nützlich für den Unterricht ist darüber hinaus die kürzlich überarbeitete iTunes U App von Apple, die Lehrer die Möglichkeit gibt, einzelne Materialien oder gesamte Kurse bereitzustellen.
Focus on Form-ative Assessment A few months ago I wrote a post about the value of utilizing Google Forms in education and shared a super cool resource containing 80+ ways to incorporate them into the classroom. Well, I’m back again… With more reasons why you should become a fan of this edtech gem… Yep, this geeky girl love, loves this particular component of Google Apps for Education. Why? Because forms can be created quickly and easily for an unlimited amount of purposes: assessment, polls, surveys, questionnaires and so much more! That said, whether you are a forms believer or not, check out the interactive image shown below—one I developed with ThingLink for a professional development session I facilitated last week in my district. Be sure to hover over the image to reveal the really good stuff! And by the way—no, you are not seeing things. A full screen version of this image can be found here.