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MAY 17, 1792 - New York Stock Exchange was formed under a buttonwood tree?

Yes that’s right!  Just over 220 years ago, 24 stock brokers in the United States signed a trading agreement under a humble buttonwood tree on Wall Street.

Join in and share our stories and take a quick…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 16, 2013 at 9:38pm — No Comments

From a humble peasant teenager to a Saint

Can you imagine as a teenager confronting a royal leader, let alone leading soldiers into battle?

We invite you to introduce this brave girl as an inspiration to others by…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 15, 2013 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Leonardo da Vinci - top of the list!

Hi all - noted that Leonardo da Vinci heads the list of the most famous people of all time. So decided to highlight his amazing story today so we can remember him and, most importantly, take him into the classroom or into our homes for any budding artists out there. Click HERE to visit Leonardo.…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 14, 2013 at 9:15pm — No Comments

ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ‘SMALL POX INNOCULATION’ BY EDWARD JENNER

‘Don’t think......Try!’ was the advice given to the young Edward Jenner by his teacher. Edward followed this advice throughout his life with amazing results! 

Be inspired by, Dr Edward Jenner; the ‘Father of Immunology’, the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine and the man whose…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 13, 2013 at 9:24pm — No Comments

IPad's in the Classroom....and at home....a great learning experience

The advancement of technology in the classroom is at the fore front of learning. IPads are now utilised in many learning activities. We would like to share our ideas with teachers, student and parents who are keen to find new and innovative ways to entice and captivate their learning experiences. We would love to…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 13, 2013 at 7:25pm — No Comments

RIDUCA -Red Iberoamericana de Docentes Universitarios de Contabilidad y Auditoría -hazte miembro.....

Te invitamos a que te hagas miembro de esta nueva oportunidad para promover el intercambio de conocimientos y experiencias entre profesores universitarios de contabilidad y auditoría de Iberoamérica en: RIDUCA -Red Iberoamericana de Docentes Universitarios de Contabilidad y Auditoría.
 
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Added by Mario Antonio Echeverría Mancía on May 12, 2013 at 9:12pm — No Comments

Music Teaching Technology for Beginners.

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Music Teaching Technology for Beginners.

Synapse transmission between neurons in different systems of dimension -

how can it improve the music education for beginners ?

Physiological Base

The physiological substantiation on the application of the digital system for coding and decoding of a melody is the following : children begin their contact with digits already in preschool age , when they are taught to count and this system is learned by…

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Added by Stepanov Sergey on May 12, 2013 at 7:35am — No Comments

FREE eBook/Audio this month especially for Mother’s Day – Inspirational World War II Nurse, IRENA SENDLER

Please enjoy this free audio book about this amazing nurse, Irena Sendler. It's possible many students have never heard of Irena. Share this with your class as we celebrate Mother's Day and women all over the world. Click HERE to read a little about Irena and to join us and receive many other inspirational titles from time to time. Students can come face to face with our heroes and inventors through…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 9, 2013 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Amazing Mothers around the world - classroom activity to share with students

The Amazing People Club® are proud to introduce the amazing Queen Victoria. Our…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 9, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Happy Birthday Tchaikovsky!

 

Today is a day to celebrate and pay tribute to this musical genius. Teachers, students, lovers of music, everyone, can take a journey back in time and meet Tchaikovsky in a way that will captivate all.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky led a somewhat troubled life, despite achieving immense…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 8, 2013 at 12:27am — No Comments

A Mother, A Scientist, A Researcher - an overall amazing role model for students.

Would teachers like to discover an innovative way to connect topics with people? Personalising a subject makes it far easier to engage students…

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Added by Amazing People Club on May 7, 2013 at 1:08am — No Comments

Our next step towards Personalized Learning

Any day now our new website will open. We are all very excited as it will launch us into the next step – building the lessons. Meanwhile, we have begun a “small: fund raiser. When you visit our site you will see a video presentation of the vision of NGGE along with written explanations. Come – visit us, like us, join us. Together we will make a…

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Added by Tracy Hanson on May 2, 2013 at 2:52pm — No Comments

I do a research about deschooling and i am really try hard to find articles...

My name is Marina Lagouvardou and i am from Greece. I live in Crete and i am a teacher. I do a research about deschooling and i can't find the books and the articles for free. I can't effort and i really want to do my theoritical part. My email is lagouvardou_marina@yahoo.gr Please sent me articles or anything relative! Thank you!!!

Added by Marina Lagouvardou on April 17, 2013 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Que no la cambio, que no



Jamás cambiaré mi pizarra personal por una PDI, aunque cause furor entre mis colegas PeDeIstas y…

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Added by JUAN QUINTANA on April 8, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Reflection

R E F L E C T I O N .

Music Teaching Technology for Beginners.



Synapse transmission between neurons in different systems of dimension -

how can it improve the music education ?

A b s t r a c t

Throughout many centuries, the musical structure has had numerous modifications. We can observe the constant use of digits for convenience of notation of the music sounds, for example : digital organ bass, lute tablatures, guitar jazz ciphers. At…

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Added by Stepanov Sergey on April 4, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Sink or Swim

How important is it that we are educating citizens to be scientifically literate? Very important.

As well as teaching the curriculum, I think we have an obligation as science teachers to be developing students' ability to think critically about scientific information they are exposed to in the media. Part of this is making students enthusiastic about science and get them to see it…

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Added by Rob Sbaglia on April 1, 2013 at 7:11am — No Comments

Curbing School "Push-Outs"

When the education authorities in Zambia announced that out of a total of 300,000 children who enroll into Grade 1 only 30,000 reach and complete grade 12, I was startled. This is a startling fact going by those statistics. A quick explanation one would give for such a huge school drop-out rate would be the obvious examinations that exclude all those who do not pass them. Then there is the obvious natural factor of death which could be quite common in 

the lower age groups…

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Added by David Sitondo on March 31, 2013 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Apple Distinguished Educator Kristi Meeuwse Talks Technology in Kindergarten

Apple Distinguished Educator Kristi Meeuwse joins the Core to discuss the advantages of integrating technology into a Kindergarten classroom in South Carolina. Kristi shares her…

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Added by Rod Berger, PsyD on March 28, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Homo sapiens FM

Homo sapiens te invita a encontrarnos con las personalidades de la ciencia y la cultura, todos los martes y jueves de 19 a 20 horas (argentina), a partir del 4 de abril, por UB 90.9 -La Radio de la Universidad de Belgrano, y en simultáneo por …

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Added by Marcelo Lino Morales Yokobori on March 24, 2013 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Education Case Studies - Seeking Teachers

How Teachers can introduce Amazing People to Students…

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Added by Amazing People Club on March 21, 2013 at 8:16pm — No Comments

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