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Working From Home Might Put You at a Disadvantage for Raises, Promotions
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it’s easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there.
Ze Frank
25 TEDTalk Quotes to Inspire You
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is key to happiness.
With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens Everywhere - TechCrunch
This is a nifty little app & could have some uses in the classroom… Try it it’s free!
The man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
The real issue, of course, is not social media but learning. Specifically, the fact that our schools are disconnected from young learners and how their learning practices are evolving. The decision to block social media is inconsistent with how students use social media as a powerful node in their learning network. Can social media be a distraction in the classroom? Absolutely. Will some students access questionable content if given the opportunity? Yes. But many students use social media to enhance their learning, expand the reach of the classroom, find the things they ‘need to know,’ and fashion their own personal learning networks. We have met students who have used YouTube to learn how to play a musical instrument—a not so insignificant fact for students whose families can not afford private music lessons. We have seen students use YouTube to help them pursue an interest in building their own gaming computer or share a multi-media project that they developed. Last summer I wrote about students from this same school and how they created a dynamic learning community to support their interest in creating games. Many of them shared YouTube videos with each other in order to learn how to use the game authoring software, GameSalad. (Because it was a summer program, the students and their teacher successfully lobbied to have YouTube unblocked).
I have a big birthday wish….
Those who know me well know that I’m not really one for the birthday spotlight. It’s not that I dislilke birthdays (really, I’m ok with aging!), it’s that I don’t like being the center of attention for no reason.
As the Facebook messages are starting to pop up, I realized I really do have a birthday wish. This year, it’s big too. It’s going to take more than a credit card to make it happen. Maybe my Equity family can help make this wish come true too…..
Rather than having Happy Birthday messages throughout the day, I would love to see posts from my friends and family sharing stories of how they helped someone else. Make today a day to be kind to strangers. Practice random acts of kindness. I’ll be doing the same.
It’s amazing what happens when we slow down for a moment to realize that we’re all people. Make eye contact and you’ll see that the person who just shoved past you in the train station may just be distracted because she didn’t get much sleep last night because she was caring for a sick child. Or perhaps the guy who just cut you off on the highway is driving a rental car and really didn’t see you because he’s not familiar with the car’s blind spots. Whether it’s a tragic story or a touching story, we all have a story. Take a moment to be intentional, to realize that we’re all in this together, and that it’s really not “me against the world”.
So, instead of asking for gifts or greetings, I ask that you share an act of kindness, random or not, that you or someone you know performed. Buy coffee for the next person in line, pay the toll for someone behind you, hold the door for someone, smile at someone, gather the loose shopping carts in the parking lot, help someone carry a bag, leave a note for your postal carrier, tell someone thank you, call a friend, leave change by the vending machine. Just do something. It doesn’t have to cost anything out of pocket. We often forget that helping each other isn’t just about money. And it’s always a mood booster when you do. Seriously, just try it. Do something nice and see if you don’t instantly perk up.
I’d love to hear a story for each year I’ve celebrated, but I’ll be overjoyed to hear even just one. (By the way, my birthday is 1/31, but you can be kind any day. So even if you’re ready this after that day, you can still take action and share your story.)
If you need inspiration, check out some of the sites here. The idea of a birthday project isn’t mine. I was inspired by reading stories of others who’ve made their special day truly special.
https://www.facebook.com/TheBirthdayProject
http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/Stories
http://www.helpothers.org/ideas.php#
Happy RAOK Day!
Kim
What Stinks About Webinars? - Chief Learning Officer, Solutions for Enterprise Productivity
The Importance of Facebook Cannot be Overstated
Selected slides from a larger comScore deck examining global social networking, microblogging and mobile trends. Select any thumbnail to embiggen.
In related news, it’s estimated that Facebook will attract its 1 billionth user this August. That’s 14 percent of the global population.
Images: via comScore.
(Source: futurejournalismproject)
Make Your Cubicle a Better Place to Work - Sally Augustin - Harvard Business Review
Great article on how to make your work space better, especially if you’re in a cubicle. I love the suggestion to “Tell Your Story” and of course, organize and de-clutter. (My office is full of visuals, but rarely will you see paper.)
