There is a rising trend of using infographics and video technology to explain very significant statistics–statistics that were often isolated to only minor appearances in public service announcements and discussions within academia. But with the rise of new media formats and data visualization technology, these statistics have the opportunity to appeal to the general [...]

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Sir Ken Robinson’s Wikipedia Biography

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has worked with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. In [...]

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Roots of Empathy

On November 11, 2010 By

From the Roots of Empathy Website

Roots of Empathy has been called Canada’s olive branch to the world.

Roots of Empathy is a powerful idea whose time has come. An evidence-based charitable organization, its mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. Its [...]

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explore: Oasis of Peace

On October 8, 2010 By

From www.viewchange.org website:

“Problems arise when people simply do not understand one another. At the community school in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam—named in both Hebrew and Arabic—children learn both languages at a very young age, thus cultivating a spirit of communication and mutual understanding. The village is a true rarity, as Jews [...]

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From the Microsoft’s Partners in Learning website:

Partners in Learning is a global initiative designed to actively increase access to technology and improve its use in learning. Our goal is to help schools gain better access to technology, foster innovative approaches to pedagogy and teacher professional development and provide education [...]

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A seemingly simple traffic jams extends to a complex system of exploitation, environmental degradation, and cultural injustices.

1. Coal from Inner Mongolia,
2. automobile pollution in China,
3. an expressway from Tibet, where cultural injustice proliferates
 Something needs to change, fast!

From the BBC website:

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