Mia pita ap'ola, parakalo!

Space Pictures This Week: Stellar Dust Bunnies, Bat Signal

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:37:19 -0400

Space Pictures This Week: Stellar Dust Bunnies, Bat Signal

Trees Call for Help—And Now Scientists Can Understand

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:27:46 -0400

Trees Call for Help—And Now Scientists Can Understand:

I would love to have this handheld device able to detect trees in need of water by using only a microphone…

GEELab australia RMIT. Europe

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:38:57 -0400

GEELab australia RMIT. Europe:

Steffen Walz

Why TED is not that great and why science is not necessarily so true

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:29:05 -0400

Why TED is not that great and why science is not necessarily so true:

Charles Eisenstein’s post on banned TED presentations

Participatory design initiative

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:05:26 -0400

Participatory design initiative:

Architects joined by youngsters to design centre

Young people from the Soft Touch Arts charity joined architects rg+p to design a new arts and heritage centre in New Walk
.

"A Buddhist and Immortalist debate the quest for conquering the final human frontier - death"

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:25:27 -0400

“A Buddhist and Immortalist debate the quest for conquering the final human frontier - death”

- The end of death: Further conversations with Jason Silva | Matador Network

tribute to Fukuoka- Join the non-movement

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:04:00 -0500

tribute to Fukuoka- Join the non-movement:

from Keri Smith

some other stuff

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/masanobu-fukuoka

PARTIZANING- decapitalizing public space

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:20:31 -0500

PARTIZANING- decapitalizing public space

Living without money

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:03:34 -0500

Living without money:

The (R)evolution in harmony with the earth- blog with Invitation to create together a vegan eco-community

http://en.forwardtherevolution.net/

documentary: http://livingwithoutmoney.org/

foodsharing online platform (for Germany):

http://foodsharing.de/

tumblr.com

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:20:34 -0500

tumblr.com

Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:46:00 -0500

Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say:

There is a widespread belief among teachers that digital technology is hampering students’ attention spans and ability to persevere, according to two surveys.

Christakis LAB

http://www.seattlechildrens.org/research/child-health-behavior-and-development/christakis-lab/

STRESS- the portrait of a killer

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:46:25 -0500

STRESS- the portrait of a killer:

A National Geographic Special featuring Stanford University’s Robert Sapolsky

DailyGood: The Wisdom of Babies, by Mary Gordon

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:31:56 -0500

DailyGood: The Wisdom of Babies, by Mary Gordon:

Roots of Empathy is a classroom-based program for children in kindergarten through grade eight. Our mission is to build more caring, peaceful, and civil societies by raising levels of empathy in children.

Infogram

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:14:55 -0500

Infogram:

a free website to create interactive infographics and online charts - and publish, share and discover illustrated data.

Paul Zak- Trust , morality, and oxycitin (TED talk JUL...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:53:00 -0500

Paul Zak- Trust , morality, and oxycitin (TED talk JUL 2011)

What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it “the moral molecule”) is responsible for trust, empathy and other feelings that help build a stable society.

Oxytocin apparently is the trust molecule and the moral molecule!

increases generosity.

empathy makes us moral.

using social media doubles the amount of oxytocin.

oxytocin connects us to people.

The easieat way to increase its release: a hug!

In the same line: FB -use releases oxytocin:

http://allfacebook.com/facebook-releases-same-hormone-as-cuddling_b39319

CONSCIOUS Computing

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:25:00 -0500

CONSCIOUS Computing:

Linda Stone:

Glenn Fleishman posted on software that disables bits of the computer to make us more productive and to minimize distractions. (Freedom)

(more productive??? for god’s sake! till death till us part, increase your productivity! coz that’s the purpose of life, right?…)

can be found :

http://www.economist.com/node/16295664

mentioning a/o:

The term “continuous partial attention” was coined by Linda Stone, a former Microsoft and Apple executive who studies and writes about the cognitive deficits that computer-users experience. Most recently she has encountered a condition she calls “e-mail apnea”. (…) But the next step is to go beyond a software crutch, Ms Stone says, and to learn to change one’s behaviour without the need for full-screen modes and internet-disabling utilities. People should rely on their feelings, rather than technology, to dictate what they can or cannot do, she says.

But fans of Freedom are not concerned by such philosophical niceties; they use it because it makes them more productive.” —> Hooray!!

Linda Stone on EMAIL APNEA

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:08:18 -0500

Linda Stone on EMAIL APNEA:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-stone/just-breathe-building-the_b_85651.html

her first time mentioning it

The choice is ours. [from the Sustainable Man]

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:33:44 -0500

The choice is ours.

[from the Sustainable Man]

Comparing the World's Richest People - information aesthetics

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:22:48 -0500

Comparing the World's Richest People - information aesthetics

A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:16:00 -0500

A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age:

…” As we begin to experiment with how novel technologies might change learning and teaching, powerful forces threaten to neuter or constrain technology, propping up outdated educational practices rather than unfolding transformative ones.

All too often, during such wrenching transitions, the voice of the learner gets muffled.

For that reason, we feel compelled to articulate the opportunities for students in this brave electronic world, to assert their needs and—we dare say—rights.

We also recognize some broader hopes and aspirations for the best online learning. We include those principles as an integral addendum to the Bill of Rights below.

Our broad goal is to inspire an open, learner-centered dialogue around the rights, responsibilities, and possibilities for education in the globally-connected world of the present and beyond.”

by Betsy Corcoran (is that a Romanian name?)