May 2012
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April 2012
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What book(s) are you planning on reading this...
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Have an Innovative Idea in Data, Irrigation,... →
nextbillion.net The Rock­e­feller Foun­da­tion has launched the 2012 Inno­va­tion Chal­lenges to source inno­v­a­tive ideas that will have the poten­tial to cre­ate long-term impact. The Inno­va­tion Chal­lenges, which run through May 25, expect to gath­er ideas… Innovative?? Got an idea??
Apr 26th
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ashokaradar: In a post about her new book on the how-to’s of creativity, Tina Seeling describes an introductory assignment she gives her students at Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), in the Stanford School of Engineering. On the first day of class, we start with a very simple challenge:…
Apr 18th
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On our radar: What if all students had to solve a... →
ashokaradar: In a post about her new book on the how-to’s of creativity, Tina Seeling describes an introductory assignment she gives her students at Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), in the Stanford School of Engineering. On the first day of class, we start with a very simple challenge:…
Apr 18th
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UberFacts: Metathesiophobia is the fe ... →
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twitter.com Embrace failure!
Apr 18th
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Apr 12th
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Books and Beyond -Featured Project!
submitted through Dr. Esther Ngumbi   Books & Beyond is a cross-cultural literacy exchange for students and teachers from Indiana University’s Global Village Living-Learning Center (Bloomington, IN), TEAM Schools (Newark, NJ), and the Kabwende Primary Center (KPC) (Kinigi, Rwanda). The project focuses on developing models for cross-cultural teaching and learning. Books & Beyond also...
Apr 12th
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Community College: My Second Chance
By Angel Torres (guest blogger) What would you do if you were given a second chance at life? Two years ago I was given that second chance - at age 25, I was offered the opportunity to attend college.  It has been said that failure is only a fact when you give up. For 25 years I felt as close to being a failure as one can be. I was abandoned by my family at age five, spending the next seven years...
Apr 11th
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Sending Love to All Rhinos!
Featured Project! From Sam Dindi Geographical location: Kenya Africa is endowed with a plathora of flora and fauna coupled with a variety of ecosystems. But with population pressure, climate change, poaching, poor farming practices among other vices, Africa and Kenya stands to loose this priceless ecosystem. For the above reasons He decided to start a conservation education program targeting...
Apr 10th
Anonymous asked: Inspiration from literature?
Apr 9th
Agriculture and Health for Poverty Reduction
by Akinyemi Olowokere (guest blogger) Good health and productive agriculture are both essential in the fight against poverty. In a rapid changing world, agriculture faces many challenges, both old (natural resource constraints, extreme weather conditions, and agricultural pests) and new (globalization, environmental degradation, problems of maintaining production in conflict situations). At the...
Apr 4th
Education and Developing Countries
by guest blogger-Sumesh Shiwakoty “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead”: Aristotle. Considered as, one of the most essential factor today is Education, commonly considered as backbone for development personally and professionally. But, comes the question about its quality. In most developing countries, people are facing problems caused by...
Apr 3rd
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