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David Stairs (author) describes his experience at the Cooper-Hewitt
Museum's exhibit "Design for the Other 90%." An exhibit about product
design for impoverished and developing countries. He asks some hard
questions here about the successes and failures of these products
meant to help these people...
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iTunes U has arrived, giving higher education institutions an ingenious
way to get audio and video content out to their students. Presentations,
performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours, archival footage
— school is about to become even more inspiring.
Designed to be completely intuitive, iTunes U is based on the iTunes
Store.
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To honor the passing of Kurt Vonnegut, one of the rare and universally
loved literary world greats, we present this special podcast of his very
first public reading of the classic Breakfast of Champions, three years
before it was published, on May 4, 1970 at the 92nd Street Y. Vonnegut
appeared at the Y a total of seven times and he had much admiration for
the audience at the corner of 92nd S
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As a preview it's rough around the edges, yet brimming with tasty data goodies. May your love for data guide you.
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Just as the title says... If you are looking to find out how just about
anything works --start here. Categories include: Computer, electronics,
health, home, money, science and travel. Also includes helpful "how-to"
guides.
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This is a companion website for book by the same name. The FIELD
GUIDE book offers a portrait of 2 fictional families in 63 alphabetized,
cross-referenced entries: Adolescence, Boredom, Chemistry... Fullcolor
plates, with ilustrated "tags" on facing pages. The author solicites
artists to contribute images to the site that relate to the Field Guide's
63 tags. Pass this link to others!
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This section of the Current TV site has a good explanations and tips for
video production for TV/Web. There are sections of what makes a good
pod, journalism, gear, shooting skills and editing. The storytelling section
has video segments by Robert Redford, Ira Glass, Dave Eggers, and others.
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Children are the future. If we hope to solve the world's major problems -- achieving world peace, healthy lives, economic development, and global sustainability -- we must provide richer learning opportunities for the world's children. An educated and creative population is, without a doubt, the best path to global health, wealth, and peace.
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A wide variety of scientists, educators, celebrities, and luminaries
present talks on a variety of subjects from past TED conferences on this
site: Jeff Han, NicholasNegroponte, Dan Gilbert, Anna Deveare-Smith,
Ray Kurzweil, Peter Gabrielle, Robert Neuwirth, Al Gore, Bono, Steven
Levitt, Eve Ensler, ZeFrank, Jimmy Whales, Richard Baraniuk...and more.
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The National Design Museum is part of the Smithsonian Museums
system. Along with their top notch exhibits, their website is a fabulous
learning and teaching tool. Their Educator Resource Center section of
their website contains lesson plans for a variety of subjects and videos.
Site users can contribute their lesson plans. They have extensive
educational resources and curriculum guides.
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David Stairs (author) describes his experience at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's exhibit "Design for the Other 90%." An exhibit about product design for impoverished and developing countries. He asks some hard questions here about the successes and failures of these products meant to help these people...
Children are the future. If we hope to solve the world's major problems -- achieving world peace, healthy lives, economic development, and global sustainability -- we must provide richer learning opportunities for the world's children. An educated and creative population is, without a doubt, the best path to global health, wealth, and peace.
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