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1) The World is Obsessed with Facebook, a staggering kinetic typography video on how much the world uses Facebook. <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20198465?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe> - KB

2) Negative+Math+Stereotypes=Too few women  TAT
Women earned only 18% of all Computer Science degrees and made up less than 25% of the workers in engineering- and computer-related fields in 2009. These statistics stand in stark contrast to the gains they have achieved in law, medicine, and other areas of the workforce.  

3) QuickCite  TAT
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Main Topic:   Learning and the Brain Follow-Up

A Growing Trend for Dealing with WMDs* in the Classroom: Tech Breaks

“If you keep tech away/off for 15 minutes, then we will have a short tech break” - Students don't fret about checking (and surreptitiously try to check phones, etc)... and they report being happier *Wireless Mobile Devices”  

The Marshmallow Test - In the late 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel performed a series of tests on preschoolers referred to as The Marshmallow Tests. Mischel would give a child a single marshmallow, then leave him or her alone in the room with it. Before he departed, he'd make each kid an offer: if they wanted to, they could eat it immediately -- but if they waited for him to return, they'd get two marshmallows. The tests were designed to examine willpower and the mental processes behind delayed gratification. Watching kids go through the experiment can be poignant... and adorable.

Open Phone Tests - is this the wave of the future?

Global Assessment Alternatives

PISA testing - OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

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