Education has been a hot topic lately and one of the biggest innovation to occur in this space as of late has been the Khan Academy. The Khan Academy is an amazingly simple yet brilliant platform that utilizes web video to engage with students and teach effectively
I'm currently reading The Element by Sir Ken Robinson and he briefly touched on the concept of 'groupthink' and how it affects individuals. Groupthink occurs in a close group of individuals who make decisions based on avoiding conflict, conforming to the perceived expectation, and ignoring your individual beliefs
In this week's links we find our ideal careers, unleash the power of our voices, hear from the Winkelvi, find a process for choosing, and have a chance to change the world with art.
In this week's Sunday's Top Links we explore a new platform from TED, an initiative from Sabbath Manifesto, find a new tool for word analysis, visualize Obama's budget, and see the future in 3D printing
In this week's top links we learn about balancing our input and output, see how everything is a remix part 2, are introduced to TED Books, find every newspaper in the world, and get insight on how to win the entrepreneurial race
In this week's Sunday Links we find out what the best time is to buy anything, learn about cyborg anthropology, meet the ultimate stalker website, discover how to hack our sleep cycle, and are introduced to a feedback tool for entrepreneurs
This weeks top links review the year in ideas, introduce Google Demo Slam, explore the affects of relationships on your feelings, understand the reason why we have few women leaders, and finally some inspiration to stop thinking and make decisions
Often what is probably good for us in the long term, never appears to be good for us in the moment. A recent TED Talk by Dan Ariely explores these situations and the trade-offs we often make, favoring short term goals over long term goals. Watch the TED Talk below. Some great insights for this holiday season! Read the entire post from Dan’s blog here
In this week's Top Links we look at the Top 10 Lists from Time, a new way to look at the news, a fresh version of a classic game, a TED Talk on education, and a look at innovation trends for 2011.
This week we find out more about ideation from Seth Godin, are introduced to the best mind mapping tool available, see a truly Green School via TED, go on a musical adventure, and examine the rise of Facebook against Google