Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

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Five online resources worth checking out…

Pam Moran’s awesome post on our tendency to admire problems rather than working on solutions.

Ryan Bretag asks “How would we react to students if they told us they didn’t have time to learn?” and goes on to say that teachers need to stop waiting for their organizations and become collaborative professional learners.

ReadWriteWeb inquires of 3 experts: Could Kinect control your Internet of things?

Christopher Dawson at ZDNet says that teachers should stop banning Wikipedia.

And, for all you WordPress users, appstorm has a boatload of great apps, plugins, and themes for you.

The most counterintuitive, surprising, and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday.

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Hard Science

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Life

Test Internal Ceros

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Business

How “somatic markers” can transform your decision-making

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

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Starts With A Bang

How logic and reasoning can fail as scientific tools

In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.

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Life

Moving trees north to save the forests

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

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