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They’re Not Digital Natives, They’re Digital Tourists!
Originally posted on Used Books in Class: To all those who claim that all students today are digital “natives,” I beg to disagree. Digital natives are defined as those people who have grown-up using technology daily beginning in the 1960s, but the term is more commonly used to describe those…
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Originally posted on sittinginthewoods: Sticking with the program, I have been out on a number of excursions into the cold, cold winter woods. There has been no snow, which is a drag, because I was really hoping to get some idyllic snowy shots this winter…but alas, it’s either not cold…
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Reading Plato on Death Row – New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
A really powerful & timely philosophical practice. Every Wednesday, I go to Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville to facilitate a discussion group with prisoners on death row and philosophy graduate students. It’s a nice prison, as far as prisons go: clean, suburban-feeling, with a soapy smell that lingers on…
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Turn a life around
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” — Leo Buscaglia Source: pbcstyle.blogspot.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest
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The Croney Capitalism Blowout
Originally posted on Dead Wild Roses: Why do things happen the way they do? Why do certain segments of society do well when everyone else is being hammered? Some would say through being “smart” and “working hard”, but that is weapons grade bullshite of the highest order. It is…
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Amen good brother!
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Originally posted on advocatemmmohan aksharaalu: No doubt English: A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). Français : Une Vanesse du chardon. Русский: Бабочка репейница. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) every one is unique Still follow the world later world follows you No theory No philosophy cures the inhibitions of any one Simply live like…
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World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over — RT
The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich. “The richest 1 percent has increased its income by 60 percent…